All of them occur in nature. All of his original breeder snakes were wild caught as juveniles. The oddballs like the ones pictured( leucistic ,patternless, and albino) generally don’t grow into adults in the wild.
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Now that would put some excitement in your lifeYou might ask SATX about that 16 pound cottonmouth he killed. I'm pretty sure that would make at least several pairs of boots.
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I have caught eastern cottonmouths that were easily over 6’ and if I had to guess on the weight, one may have easily hit the 15+ mark. Caught in a fish trap in the early 80’s on the St. John’s River. There were no fish in the trap, just a huge moccasin.A 16 pounder would be in a couple of ways. I think the world record is 74 inches, and just over 10 pounds. Average weight of a large cottonmouth is about 3 to 4 pounds, and that's still a very large snake.
I have caught eastern cottonmouths that were easily over 6’ and if I had to guess on the weight, one may have easily hit the 15+ mark. Caught in a fish trap in the early 80’s on the St. John’s River. There were no fish in the trap, just a huge moccasin.
Huge difference in size from an eastern and a western cottonmouth. Same as an eastern and western coral snake and eastern and western diamond back rattlesnake. Not everything is bigger in Texas Florida has us whooped on native reptiles.I would have see one to believe it. I have killed more than a few in the 3 to 5 pound range in years past, and they were very large snakes.
I'm not saying they don't exist that large, but I would venture a guess that one large would be rare.
I think some people either embellish or exaggerate the size of large snakes, when they are truly not as long or as heavy as they think they are. A six foot diamondback rattler is still a very large snake. Even a five footer is still a decent sized snake nad capable of doing lots of damage to a person if bitten.
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Baby I hear he made outstanding boots ive got a pair of python but isn't cotton mouth a rattler?kyletxria1911a1,
TRUTH is that I don't know ANYBODY, who has boots MADE of COTTONMOUTH skin BUT can think of NO reason that it would NOT work OK..
(FYI, I once had a pair made by TONY LAMA of RATTLESNAKE skin & also a pair made of KING COBRA skin made by the late JUAN ORTEGA de VACA in Saltillo, Mexico..)
NETX has PLENTY of COTTONMOUTHS that are large enough to make into boots.
yours, satx
Huge difference in size from an eastern and a western cottonmouth. Same as an eastern and western coral snake and eastern and western diamond back rattlesnake. Not everything is bigger in Texas Florida has us whooped on native reptiles.
As have I, but as a kid, I grew up in undeveloped Florida in the days before cell phones, the internet, and widely distributed forced angle photographs.I do know that there are differences in sizes of different species of snakes, based upon their native locations.
Just that over the years, I have seen way too many embellished, or exaggerated tales of snakes being longer, or larger than they really were. Add in the internet, and lots of faked or exaggerated photos to make a snake look larger or longer than it really was.
Another thing to remember about the bigger reptiles;
They typically get that big away from humans, and in the case of the extra jumbo cottonmouths, no one brings them back from a canoe/John boat trip as they stink, don’t taste good, and most that are killed out on a fishing trip are shot and no one wants to stick their hand in /near water that the snakes share with alligators , lol.
I didnt forget well I forgot a tape measure. Size 13 foot for comparison@MTA89 can you measure that one? I'm curious as to how long it is. Hard to tell in the picture.
Baby I hear he made outstanding boots ive got a pair of python but isn't cotton mouth a rattler?
I'd say that's a young snake for sure.
As for the large cotton mouth thing I don't doubt that they might get that big but I'd also have to ask if one is 100% certain that it was/is a cotton mouth. There are common water snakes (black and banded) that VERY closely mimick everything about a cotton mouth including color, defensive posturing, habitat, and right on down to the smell. They're also damn aggressive and your fortunate to catch one without getting bitten or at the very least musked on. Just food for thought.