I dont think there is anything I am more scared of then snakes! Well other then the wife...

Couple of weeks ago I was at my parent's place and the bluejays were flat cuttin up down in the woods. When I went to investigate, they had a big black snake cornered giving him hell. I grabbed him by the tail and used my bow to pick him up with, he kind of crawled up around my quiver and made himself at home. I carried him back to the house and turned him loose under the shed to take care of some chipmonks.

Later that night I was watching the Braves game and had my bow laying on the table behind me. I kept smelling a nasty musky smell and couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Well it seems ole mister black snake gave my arrows some natural cover scent, they stank bad too. LOL Chris

Them red wasp and yellow jacket nest will getcha bout every time.

Good pics RC,snake and gators don't bother me.Them red wasp or hornets I want no part of.

I think I'll just keep hunting in the north RC. Snakes are the one thing that I have a phobia for!  

QuoteOriginally posted by Jesse Minish:
    I dont think there is anything I am more scared of then snakes! Well other then the wife...

yes... what Jesse said    :eek:

Snakes, gators, killer bees and fire ants.

You southern boys are TOUGH!

Not to mention Grits!

You had all 4 snakes in there that a guy I work with is scared of. Big ones, little ones, live ones and dead ones. LOL

I can deal with the snakes around here. Mostly Copperheads and a occasional buzztail. One thing about snakes you know where the business end is.

Now spiders on the other hand will ruin my whole day if I walk through a web. HA HA

All of them critters will just go to sleep when you rub their bellies.

RC's right, the truth is they don't want to bite very often.  I have only had cottonmouths actually come at me wanting a piece of me.  I've had timber rattlers go in defense mode, and I've actually seen very few copperheads in the wild.  I think they are probably the most timid, but if they hit you, you might as well jump in a fire, because that's what it will feel like.

Our lease is named Copperhead Hunting Club because one of the members was bit there.  Caught him on the thumb sitting to watch for squirrels in October.  He's tough as nails and said it was the most intense pain he had ever experienced.

Unless they won't back down, they are pretty much safe with me.  I never had a REAL wantto skin a bow.

Good stuff RC!  

i see a lot of bow backing in them pics, what are y'all skeered or somthin. ifn ya play it smart i see a lot snakes missin their hides. buzzards gotta , same as worms. rv

"....a bush with a red wasp nest in it "
RED WASPS BESIDES!!!!!
I'll be huntin in the winter thank you!!

Marty, You rub,I'll shoot.

Great pics RC. I'm glad we don't have as many as you! I wouldn't see many deer because of watching the ground all of the time. Is that second pic a light colored cottonmouth or just a souped up copperhead?
Thanks
Gerald

Cool pictures! I've heard they taste like chicken,said one cottonmouth to another! Think I'll stay up north.      

Snakes...why did it have to be snakes?

The first page of this thread made me want to move to Canada! lol. I was in Georgia for 2 months in '01 and we did not see a snake the whole time we were there. Fire ants on the other hand, we didn't see many but felt ALOT! Good luck RC!

Boy-O-Boy you sure want to keep all your critters to yourself doncha.  Because showing us northern guys pics like that will keep us right where we are "thank you very much".     And here I was contemplating a hog hunt in the near future.   :rolleyes:

Wow, RC, that looks like QUITE an afternoon!    :rolleyes:   I have yet to see even one of those sweet little critters in my swamp-walks.

Thanks for sharing.

Dang RC I am planning a hog/turkey hunt in Florida for the spring...you got me thinkin' 'bout snake chaps