I encountered a coachwhip on my property well outside of town. We don’t have those things hereabouts, except for that one at least. I was able to measure its length because I encountered it it as it paused while stretched across the driveway. I just noted where its head and tail point lay and got out my tape. Approximately 7 feet three inches. We just don’t have snakes that long around here. Wife being paranoid of snakes, wanted me to shoot it. I didn’t.
Good for you for not killing it. That thing is rodent destroyer, and mice don’t enjoy having them around to the point they will vacate if it hangs around long enough.
Freegards