#2060629 - 09/07/10 12:25 PM
Close encounter with a copper head
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plasticman
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I have had close calls before but this one will make your skin crawl!
Saturday morning my hunting partner and i were raking some dead grass from one of our food plots. I had just run the disc over it and the dead yellow grass was too thick to continue with planting. Both of us were well protected with snake boots! Both of us were wearing leather gloves.
As I reached down to pick up another load of grass I turned and started walking toward the edge of the plot. Just as I began to through the pile of grass a copper head crawled out of the middle of the pile and slithered down my arm and onto the ground. I think the only reason he did not strike was because the disc had injured him. After several choice words (can't repeat them on here) I took his head off!
Moral to the story, just because you have your snake boots on don't mean you can be any less cautious!
Be careful out there guys!
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#2060641 - 09/07/10 12:39 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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JohnnyBond
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#2060712 - 09/07/10 01:37 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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Winchester
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Glad you didnt get bit!
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#2060736 - 09/07/10 01:49 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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DOC1187
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yeah glad you didn't
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#2060820 - 09/07/10 02:53 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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gator-n-buck
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Registered: 10/22/08
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#2060902 - 09/07/10 03:46 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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rem270
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i would have puked
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#2060921 - 09/07/10 03:57 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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Don'tDrinkTinks
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x2... plus a little pee.
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#2060975 - 09/07/10 04:52 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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tickweed
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Had a buddy racking up old hay in a barn stall, reached down, picked up an armload, and had a 3 ft. cottonmouth hit him on the inside of his forearm. Took several months to get over it. Said the snake stuck to his arm as he tried to shake him off. Man, I'd have ruined my pants had it been me!
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#2061039 - 09/07/10 06:07 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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Bone Collector
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Golly that is 
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#2061054 - 09/07/10 06:11 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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onebuck
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I would have fertilized that food plot right quick!
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#2061219 - 09/07/10 07:56 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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Yellowhammer
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Glad you are alright. I hate snakes!
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#2061280 - 09/07/10 08:24 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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I would have fertilized that food plot right quick! 
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#2061290 - 09/07/10 08:30 PM
Re: Close encounter with a copper head
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nso123
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Ouch, better you than me.
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