Snake Bites

[Wingman]

Gingers are snake proof...thought that was common knowledge. Probably something to do with not having souls...your guess is as good as mine.

What is a "ginger"?

[dukhntn]

Gingers are snake proof...thought that was common knowledge. Probably something to do with not having souls...your guess is as good as mine.

What is a "ginger"?

Pale, freckled, red-head. It is rumored that they have no soul, handle snakes, and dine on moon pies.

[Wingman]

Oh. I was thinking of Gilligan's Island.

[sevenhead]

have a friend that got bit by a cottonmouth. he had to squeeze its head and pull it off. Dont recall how many anti-venom vials he got but the doctor bill was around 30k i believe. This guy is 6'2" and about 300lbs, big tough country boy, said the burning of the bite was the worst pain he has ever experienced.

I always heard it's best to rip it off. Apparently if you squeeze the head to pull it off you help it release more venom. Could be wrong, makes sense though.

[chevy01234]

I got bitten on the hand a few years back by a 1 ft copperhead while turkey hunting and let me tell you it was the worst pain I have ever had to tolerate. Ended up spending three days in ICU and got four vowels of anti venom. My arm swelled up as big as my leg almost and was basically useless for about two weeks. They say the young snakes are the worst to get bitten by because they havent learned to control there venom injection and just dump a full load in ya. Ended up costing my insurance co about $15000 and me two weeks of turkey hunting. The bad thing is when you do get well enough to go back hunting every little stick in the woods looks like a snake and you are nervous the whole time.

How did you get your screen name?

[chevy01234]

Little sweethearts!

[rawalley]

beautiful

[levi127]

Call them what you want. Only time I sat sweet to them is calling a sweet shot that finished them off!

[RebelYelp]

never been bit (knocking on wood very hard), but have had my fair share of close encounters. This past bowseason I sent a slick trick through a cottonmouth's head that refused to get out of my trail walking into my stand. I have 4 rattlesnakes b/w 4 feet and 6 ft 9 inches on the wall (well, one is a guitar strap) that i've had close encounters with. The amazing thing about the rattlers is how calm they generally are, very very even tempered (at least in my experience), and my place in franklin county is full of them. Worst experience would either be the canebrake I sat next too 2 turkey seasons ago, started rattling as a bird was working in, i never saw him until 5 minutes after I set up.... or this past year, checking cameras, biggest cottonmouth i've ever seen was in the road in front of us and not happy when we rode up on him, my buddy freaked and stopped right on top of him and he came in the ranger with us, we let him have it until I could get him out and dispatched.

all that being said, the worst pain i've ever felt was from an Asp ("BEARDED CLAM" Caterpillar) sting last year, lil furry guy got on the backrest of the ranger and i stretched my arm out right on top of him, whole arm went numb/useless/paralyzed for about 6 hours, scared the shiite out of me.

[tombstone]

chevy1234 I thought you had better sense.

[Chuckle12]

Jody, that first picture is some kinda' wicked!!

[jacksbuddy]

Gingers are snake proof...thought that was common knowledge. Probably something to do with not having souls...your guess is as good as mine.

Maybe THAT'S why I've never been bit. I always thought that it was because I never sneaked around the woods in the spring and summer. Always wanted to give those no-shoulders ample time to leave.

[Blazer406]

I found the best snake weapon... IMHO..... is a 3" 410 pistol. I have one in a TC Contender with a 10" barrel with the screw in choke. One day, I will buy me one of those Tarus Judge pistols in SS 3" 410 revolver.

I came up on a cottonmouth this spring.... it crawled up in a small brush pile about 3' in diameter when he saw me.... I jumped off my rhino.... could only see a shaking tail in the brush pile..... I backed off about 10' and fired into the pile.... it blew snake out the back side of the pile and part of him was hanging on a stick about 3' on the other side of the pile. I don't know where the rest of him was.

The 410 pistol will make everyone a good shot. I love it.

[JaMak84]

My dad caught a beautiful 6' dimondback at work one day that a friend offered to make a belt out of for him. Told him to take it home and put in the freezer to kill it so it wouldn't mess up any of the hide. Only problem with that was there was no way momma was letting that snake in the house. Dad thought he was gonna be slick and get it in and out of the feezer without momma ever knowing. WRONG! Closest I ever saw a man come to dieing because of a snake was when momma opened that freezer to get a pack of butter beans out for supper

[chevy01234]

chevy1234 I thought you had better sense.

Nope, not really!