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I've heard that a bite from a Cottonmouth and a Rattlesnake is like getting slammed with a baseball bat. Both stories were from the lower leg/calf area. Hard to imagine.

neither of the cottonmouths that got me stuck on, but the rattler did hit hard, made me jump/fall backwards, after i realized what hit me, i ripped my pants to make sure it didn't go through, i didn't realize at first it got my boots because it was so close to my knee. i will say that the venom is one of the most foul smells you will ever smell!!!

Bonecollecter1111 wrote:neither of the cottonmouths that got me stuck on, but the rattler did hit hard, made me jump/fall backwards, after i realized what hit me, i ripped my pants to make sure it didn't go through, i didn't realize at first it got my boots because it was so close to my knee. i will say that the venom is one of the most foul smells you will ever smell!!!

damn man, you need to watch your step...

A friend of mine and I were fishing at my lake last summer. The kids were playing on our sand area. We came to the bank to pick up the kids to fish, one of the girls started running toward us. There is some tall grass at the edge of the dam; she was headed for that. He yelled several times, don't go into the tall grass. She did anyway and was bitten by a cotton mouth. She yelled out that she thought she had stepped on something. She and the other kids went up to the house. My wife looked at it and called me and said it was a snake bite; it was swelling rapidly. They hauled booty to umc, where she stayed for 3-4 day's. The bill was over $60k if I remember.

mallardchaser wrote:A friend of mine and I were fishing at my lake last summer. The kids were playing on our sand area. We came to the bank to pick up the kids to fish, one of the girls started running toward us. There is some tall grass at the edge of the dam; she was headed for that. He yelled several times, don't go into the tall grass. She did anyway and was bitten by a cotton mouth. She yelled out that she thought she had stepped on something. She and the other kids went up to the house. My wife looked at it and called me and said it was a snake bite; it was swelling rapidly. They hauled booty to umc, where she stayed for 3-4 day's. The bill was over $60k if I remember.

I just purchased some boots, they are guide gear cottonmouth II. They are real cheap and may be uncomfortable but surely will do the job.

I've got a older pair of lacrosse snake boots. They are to small for me but I don't give a dang. On our place in tunica I've seen cotton mouths the size of my calf muscle. Walking through the woods I've got that protection but still nervous about where I step. I carry a old beaver stick also I smack the group in front of me at about 4 feet. Just gives them the chance to move or like I really think get ready. Hell I'd faint probably if I got struck!
2 things I'll honestly say, I'm scared of snakes and the woods in the dark! Look like a 747 going through there lol

levi127 wrote: I carry a old beaver stick also I smack the group in front of me at about 4 feet. Just gives them the chance to move or like I really think get ready.

Got a pond with high grass and I do the same thing. I whack the crap out of the grass all around me before I take a step.

I like to bowhunt em.

Hell yes!!

DRYLOK wrote:Hell yes!!

+1

Man ya'll have me freaked out . . . I hate snakes (I guess "scared as $#!+" is a better term), and I spend a lot of time wading/fly fishing/kayaking in "snake-y" places . . . A lot of the places I wade require a walk in through the woods, but I don't see what I could wear over my waders that would really help (maybe some gaiters).

Side question: I carry my 9mm with me pretty much everywhere I'm fishing or walking through the woods, and I'm a pretty good shot, but has anyone ever been put in the situation where they had to shoot, up close and in a hurry, a snake with a pistol (excluding a Judge with .410's). How'd that go? . . . .

Facking snakes.....

I must be the luckiest son of a gun alive. Only once while hunting have I ever had the opportunity to see a snake. It was during dove season back in the 70s, and I saw him coming after my game vest (I guess he could smell the doves.) Anyway, when I stood up to get a better shot at him, he hit the woods pdq. I've seen a multitude of snakes growing up working for my Dad, everything from cottonmouths to garter snakes. Never been bit, not even over in Ouachita Parish, LA. And I am convinced that God himself set the bag of snakes down there when he was putting those things loose upon the earth - - - and the danged bag had a hole in the bottom of it.

Beaudog1 wrote: but has anyone ever been put in the situation where they had to shoot, up close and in a hurry, a snake with a pistol Facking snakes.....

yes several times. I carried a ruger single six .22 as opposed to a 9mm. It happend on 2-3 different occasions. I was dynamiting beaver dams with greenstick. You have plenty of time to get out when you pulled the fuse, but sometimes we would set multiple charges and there were only a couple of paths in and out due to deep ditches, beaver runs, brush piles etc. It was an absolute jungle. We may go in one way and come out another. When you run upon 2 or 3 cottonmouths sunning on the only path out and the fuse is burning on 4-7 sticks of greenstick behind you, you shoot and shoot quick and you better at least hit em good enough to get around em. If I had owned a 357 with snake shot it would surely have been a better option.

Beaudog1 wrote:... has anyone ever been put in the situation where they had to shoot, up close and in a hurry, a snake with a pistol (excluding a Judge with .410's). How'd that go? . . . .

Facking snakes.....

I had a buddy of mine on one of those Ouachita Parish days jump. The first person who came past this particular log probably woke up the biggest cottonmouth I have ever seen before or since. I was the second to walk past this creature, and probably pizzed him off just a little bit. I just happened to look back and see the snake right as my best friend stepped directly in front of it.

Y'all ever see a 5 ft. nothin' high school kid carrying about 30 - 35 pounds of 'stuff' in the swamp during a hot August afternoon jump 3 feet straight up and 5 feet to the right, and not drop a d@mn thing? It was amazing.

jacksbuddy wrote:

Beaudog1 wrote:... has anyone ever been put in the situation where they had to shoot, up close and in a hurry, a snake with a pistol (excluding a Judge with .410's). How'd that go? . . . .

Facking snakes.....

I had a buddy of mine on one of those Ouachita Parish days jump. The first person who came past this particular log probably woke up the biggest cottonmouth I have ever seen before or since. I was the second to walk past this creature, and probably pizzed him off just a little bit. I just happened to look back and see the snake right as my best friend stepped directly in front of it.

Y'all ever see a 5 ft. nothin' high school kid carrying about 30 - 35 pounds of 'stuff' in the swamp during a hot August afternoon jump 3 feet straight up and 5 feet to the right, and not drop a d@mn thing? It was amazing.

seen a guy jump a ditch and there was a moccasin where he was supposed to land, he literally retracted and reversedso as he landed in the ditch instead of a few feet the other side . first and only time i ever saw a jumper preform an "unjump"