#1861895 - 03/29/10 04:14 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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mathews338
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snakes, i hate snakes they are the only that scare the crap out of me
when i see one i should just go to the house cause i ain't gonna get anything accomplished, i'll be looking at the ground the rest of the day
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#1861905 - 03/29/10 04:22 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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They been out for a while now.
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#1861911 - 03/29/10 04:35 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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We've been finding the little green snakes at work for several weeks.. I can't stand Copperheads
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#1861925 - 03/29/10 04:45 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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He got lucky. I'm sure them little suckers could make wanna die.
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#1861941 - 03/29/10 04:57 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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I wear my snakeboots all year. While working near Texarkana several years ago, I was double-struck by a cottonmouth in early January.
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#1862158 - 03/29/10 07:12 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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#1862174 - 03/29/10 07:21 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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#1862182 - 03/29/10 07:28 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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bought my first pair of snake boots last year after 50 yrs and I am so glad that I got them. I feel so much better now when I go to the woods.
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#1862228 - 03/29/10 07:45 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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#1862363 - 03/29/10 08:34 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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Very lucky.
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#1862478 - 03/29/10 09:22 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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Never have been scared of the ones I can see. The ones I can't see worry me. LOL
Edited by Beekeeper (03/29/10 09:22 PM)
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#1862645 - 03/29/10 11:24 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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Ive never owned a pair of snake boots. Ive never seen a poisonus snake so I just dont feel the need.
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#1862653 - 03/29/10 11:58 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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A timber rattler or copperhead, probably has the best natural
camo that was ever created. Laying still in the woods leaves,
they are virtually invisable.
If you have spent very much time the hardwoods during temps
above 60 degrees, the was probably a snake very near by. I guess
the good news is, you almost have to step on it or sit on it to
get bitten.
A guy I know killed a timber rattler on Christmas day in the
70's in Lewis County. I was an unusually warm day for that time
of year. He was sitting on the ground watching the side of a
hollow and just happen to look to his side on the ground. The
snake was coiled up about 2 foot away. Luckily, I guess it was
cool enough for the snake to be slugish.
5 1/2 foot long.....14 rattles.
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#1862717 - 03/30/10 06:14 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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I was double-struck by a cottonmouth in early January. I can hear a snake-bite story without thinking about yours. I always laugh at you jumping 5 feet high and running in the air for 20 seconds. Also comical that it took 2 strikes to get your attention!  Sorry to laugh, but knowing your OK, makes it funny now!
Oh I promise you I screamed like a girl! I think suddenly realizing you've been bitten by a poisonouis snake triggers an instinctive ultra-fear reaction.
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#1862731 - 03/30/10 06:28 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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If you have spent very much time the hardwoods during temps
above 60 degrees, the was probably a snake very near by. I guess
the good news is, you almost have to step on it or sit on it to
get bitten.
I couldn't agree more. I'll never forget working in a temporarily dry swamp in Louisiana. I was standing still trying get a good GPS position when I felt something on my boot. I looked down to see a 3-foot rattlesnake sliding over the top of my left boot. I didn't move a muscle and the snake just went on about his way. I gotta' admit I was sweating bullets there for awhile though!
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#1862739 - 03/30/10 06:31 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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A timber rattler or copperhead, probably has the best natural camo that was ever created.
That is what bothers me the most. You just cannot see a copperhead.
Every time I see an exhibit at the zoo, the sign on the tiny living quarters says "Copperhead". I look for 2 minutes and finally see it... laying right there IN PLAIN VIEW! 
I was double-struck by a cottonmouth in early January. I can hear a snake-bite story without thinking about yours. I always laugh at you jumping 5 feet high and running in the air for 20 seconds. Also comical that it took 2 strikes to get your attention! Sorry to laugh, but knowing your OK, makes it funny now! Oh I promise you I screamed like a girl! I think suddenly realizing you've been bitten by a poisonouis snake triggers an instinctive ultra-fear reaction.
I sure I would react the exact same way. But unlike you, I'm sure I would have had to change professions to a desk job!
Last year was my first year with snake boots. Just like most of those on this thread, the boots made me much more comfortable in the woods! 
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#1862751 - 03/30/10 06:35 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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One more thing to worry about this weekend as warm as it will be. I hate snakes. Like i've always said , when i see a snake i can put out some moves that would put James Brown to shame.
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#1862779 - 03/30/10 06:58 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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They can be very dangerous if you run up on 1 2 quick!
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#1862819 - 03/30/10 07:41 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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had a few encounters over the years. very few venomous snakes although i am sure i have been near a few i didn't see. please don't kill the snakes unless it is a venomous snake somewhere that it would be a threat.
