Posted on 08/05/2019 1:46:26 PM PDT by Bonemaker
Well, W.C. Fields once said that it is good to keep a flagon of whiskey on hand in case of snake-bite. And also a small snake!
I despise the bloody things almost at the biblical level. Having said that, I did get the reptile study merit badge in the boy scouts about a century ago and do sort of understand them. Nevertheless, I don’t want to encounter any period.
My husband pulled up a mat outside our back door and found 2 baby Copperheads wriggling.........which means the mamma must have been close by
Did you hear about the woman in a Hampton Inn who woke up with a snake on her arm!
Recent story
Here in GA it is clear that all snakes should undergo a thorough background check, while not violating their PETA rights.
I understand that they are a part of the ecosystem and all that but I prefer they stay in the part of the ecosystem that is far away from me.
I try to keep my alcohol level high enough that the snake yelps if he bites me.
I did my best Carl Lewis impersonation and jumped the divider and ran 30 feet past where the blighter was.
Another hiker saw another water moccasin a week later on a trail 1/2 mile further north from the river.
so yeah, I'm guessing the spring flooding along the Mississippi river region was doing a number on them.
I stand corrected...loved watching him!
“But you can call me Mr. Pliskin.” I remember watching that movie sitting on the back wall at the Tri-City Drive In
In Loma Linda, California in the early 80s.
I have a hunting lease in S. Georgia that I go to about every 3 weeks to fill feeders and such. Timber rattlers are common but the last couple time out there not one snake, well love snake that is. I’m sure now that I mentioned it I’ll encounter them next go around.
If you are in snake country it’s a really good idea to invest in some good snake boots, snake shot for your sidearm and some really good situational awareness.
Of course. But also a supply of brown paper bags is required.
Snake venom is also great for getting you to forget your hangover!
I have those kinds too but the really large hybrids are the ones I fear. The rattleheaded copper moccasin reigns supreme among snakes. I use my fully auto 12 guage shotgun and my pack of trained wolverines to track them to their den.
Good point, I had forgotten that. By the way, Louisiana too. We had to watch for them in the chicken house when I was a kid at my grandparents’ place. My grandmother learned to keep the chicken nests low and to look inside first after she grabbed a couple of them...
I had a friend in Baytown who said he was always hard to wake up until he trudged into the henhouse one morning half awake and pulled a chicken snake 5 feet long out of a nest instead of eggs...he said after that when he wakes up he’s instantly alert.
And a scary one...a friend in Louisiana told me he went camping years ago, and for some strange reason turned his boots upside down before he put them on the next morning, which he had never, ever done...a foot long rattler dropped out of the left boot.
I learned many years ago ALWAYS check your shoes/boots in the AM any time you go camping. In some places around here, scorpions are a more common threat and can climb into anything...I have no idea how many scorpions we found under rocks and dead logs we moved in the Bryan College Station area. (we’re talking basketball size rocks here and bigger) After a few scorpions, we started to turn rocks over before trying to pick them up...
Yeh, duh, its summer.
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