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Can anyone tell me the size/weight of the biggest okeetee? And would it be male or female?

Thanks

Jonas

Back in the 80s, Jim Harrison and I found a solid 6 footer in the Okeetee area of SC. It was old and battle-scarred, and did not look like it would last another season.
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Brad Chambers
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Very cool. Do you know if it was male or female?

Jonas

I had a few 5 footers ...lived 20 years......old days....fat too...took only like 4 years to stop growing ......
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>>Very cool. Do you know if it was male or female?
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>>Jonas
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Jungle Carpet Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
Locality Mexican Milksnakes
Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
Cape Housesnakes
Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

Not sure of any weight specs., but the largest recorded corn is said to be 72 inches(exactly 6 feet). All things being equal, the males are generally larger than females. And as many other's also have noted, corns from the the South Carolina region are known to be quite large. If I were trying to locate a true giant, that is certainly the area that I would focus my search.

I have seen a couple Jasper County "Okeetee" corns in the past that were upwards of around 6 feet long. They were impressive looking to say the least!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thanks a lot

Jonas