I thought this was a neat photo. It was actually in a hunting/ fishing magazine and was contributed by one of its subscribers. This scene was photographed in Fredonia Kentucky.
Thought some of you guys might appreciate this.
Phil
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Black kingsnake vs Copperhead photo
Phil Peak
Aug 31, 2006 05:09 PM
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Steve_Craig
Aug 31, 2006 08:08 PM
Thanks Phil. There's nothing quite like the power of a common king in action. Someone further down below posted a few additional pics of that black king and copperhead. In some of those pics you can see a few pools of blood where the black king is absolutely destroying the copperhead.
Steve
cpritch
Sep 01, 2006 10:03 PM
The very first Eastern Kingsnake that I ever caught was a huge 5' male that was in the middle of putting the smack down on a 4' cottonmouth on the edge of a drainage canal. I watched the battle until he started downing the cottonmouth and then picked up the whole ball and took him home. He didn't regurge luckily but I could never get him to switch to rodents. He downed two WC green snakes and a WC garter and then I let him go.
