We stumbled upon this snake in the woods today in Gwinn. It was near the Escanaba River, off of a two-track road. It was in a big log-pile. The weird thing is that it was "rattling" at us. anyone else seen one of these snakes ? Professor at NMU , thinks it might be a Fox Snake , http://www.aofusa.com/phpbb3/download/file.php?id=1547&t=1 I did try to upload in the gallery ,
He is correct it's a Fox or what many call a Pine Snake. They will shake their tail and if around dry leaves they can sound like a Rattler. A very common snake in WI.