The overall range for timber rattlesnakes extends from New England to Minnesota and to the eastern part of Oklahoma and Kansas. They are generally distributed to the southern part of the East. The canebrake rattlesnakes tend to be distributed through the lower areas of North Carolina and the southern area of Illinois to the Gulf. The timber rattlesnake can survive in cooler temperatures. May. The cycles of reproduction in rattlesnakes in can affect season activities.
Timber rattlesnakes are carnivores.
A study shows that 94 percent of a timber rattlesnakes diet is made of mammals. These can consist of rats, mice, squirrels, and many other smaller mammals. A timber rattler was also observed eating a mink and a weasel, which is somewhat unusual. Timber rattlesnakes will also feast on frogs, toads, fish, insects, and other arthropods. All rattlesnakes tend to gather their food by being still and waiting until they can insert their prey with venom by striking out at them as the creature becomes in range.