This keeps reminding me why......

Bobgobble2 · 06-22-2003, 08:31 AM

I like early season!![

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We have killed 9 rattlers over the last few weeks and they just give me the creeps!!![

]Early season here they are still pretty burrowed up but the the last 2 weeks of our season when temps get warmer we always run into a couple and those early predawn mornings I find myself starting to tiptoe my way around the woods!Or as I like to tell my huntin buddy you go first!!!

mauser06 · 06-22-2003, 09:17 AM

always wondered why in the world they made them big ole snakeproof boots....i love snakes...they amaze me so much...i found my first rattler last year...i thought it was a black snake till i got close and had the tail in my hand...man are them things aggressive...and i think he sensed my body heat so when i would move i could watch his head move following me......i was in the middle of nowhere walking an old logging road....i was about 1/2 mile from camp..im glad i didnt get bitten....but i dont think there that bad up here we need to kill any or get snakeproff boots.....though im sure it wouldnt be a horrible idea in some parts of the state......

huntnma · 06-22-2003, 09:39 AM

well, personally if it was up to me, all snakes could stay but the rattlers and moccasins....copperheads......they are just to dang agressive.....i know they do good to the world, but i just don' t like em...i used to kill em(marinate in bbq sauce for 24 hours and fry em up,it' s the best), but now i go out of my way not too....i' ll even scoot them off the roads...i hunt barefooted most of the time, i go through some nasty stuff, alot of the men don' t even do it, i just get the mind set of go girl, just go and i pray all the way

but this time of year my feet are covered, most of the time......there' s this one rattler where i work, it has to be 8 foot long......i' d be dead instintly......the pygmy' s scare me more than the big ones do, they are just evil..............and you can' t hear em like the big guys, til you are right there....me and my buddy were scouting last year , i walked right over it, he went to take a step and it almost got him........put the fear of God right in me....

maytom · 06-22-2003, 05:42 PM

Here' s a pic a buddy of mine sent me the other day. This was taken down in Texas, where we went on our Rio trip this past april!! Thanks goodness I never seen one of these bad boys!! I believe that these went 10-12 lbs!! My favorite snake is a dead one!! Sorry but I hate them critters with a passion!!

Bobgobble2 · 06-22-2003, 06:55 PM

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]Snake boots!!!!More like give me body armor!!!YEEEEKKK!!

jalvja · 06-22-2003, 07:42 PM

Dang! Thems some big snakes.[

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Brampton Mike · 06-23-2003, 02:39 AM

Yep I have to agree...i' m a pretty big brave boy but snakes scare the living hell out of me!!!!!! [

] Brampton Mike [8D]

snowdog2 · 06-23-2003, 09:01 AM

huntnma--

you should consider buying and bringing with you at all times some snake bite anti-venom. with what sounds to me like regular exposure to venomous snakes, I' d say a snake bite kit is a prudent necessity.

MOTurkeyTamer · 06-23-2003, 09:52 PM

Man, they grow ' em big down in Texas!! Thank goodness I' ve never seen anything quite like that around here!

yankeehunter · 06-25-2003, 09:36 AM

The first thing I did when I moved to Georgia is buy snake boots. I have been lucky and haven' t ran into many of them, but I am glad that I have my boots. I agree, them thar is some big snakes.