Got this in an email from a friend.

"This guy was out looking for hogs in Georgia with his shotgun.
Heard a rattle and his first instinct was to point and shoot.
He is about 6’2”.
Look at the head on that thing!!!

Eastern Diamondback"
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Did he put the beer down before or after shooting?

Here Bubba, hold ma beer
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Like someone would ever trust a guy named Bubba with his beer!
:-)
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I didn't know that Easterns got that big.
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Forget that!!
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Unreal.
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Yikes!!!
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Is it wrong that all I can think about is how big of a bbq I would need to cook that thing??
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I thought this thread was going to be about my junk.:-) J/K Is that your buddy in the photo or did he get the photo from someone else? Just curious as I am wondering if it is a really good chop. Never thought a rattler could get that large unless a rattle snake and a Boa or something mated and created this monster.
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Its an optical allusion. He is holding the snake close to the camera with a pitch fork or something with a long handle, therefore it looks HUGE!

But that is a big damn snake!
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Yep, using the old fishermans trick. Hold the catch way out in front of you...
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Wow, Yeah I would have shot it too....then chopped it's head off. I wouldn't take a single chance with that.
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Heck, I'd eat it. I think. Never tried snake. Had gator when we were in LA and liked it a lot. Couldn't be too different I guess.
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I'd hold it as far away from myself as possible too!

Anyway, it looks as though it's only about 1.5-2 feet in front of him, so even accounting for that, it's still a freaking huge snake!
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I don't know about that, Snopes says that's what they did here: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals...tler.asp#photo and that they average 5.5 feet and the biggest might approach 8 feet. Either way, it's still a very large specimen.
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He does have a big snake! :-)

So whats that thing hanging from his hook?
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I've seen some biguns out in the Everglades. None that big yet although I've heard the southern GA swamps are loaded with them.
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WOW!
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Dude, I would have shot that thing like 14 times. I ain't playing with no snakes. No sir.
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Just looking at that picture is giving me vertigo! No like serpientes!
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