Brown water snake for sure. Yours is a big one. Did you introduce him to some #6 shot?
www.atwzoological.com/images/brownwatersnake.jpg
http://www.atwzoological.com/images/brownwatersnake.jpg

Only good snake...is a dead snake!

That snake is a Texas Rat Snake, aka "Chicken Snake"


Long slender body, and small head, but the markings tend to get it confused with the water snake.


As mentioned before, great for controlling mice, but dam they can scare the hell out of you, and they are aggressive, but absolutely Harmless!

Def. a water snake, shot a 4 foot'er the other day

Fool, Google images for Texas Rat Snake and "conpare" ;)

Yes they look alike.

Does the one I killed mkae it a rat snake because it had a rat in it?
lmao
Sorry..ole 12 ga. wasn't too kind to him..blew 6-8 inches off..poor lil guy

Good shot Fool, that "was" a healthy water snake! :)


I hate snakes, scared to death of them, and my 6 year would pick up everyone he sees if I would let him. Trying to train him to know the difference, but I just ask him for now if you a see snake come check with me before you get too close! I have rice fields on 3 sides of my house and I haven't seen many true Water Mocassin/Cottonmouths, but I know they are there!

I try...Not much you can do when they are in a tree...just shoot!

yea I'm with Gerald, I think thats a rat snake if my memory serves me right

looks like what we call a chicken snake

final opinion
 

definitely a rat/chicken snake.
first pic is a rat snake, the second is a water snake

i know someone who works for an oil company

he is really qualified at identifying snakes

ill give him a call

LOL

We are not all the same.:work:

That last picture I know for sure is a water snake, due to the red..Neither my snake or the orginal poster's has red...so rat snakes?



Bare;y got knicked by a water snake this past duck season...Moved a stick/brush pile and he jumped out at me...I sharted.:*****::cry:

Thanks for the backup there Warren, I would of put the pic's in my post, but not too good with the "copy & paste".

I am not a "conputer" genius, like someone on here! :*****:

Well, theres alot of types of water snakes out there but that rat snake is identical and if you google pics, then you get even better ones

It seems we are becoming too dependent on W's intelligence. Must we burden such an important little man with such trivial stuff?

Cursed creatures
 

I hear you....snakes were cursed by God in the book of Genesis. I don't take any prisoners if I have a shovel or gun around! Can take care of my own rat population.:D

That's what I'm screaming!