Rattlesnakes in NH

Rick · 04-21-2006, 08:58 PM

I have seen 2 in NH. One was down in Allenstown and the second one was in Sandwich notch on the Black Mountain Trail. Both rattled and hissed and were about 3 feet long. Long enough to make me back away.

But nothing will beat the time I was in Montana on the Gallatin River fishing when I was climbing up over some rocks and got on top of a huge flat rock only to find about a dozen rattlesnakes coiled up in the sunlight. I nearly jumped in! They never moved but I sure did!

wildwoodfam · 04-26-2006, 04:11 PM

Ran into one basking in the sun on the green at a small private golf club in Dublin NH - of all places - I thought St Patrick had driven these snakes out of Dublin - er - oops - wrong country! Anyway - he was about 3 feet long and stretched out sunning...moved pretty quickly (away from us and the green) when the ball rolled toward him. It is said - many live in and around the Monadnock Region.

04-26-2006, 04:11 PM	#2
wildwoodfam Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Andover, MA & summers up at the BIG lake Posts: 285 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Timber rattler encounter in southern NH Ran into one basking in the sun on the green at a small private golf club in Dublin NH - of all places - I thought St Patrick had driven these snakes out of Dublin - er - oops - wrong country! Anyway - he was about 3 feet long and stretched out sunning...moved pretty quickly (away from us and the green) when the ball rolled toward him. It is said - many live in and around the Monadnock Region.

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04-21-2006, 08:58 PM	#1
Rick Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have seen 2 in NH. One was down in Allenstown and the second one was in Sandwich notch on the Black Mountain Trail. Both rattled and hissed and were about 3 feet long. Long enough to make me back away. But nothing will beat the time I was in Montana on the Gallatin River fishing when I was climbing up over some rocks and got on top of a huge flat rock only to find about a dozen rattlesnakes coiled up in the sunlight. I nearly jumped in! They never moved but I sure did!