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#1862867 - 03/30/10 08:14 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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Yes, I have levitated before after stepping on a copperhead... 
Amazing how high you can "levitate" too!
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#1862880 - 03/30/10 08:21 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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Yes, I have levitated before after stepping on a copperhead... Amazing how high you can "levitate" too!
I have a hard time levitating with my pants so full.. 
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#1862882 - 03/30/10 08:23 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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I was cleaning out my vegetable garden a couple of falls ago in late October, pulling up the metal T fence posts I use for tomato stakes. As I grabbed one and started wrenching it around to loosen it up, I looked down and noticed a long stick less than a foot away from my left foot. Took me a couple of seconds to realize it was a stretched out timber rattler. I slowly backed away and it never even moved. A 6' long T-post will really put a hurtin' on a snake when applied with sufficient force! He was 52" long and had 11 rattles.
Also, in my experience a straight-shaft Stihl string trimmer will clip the head right off of a copperhead!
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#1862936 - 03/30/10 08:57 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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what I've learned about snakes is that if you kill one, don't post it here....haha. someone will protest....haha
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#1862959 - 03/30/10 09:17 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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had a few encounters over the years. very few venomous snakes although i am sure i have been near a few i didn't see. please don't kill the snakes unless it is a venomous snake somewhere that it would be a threat.
has anyone else heard of this
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#1862965 - 03/30/10 09:19 AM
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had a few encounters over the years. very few venomous snakes although i am sure i have been near a few i didn't see. please don't kill the snakes unless it is a venomous snake somewhere that it would be a threat. one of dads best friends is a logger and he said that he was loading logs on to a truck and when he got to the bottom of the pile he saw a black snake with a copperhead about halfway down it's throat, it was eating the copperhead so you have a good point about not killing one they do benefit us to leave them alone has anyone else heard of this
Heard it all of my life. Older people were happy to have black snakes around the house for that very reason.
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#1862972 - 03/30/10 09:32 AM
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Glad he's ok.
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#1863113 - 03/30/10 11:36 AM
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had a few encounters over the years. very few venomous snakes although i am sure i have been near a few i didn't see. please don't kill the snakes unless it is a venomous snake somewhere that it would be a threat. one of dads best friends is a logger and he said that he was loading logs on to a truck and when he got to the bottom of the pile he saw a black snake with a copperhead about halfway down it's throat, it was eating the copperhead so you have a good point about not killing one they do benefit us to leave them alone has anyone else heard of this
king snakes often prey on other snakes including vemonous snakes. most king snakes i can catch are released here around the house for that reason.
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#1863143 - 03/30/10 11:55 AM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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had a few encounters over the years. very few venomous snakes although i am sure i have been near a few i didn't see. please don't kill the snakes unless it is a venomous snake somewhere that it would be a threat. one of dads best friends is a logger and he said that he was loading logs on to a truck and when he got to the bottom of the pile he saw a black snake with a copperhead about halfway down it's throat, it was eating the copperhead so you have a good point about not killing one they do benefit us to leave them alone has anyone else heard of this king snakes often prey on other snakes including vemonous snakes. most king snakes i can catch are released here around the house for that reason.
that may be why i have never seen a vemonous snake around my hunting area, i do see lot of king snakes
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#1863241 - 03/30/10 01:27 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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I have some huge "chicken or turkey" snakes around the house and I leave them alone..I tell everyone who visits not to kill them either. (Had a few visitors do some dancing in the air when one crawls up on them) Knock on wood but we have seen very few venomous snakes and I think it's because of these non-venomous ones
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#1868151 - 04/01/10 10:58 PM
Re: Snakebite in Weakley County
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bought my first pair of snake boots last year after 50 yrs and I am so glad that I got them. I feel so much better now when I go to the woods.
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#1868177 - 04/01/10 11:17 PM
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Seen my first snake of the year today. A 4 foot Chicken Snake while cutting the grass on our farm in Mt. Juliet. I had to stop mowing and wait for him to crawl off. We have quite a few of them over there. They keep the mice out of my shop.
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#1868329 - 04/02/10 07:34 AM
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had a few encounters over the years. very few venomous snakes although i am sure i have been near a few i didn't see. please don't kill the snakes unless it is a venomous snake somewhere that it would be a threat. one of dads best friends is a logger and he said that he was loading logs on to a truck and when he got to the bottom of the pile he saw a black snake with a copperhead about halfway down it's throat, it was eating the copperhead so you have a good point about not killing one they do benefit us to leave them alone has anyone else heard of this king snakes often prey on other snakes including vemonous snakes. most king snakes i can catch are released here around the house for that reason.
yep! saw it happen in my backyard once--- dude--- you didn't know that>?
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#1869528 - 04/03/10 08:58 AM
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