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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4721836" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>This is actually a very legitimate concern, including having a snake come out (and to you) which wasn't there when you initially sat.</p><p>I've had some close calls, while sitting, and/or nearly sitting on a rattler, but not yet bitten while just sitting.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine actually "called up" a huge rattlesnake.</p><p>He had been sitting up against a big oak for over an hour, and we think the hen calls actually did call up the snake.</p><p>Would imagine quite a few baby turkeys are eaten by snakes.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Not yet, but several close calls.</p><p>I have been struck once while squirrel hunting (late August),</p><p>and struck again while archery deer hunting (mid-October).</p><p></p><p>The first one was a good-sized copperhead, and it failed to get a fang in my leg, although it did hit my pants (right above the ankle), just missed my leg.</p><p></p><p>The second was a huge cottonmouth, and it would have nailed me badly had I not been wearing snake boots.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, I know several people who have been bitten, but none personally while turkey hunting.</p><p>I seem to have more close encounters in late May, then again in September.</p><p></p><p>My grandfather was bitten by a big cottonmouth, and told he was going to die if he didn't allow them to amputate his leg. He told them he'd rather die then, but he lived, and eventually his leg was ok. He was fishing in some backwater of the Obion River when he was bitten (believe in July).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4721836, member: 1409"] This is actually a very legitimate concern, including having a snake come out (and to you) which wasn't there when you initially sat. I've had some close calls, while sitting, and/or nearly sitting on a rattler, but not yet bitten while just sitting. A friend of mine actually "called up" a huge rattlesnake. He had been sitting up against a big oak for over an hour, and we think the hen calls actually did call up the snake. Would imagine quite a few baby turkeys are eaten by snakes. Not yet, but several close calls. I have been struck once while squirrel hunting (late August), and struck again while archery deer hunting (mid-October). The first one was a good-sized copperhead, and it failed to get a fang in my leg, although it did hit my pants (right above the ankle), just missed my leg. The second was a huge cottonmouth, and it would have nailed me badly had I not been wearing snake boots. Interestingly, I know several people who have been bitten, but none personally while turkey hunting. I seem to have more close encounters in late May, then again in September. My grandfather was bitten by a big cottonmouth, and told he was going to die if he didn't allow them to amputate his leg. He told them he'd rather die then, but he lived, and eventually his leg was ok. He was fishing in some backwater of the Obion River when he was bitten (believe in July). [/QUOTE]
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