WHAT IS THIS?

[Bert Rodgers]

I'm not sure but I think they are protected. I never have understood the irrational fear of snakes.

Bert

[Jesse Lockowitz]

good thing i didnt see that thing in front of anyone...

you'd hear a very loud girlish scream followed by a 6'1 fat guy running away as fast as i could waddle



Jesse

[Dougiefrshwtr]

welcome to the site " bestonearth " sounds like you maybe had a run in with one and touched a nerve for you to right 1 post since last april...

[hotshot1]

Screw around a little next time with him he will roll onto his back and play dead.

[bestonearth]

yeah i guess im more of a lurker. I don't get to fish offshore as much as many on the board and dont really have a wealth of knowledge to share but just thought i could help out with this one.

[gottaflylee]

yeah i guess im more of a lurker. I don't get to fish offshore as much as many on the board and dont really have a wealth of knowledge to share but just thought i could help out with this one.

Welcome, no worries, glad to have you and post up what you got...

[Nauti Natured]

Hognose .... cool snake.

They look intimidating and will even puff out the sides of its head like a cobra but they are fairly harmless.

Glad you didnt kill it.

[GALAZIO]

I don't know about the copperhead deal. I've seen a few of those up close and they are not that fat from the base of the tail on up...

And I have been at the wrong end of a Cottonmouth...once. Seems more Cottonmouth to me. One sure way to know is agitate it. If it gets pissed off and stays in one spot or retreats, it a Copperhead. If it decides to kick your ass and come for ya, it's a Cottonmouth.

Don't ask.

[Glenn W]

Definatley a Hog Nose--- the dead give away is the snout (hense the name).
They are the coolest snake in NA ( no, I'm not a snake lover). They will flatten their head and lift up just like a cobra and hiss real loud if they are cornered or feel threatened. If you grab them or hit em with a stick, they roll on their back and play dead.
I gotta tell the story of my first encounter with a Hognose.
I was 9 yrs old and playing in the woods with my buddies. We hear this hissing from a wood pile and sure enough a snake is seen. Well, this just made our day-- a snake to kill. We moved some sticks out of the way and the dang snake gets up and flattens its head just like on Johnny Quest---- HOLY SHIT IT's A COBRA!!! --- remember I'm 9 years old.

So we killed the Cobra and it dies on it's back. We rolled it over with a stick but it would roll back every time--- oh well, I don't know shit about Cobras-- must be the way their body is. Anyway, I gotta take this dead snake home to show my dad that we killed a Cobra--- a frigging Cobra in Anson County NC!!!!!
I picked up the snake and started the long walk home. Somewhere along the way the COBRA came back to life

I had this Cobra by its neck and there was no way I was going to let go of this most poisonous snake cause it would bite me the instant I let go--- saw it happen on Johnny Quest-- the dang towel head bad guy died in three steps he did.
Well, I was in tears crying my eyes out cause I had a hold of a live Cobra--- if I loose my grip, I'm dead for sure.
We finally make it home and I run into the house balling---- DAD, DAD, DAD!!! help!!!! I have a live COBRA!!!
He looked at the snake, grabbed it from me-- in the dang middle of the snake no less, walked to the back door and flung it outside.
Well, at that instant me and my buddies knew my Dad was the baddest man alive--- he just grabbed a Cobra by the middle and won't worried about it a bit. My buddy's eyes looked like a Boston Terrier getten squished.

After he stopped laughing-- which took a good half hour, my pop explained that my Cobra was a non-poisonous Hognose snake.

Maybe-- but my dad was still the badest sonofabich my buddies ever saw.

[Bite Me]

Definatley a Hog Nose--- the dead give away is the snout (hense the name).
They are the coolest snake in NA ( no, I'm not a snake lover). They will flatten their head and lift up just like a cobra and hiss real loud if they are cornered or feel threatened. If you grab them or hit em with a stick, they roll on their back and play dead.
I gotta tell the story of my first encounter with a Hognose.
I was 9 yrs old and playing in the woods with my buddies. We hear this hissing from a wood pile and sure enough a snake is seen. Well, this just made our day-- a snake to kill. We moved some sticks out of the way and the dang snake gets up and flattens its head just like on Johnny Quest---- HOLY SHIT IT's A COBRA!!! --- remember I'm 9 years old.

So we killed the Cobra and it dies on it's back. We rolled it over with a stick but it would roll back every time--- oh well, I don't know shit about Cobras-- must be the way their body is. Anyway, I gotta take this dead snake home to show my dad that we killed a Cobra--- a frigging Cobra in Anson County NC!!!!!
I picked up the snake and started the long walk home. Somewhere along the way the COBRA came back to life

I had this Cobra by its neck and there was no way I was going to let go of this most poisonous snake cause it would bite me the instant I let go--- saw it happen on Johnny Quest-- the dang towel head bad guy died in three steps he did.
Well, I was in tears crying my eyes out cause I had a hold of a live Cobra--- if I loose my grip, I'm dead for sure.
We finally make it home and I run into the house balling---- DAD, DAD, DAD!!! help!!!! I have a live COBRA!!!
He looked at the snake, grabbed it from me-- in the dang middle of the snake no less, walked to the back door and flung it outside.
Well, at that instant me and my buddies knew my Dad was the baddest man alive--- he just grabbed a Cobra by the middle and won't worried about it a bit. My buddy's eyes looked like a Boston Terrier getten squished.

After he stopped laughing-- which took a good half hour, my pop explained that my Cobra was a non-poisonous Hognose snake.

Maybe-- but my dad was still the badest sonofabich my buddies ever saw.

Great story Glenn. What was that Johnny Quest wanabees name anyway?

BTW, Bet your Dad still is.......