Beaver damage from last year

Scott, i looked it up. Southern Copperheads are the biggest. And the record is 53. But i think that one was 54 or 52. And caught 2 that were 48. I knew i had the big ones here. I have not seen one since i killed 25 the first 5 years i cleared this place. Sorry i did that but their camo is out of control and i almost got hit on the hand 3-4 times. I have 5-6 foot kings on every corner-love em. And all others. Seen a couple of rattlers and let them go. They are infrequent.
I think their bite is a flesh rotting bite unlike a rattler that attacks central nerves. Is that correct?

Jim there is 11 skulls on the pie safe. Owl, beaver, soft shell, snapping turtle, possum, coon, otter, squirrel and more. I say she has enough. She would want it. But she wants everything.
You are kind. Thanks for the offer.

Pygmys are so common in S. GA and central Florida. Not much in Atlanta,here anyway. I have seen 4 hands from Pygmy bite. I can spot them. The doctor lances along every bone of the back of the finger and back of the hand. 12 slices-8 on 4 fingers and 4 on back of hand. Text book. They cause massive swelling.

I swear your theory on kings is what has happened. I have witnessed 2 water snake attacks by kings. The king lost both times. Because the water snake took the fight to the water and he outweighed the king 4 to 1. Once in the water the king was out of there. My water snakes are meaner than any snake i have ever handled. athletic accurate fast strong mean smelly.
Both of those attacks were at a shallow water's edge and i heard the splashing and commotion due to the shallow water battle. Both cases the king was wrapped around the upper 1/4 of the water snake.
Tears came out of my eyes(maybe i am exaggerating a little) i was so amazed to get to see those 2 confrontations. I got humongo kings.
I saw on the new show about baptist snake handlers that they fear the poison of a western diamond back. Said it was very deadly.

I think that eastern diamond backs (maybe others) have sliding hinges in their jaws. Have you heard such. Have you heard that many eastern diamond back bites result in death by longitudinal vein laceration blood lose. Where there hooked fangs have done the damage cause they are like sharpened hooks like a hook skinner knife and the effect of the sliding hinge leaving long lacerations
longitudinally on a leg.

I didn't see you question (it is a question isn't it?).  I've peeled a few of them.  I'm sure the one in Alabama was an Eastern Diamondback.  Out here, most likely they were Southern Pacifics.  They have a very bold, highly contrasting pattern.

I didn't do anything fancy with it. Shaved any meat off it, salted it and tacked it up inside the barn. I brought it home with me, and gave it to my sister's boyfriend for his birthday or Christmas or something. I'm pretty sure he made a hatband out of it. On others, I've used glycerine or the tanning stuff you can pick up at Tandy Leather. The only other thing I can recall making was a belt buckle, that had leather lacing around the edge. I know I still have it somewhere. Don't know why I made it, I don't wear belts.

Yes, it's a rattler, probably a Southern Pacific. Definitely not a red diamond. The buckle blank is from Tandy Leather, and it's probaly 25+ yers old? Just guessing. This skin was one that was soaked in glycerin, so it kind of thinnned out, almost translucent once the scales came off.

Yes, I did. Used to do a lot of leather work, but haven't done any for a while. The last thing I did was to make a matching belt for a holster I had for my Ruger Blackhawk. When I was shooting at the PD range, we had to have a holster for doing quick draws. I wasn't too quick getting six shots off with that single action revolver. But I did learn to fan it.

Haven't shot anyone yet! I'm not hot tempured.