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glad he missed....

Started by RC, August 09, 2012, 02:52:00 PM

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August 09, 2012, 02:52:00 PM
Road over to Fort Stewart this Morning for a short hunt.Rained last night and I was hoping to find fresh sign for a good start and maybe scout some white oaks for the up coming deer season.  Pulled into my honey hole and eased in the bottoms. Humid is to kind of a word for how it felt and I new I was in for a short trip after the first hour because my shirt was soaked down from sweat.
 I eased around a bit and found one white oak loaded with acorns in a narrow drain that I could shoot all the way across meaning if I climbed here during deer season if one came through he would not be out of range. A sweet looking set-up . Even better when I found two sets of fresh deer tracks that had been through since the rain.
 I herd some noise and spotted a hardshell possum...

 

 I followed him a bit thinking about cracking him with a judo when he stuck his head in a tree after termites. I put the sneak on him so close even my Buddy Chris could hit this one..lol

 

 I put my foot on his tail and he just backed out of the stump and walked away looking back. I could not shoot such a unwary critter so I eased on ..
 After a mile or so loop and no pork I went across a cow oak flat and as I started between two trees I looked down just in time to dodge a strike from a Timber rattler that would have been bad. He fully lunged about 1/2 to 3/4 his body length and missed me by inches. Almost gave me a bad case of the scours. Time to go home after that. Here is a pic and a short vid of some swamp music.RC

 

 

RC

#1
August 09, 2012, 02:55:00 PM
You gotta click on the bottom one.RC

centaur

#2
August 09, 2012, 02:57:00 PM
Not a happy snake. He would be some really nice bow backing!
If you don't like cops, next time you need help, call Al Sharpton

rastaman

#3
August 09, 2012, 02:58:00 PM
Lol!  i can totally identify RC!  Glad he missed!  :wavey:
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dixiearcher

#4
August 09, 2012, 02:59:00 PM
There wouldn't be any "almost" for me!
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saumensch

#5
August 09, 2012, 03:01:00 PM
:scared:     :scared:    :scared:  
Holy smokes! Id have to change pants right there...
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Hawkeye

#6
August 09, 2012, 03:02:00 PM
Sounds like he is saying, "I don't want to waste my poison to kill you... but I WILL!!!"
Daryl Harding
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ron w

#7
August 09, 2012, 03:04:00 PM
Man O Man....that would send me running for home.....
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

Josh Perdue

#8
August 09, 2012, 03:05:00 PM
I would have crapped myself. I would have left as well.

Pat B.

#9
August 09, 2012, 03:05:00 PM
That'll give you something to think about when you're trying to go to sleep tonight !!

Owlmagnet

#10
August 09, 2012, 03:06:00 PM
I'm glad he missed, too, RC!!! I wish my snake boots were a little quieter, but I reckon I am going to continue to wear them....

Stay lucky,
Bob

jax

#11
August 09, 2012, 03:07:00 PM
So where is the kill picture

snakebit40

#12
August 09, 2012, 03:07:00 PM
Wow glad he missed! Did you shoot him?
Jon Richards

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#13
August 09, 2012, 03:08:00 PM
Yikes! Thaose 'dillos carry leprosy and the rattlers are just scary! Sure glad that rattlebug did not get ya, RC!

Bisch

AWPForester

#14
August 09, 2012, 03:09:00 PM
WOW!  Congrats on the guick reflexes.  God Bless
Psalm 25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

RC

#15
August 09, 2012, 03:09:00 PM
I`m afraid the strain was more than he could bare...

GrayG

#16
August 09, 2012, 03:45:00 PM
I woulda had a crick in my neck when I got to the truck from looking down!

JamesKerr

#17
August 09, 2012, 03:48:00 PM
I would have high tailed it outa there!
James Kerr

huntmaster80

#18
August 09, 2012, 03:49:00 PM
that is a beautiful snake!!!!!

see

#19
August 09, 2012, 04:39:00 PM
I was at camp stewart in 73 and we killed one that was longer than the front end of an army jeep and his head was size of a baseball.thats not the place to be for chiggers will eat you up.
see
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