Something To Ponder
 

As Turkey season approches, and we get in the woods.
There is something we don't want to step, or sit on.
It could turn a good day into a really bad day.

Can you see what it is?

Poison Ivy, is not as bad as a big ol copperhead :s6:

Took me a while to see it.......haha. Just plain scary how well they blend in with dead leaves.

I'm non reactive to poison ivy so not really that big a deal to me. The only thing I worry about is bringing it home to my family.

I agree I would hate to step or sit on that snake.

Don't say that too soon ! I was not either until one day and boy did I get it and REAL Bad. I had it everywhere and I mean any part that I touched and have got it every year since. Javex applied straight always drys it up...

I used to get it, but for the past 14 years or so, I've been able to rip it out when I see it and haven't reacted to it.

i don't think the poison ivy is the problem. i think it's the snake in the pic thats the problem.....................tony

WOW that took me a few minutes to find that bugger...

any time im fixin to set down, i may make some noise but i push all the leaves away from where im gonna sit in about a 4 foot circle and i look very closely

I sat down once next to a cabbage palm, turned my head and I was face to face witha snake, talk about scared, OMG.....good thread !

I "ain't" allergic to poison ivey (yet). Copperheads ??? Probably :). Point well made. Copperheads are among the best cammoed snakes the Lord has made. Warm weather is here in SE Alabama. I'll be wearing snake boots Friday morning. I don't know of anyone anyone is marketing snake "drawers" .... (yet). If they were out there, some one would be buying them.

Wow! Starts making you wonder how many you've crawled by while hunting and never saw..... probably best we don't know! LOL!

Be safe out there everyone, and let's kill some birds!

My luck, i wouldnt even see it, get my ass bit.

I have had two close encounters with snakes while turkey hunting. Luckily both were black snakes.

First time one crawled across my boots, he was on my foot before I realized what was happening.

The last time scared the bejezus out of me, and I am a person who thinks snakes are fascinating. I was sitting in a tight little clearing I made in some brush and vines along a field edge. With me sitting in my turkey lounger the growth was about to head level beside me. I was nice and concealed. Well, I heard a commotion to my left and as soon as I turned to look a black snake head popped out and I mean POPPED out of that brush about a foot from my face. I swear time stood still at that moment.

Heh, took me a while to see the snake in the pic. part color blind and going from a photo doesn't help. Digi, I bet when that black head popped out a little brown head popped out into your drawers, lol. I've had to chase a rattlesnake from my neighbor's steps just so she could go inside after getting home from work. Lucky me it didn't want to mess around and just left. Just remember everyone, be careful and be aware of your surroundings.

Not a problem...just a bit of scratching! Best call in the woods.

LOL! I agree.

Or this! Removed this guy from my property Tuesday!

I'd rather step on that sneaky bugger than sit on it!!! Better yet - NEITHER!!!

Kim :)

just think of how many you have been near and dont know how close you were to them