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Hey Chubber,
I came down here from Falls church in 1981. I 've been living in Central Florida all this time. Your biggest problem won't be the snakes.It's finding a spot away from the other hunters. And yes,seriously,the gators are more of a threat. A 12 footer can sink into a 12" mud hole and if you ain't looking good,you'll step right on him. Then you got a serious problem.They can be found in places where you would think a frog wouldn't live.
Chuck

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Heck,here in Fla. we don't have to worry bout snakes, the Gators eat them all.[:o][&:]

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Well i know i'm not south (southern boy at heart though) but i know what everyone means by snake problems. I live in the valley so we have alot of cottonmouths and such. When i go camping or dove hunting even, i carry a big knife with me. I know its not much but its saved me in the past when dealing with a snake

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This is very true. Snakes are only interested in things they can eat and the only snakes that are large enough for humans to be in their prey size range are the Anaconda and Reticulated Python; neither of which is found in the U.S. Ticks on the other hand are always looking for human sized mammals to feed on and carry some nasty diseases, particularly Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever which despite its name is endemic in the eastern United States.

Caldoc

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I live in Louisiana we have plenty things that will bite you.I spend alot of time out in the woods spring ,summer and fall.I just walk around them I feel it is thier house not mine.They eat bugs to the bite me .When I hear a turkey it is the snake that needs to be carefull because I'm turning and burning to get set up.Doesn.t have anything to do with this but I remember a saying my old drill sargent told me.It pays the same to march as it does to fight.Keep your head down

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honestly i've never had a run in with a snake, knock on wood, i hope i don't ever for that matter.

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I see snakes just 'bout everyday around the house here. With the rice fields, canals, rivers and swamps, they're everywhere. When we go fourwheeler riding, I take my .22 ruger with me just for a little target practice.

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here is a central florida snake

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Where abouts in central Florida did it come from?
Chuck

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I hunt in the mountains of Va. the only time I worry about snakes is during Spring Gobbler season, When I find myself sitting next to a dead fall and realize this is where they like to hind. On my fathers 90 acre farm in the past 9 years he has "removed" 27 rattlers.

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That is great!:D Honestly, I have rarely came across an Eastern Diamondback while hunting. I have came across many Pigmy's and a few Cotton Mouths though. I hate snakes but I do not let them ruin my hunts. In my part of FL it rarely gets cold enough through any season to make them hibernate so I always have to watch for them! And Gators in the wild are not really a threat. It is the ones in town you have to worry about. I hunt the Everglades and see big gators everywhere they usually try to avoid you!

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They're still a few diamondback around in SW Central Fl...this one was in Greenswamp East Diamondback

But I see a lot more Cottonmouths and Gators You don't have to be close to water for the Gators either...I've almost stepped on them when not drop of water around.

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I was woried about that.That is where I hunt.

Chuck

Were those pictures taken from the Green Swamp?

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All but the cotton mouth..he lives next door in Richloam which is eat up with cotton mouth as is The Baird Unit next door to it.
I very seldom see water moccaisons or any poisionus snakes in Greenswamp East..so many hogs in there where I hunt they keep them ate up.
That diamondback was the only one I've ever seen in Greenswamp..he almost crawled in my lap when I was sitting down calling gobblers..came up from behind me was less than a foot away from my outstretched right leg and his head was even with my knee when I saw him. I don't even see any pygmy rattlers in Greenswamp East....Toso. and Seminole Ranch are eat up with them.