Guess the length.

what kind of snake ?

Lake George NY Rattlesnake

Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)- 49 inches long.

3' 8"

Thank God where I live snakes like that only exist in my nightmares...

Unfortunately I am just 50 miles south of Lake George. Luckily there is only suppose to be one area with timber rattlers.

The real question is what type of photo displacement did you use to take away the 4 feet of snow that should have been on top that rattler if it was NY right now.

Looks like it would make between 3 and 4 foot long pieces once chopped up.

52"

60"

35”

62"

42" But I see lunch and a nice skin Yum

39"

Hey Mr. Ed. If you're 50 miles south of Lake George then you might know where Little Falls is located, rattle snakes there too.....and west of Syracuse.....and south of Rochester (pigmy rattlers).

56

58

Too BIG!

44"

long enough to make a hearty meal.

45”

Where did Canvasback go?

We need a length!

I bet he's fixen his floating floor

It's less then 48".

I have to rethink that guess. I'm betting It's closer to 36" then 48". Just by Judging from the size of that tree trunk.

Maybe he got bit measuring it .

42"

36" male....pics can be deceiving

39 3/4"

Thats what I was thinking.

26"

49''

70 inches, (I was going to guess 72 inches, but I figured that we were going by Price Is Right rules.)

41 "

So long.

Zim

About 6 inches longer than if i was there with a hoe!

I am east of Little Falls by about 75 miles over near Vt border 25 miles NE of Albany out Rt 7. I hate big snakes.

This thread is going to get lost, how long

If that snake is over 4 feet long then the tree in the background is huge. I am guessing low 40 inch range.

Bryce

He didn't measure it cause he ran the other way and obviously he's still running...

Hey Canvasback... !!!

38"

Maybe an early april fools ?

41"-beautiful looking-out the window of the truck!

I know it got warmer in the last two days but not that warm!!!!!

looks all of 4 feet,i will say 55 inches long.

You guys wanting to chop up and eat our resident Timber Rattlesnakes

need to know that all Rattle-Snakes and all other snakes, turtles,

reptiles, salamanders, frogs, and other amphibians are protected

by law in New York State.

Frogs and snapping turtles do have a designated hunting seasons

set by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

w

Well canvasback2 what's the answer?

He has no way of knowing since NY protects them tighter than California does condors.
Against the law to cast a glance of aspersion in ones direction, let lone do what needs to be done to take a measurement.
Given these facts, I hereby declare myself the winner of this challenge per the rule of "Firsties", which, of course is inarguable and final by decree as outlined by the United Nations and the Geneva Convention under UN/GC code 601.371 et el "Firsties", subparagraph 601.371a et el "Nanny, nanny boo boo." (Also settled law, thus final.)
"70 inches it is.

You win, I can't rattle off forked tounge language like that SSSSSSSSSSIR

I didnt say anything about eating it ... poisionus snake on my property gets his head lopped off my laws!

3' 14.5"

TTT

He did not say if we are doing a live measurement or a dead snake measurement. Dead snakes tend to stretch a lot do to so many backbone joints and a 4 footer can become a 5 1/2 footer when picked up by the tail. Beautiful specimen of a timber rattlesnake, I hope he did not kill it.
The farther south you go the more yellow phase timber rattlesnakes you find.

Sorry Eric but that just isn't true.They are hard to measure live because they are tensed up but you can get within an inch.The skin itself will stretch beyond the true carcass length but nowhere near a foot and a half,on a snake that size.

I have measured a ton in the last 55 years,live,dead and green skins.I enjoy your posts but what you are saying here,is just way offbase.

As a former Ranger on Lake George that has helped relocate a number of these snakes I can testify that very few that I saw reached 48". They inhabit the mountains on both sides of the lake, are excellent swimmers, and often are found on the islands. These snakes are NOT aggressive. Leave them alone and they will leave you alone. These creatures are fully protected, and rightfully so.
The nasty snakes that will come after you are those reddish brown water snakes. The rattlers come in two color phases; black and yellow.
There is actually a camp on a small peninsula that has a snake fence from water's edge to water's edge.

LEAVE THEM ALONE AND DON":T KILL THEM. I hate spiders, but I don't go around killing them.

Well said AL,

We have Timber Rattlesnakes, Massasauga Pigmy Rattlesnakes, and Copperheads in New York State.

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation protects species diversity in New York State

and therefore protects all Indigenous native species found here;

even venomous snakes that people are afraid of.

People who are deathly afraid of snakes, venomous or otherwise, are irrational.

People are more likely to be hit by a falling coconut

than be bitten by a rattlesnake in New York State.

w

Good information guys.I only ever caught one,48" timber rattler.Most were 35" to 43".

I've caught several over 50" and they were both black phase. I did find several last summer that wasn't over 18" they were yellow phase .

38 1/2", 3.2 lbs, tastes like chicken

He got Bit........prolly

I am glad I am south of Lake George. But if they did show up on my property with little grandkids running the woods and stonewalls I would be asking O'Gorman for his rattlesnake bait recipe unfortunately.

39 inches

i got a tape measure right here and don't need to guess.oooops shulda read the whole post before i typed that.