Stop and they go away.
Kill every Cotton mouth you see, they are just nasty
Bread truck/boat gun
Beats hucking rocks at it
May he rest in peace and may the rattler die of indigestion.
Makes me kinda wonder...if he couldn't tell them he was bit by a rattler at the time he went to the hospital, how did they know he'd been bitten later...when they administered anti-venin?
I've never been surprised by a rattler, mainly 'cause I let them know I'm there and they'll usually let me know they are there.
A damned Copperhead...I'll kill every one I see.
Period.
I hate those damned sneaky things.
In fact, I hate them so bad, that when I see a King Snake on another part of my land, I transplant them closer to my house.
I found a big King just a week or so ago while bushhogging...surprised it in the process of eating another snake.
Couldn't tell what it was from the tip of the tail, but I hope it was a Copperhead.
On average, about five people per year die from snake bites in the United States, mostly rattlers but copperheads, corals and mambas as well.
Copperheads are a favorite for king snakes. If you have a king around, you won’t have to worry about venomous snakes or rats. Friend of mine in MS sent me an e-mail the other day; he was jogging on a trail in the woods and saw/heard some kind of commotion in the brush; he stopped and began approaching slowly. In a few steps he saw what was causing the ruckus; a king snake was in the process of killing and eating a copperhead.
Stop and they go away.
Kill every Cotton mouth you see, they are just nasty
Bread truck/boat gun
Beats hucking rocks at it
Yup Rattlers a pretty benign, let them know you’re there and they respond in kind.
They don’t want no fight
I am not sure if you need to know what kind of rattler bit the person. The Mojave rattler is neurotoxin and your heart stops in 15 minutes. I know a couple of folks who have survived western diamondback bites, though with nasty scars.
'Can you spot the copperhead?'