A couple of our neighbors...

[Granny]

Thought you guys/gals might get a kick out of this... Was over helping my neighbor, and very good friend, the other day. We were moving a couple 4" x 10' pipes that had been laying on a pile for probably years. I was driving the John Deere with forks. Him and his brother-in-law lifted the pipes and laid them across the forks, then I hauled them up the hill a couple hundred feet where they proceeded to move them onto a trailer. They got the first one on the trailer and came back for the second one. About the time my friend got to the end of the pipe he let out a yell that could be heard in the next county. He then looked up at me and said, "I don't mind them if I know they are there!" All I could do was laugh. The big one crawled out of the pipe next to his knee. The smaller one had apparently been in the first pipe and flopped off the trailer about the same time the big one stuck his head out. Based on my height and the door frames in our home being 80", we estimate the big fellow to be real close to 7 feet long. I caught both of them, we got a picture, and they have safely been returned into the wild. No critters were injured during the photography!

 

[BigBody79]

rattlers?

 

[rcalexander105]

Look like some big ole black / rat / king snakes to me.

Speaking of (not to side track OP), we've seen our fair share over the past month or two around our house in the woods. Last night I came home from work and my son told me to come check something out and this is what I found. I'm curious, what would do this? I always thought black snakes killed copperheads so I initially ruled that out but I just don't know. They said there was another something moving around this one when they found it (they said it looked like another snake but who knows).

 

[Granny]

rattlers?

Sorry, they are just blacksnakes. I call 'em good neighbors.

 

[trailhugger]

That's a big 'un, @Granny ! I've had to relocate a 5-footer a couple of times lately. It's a pretty calm critter and I'm glad to have it eat mice and things, as long as he stays out of the shed and other places we might want to be! Moved him out from under the neighbor's deck she was rebuilding once and out of the shed the second time.

 

[Granny]

^^^ Hi Cydney! This was the biggest blacksnake I have ever caught... I have picked up a bunch of 'em. Sure wish I had a pic of my buddy's face when he came face-to-face with the monster. I could grin over that one for years!

 

[Tacoma747]

Blacksnakes will kill copperheads and other snakes, but that doesn't mean a copperhead won't kill a blacksnake. The bigger one wins the battle, smaller one gets eaten. But to have torn a snake open like that it was likely a dog or something. When a snake kills another snake it goes in would swallow the other one whole.

Look like some big ole black / rat / king snakes to me.

Speaking of (not to side track OP), we've seen our fair share over the past month or two around our house in the woods. Last night I came home from work and my son told me to come check something out and this is what I found. I'm curious, what would do this? I always thought black snakes killed copperheads so I initially ruled that out but I just don't know. They said there was another something moving around this one when they found it (they said it looked like another snake but who knows).

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[rcalexander105]

Blacksnakes will kill copperheads and other snakes, but that doesn't mean a copperhead won't kill a blacksnake. The bigger one wins the battle, smaller one gets eaten. But to have torn a snake open like that it was likely a dog or something. When a snake kills another snake it goes in would swallow the other one whole.

Exactly what I was thinking. I bet my damn dog got a hold of it now that I'm thinking back. She greeted me yesterday tail tucked like she knew she did something wrong but I couldn't figure out what was up w/ her. She was all smiles when she saw me but certainly wasn't acting right.

 

[BigClay]

Exactly what I was thinking. I bet my damn dog got a hold of it now that I'm thinking back. She greeted me yesterday tail tucked like she knew she did something wrong but I couldn't figure out what was up w/ her. She was all smiles when she saw me but certainly wasn't acting right.

That would be my bet