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[Bear44]

Fear is my 10yo son getting bit and we are an hour from a hospital. I dont feel bad about it one bit. I got struck while turkey hunting one morning, hunting by myself, half mile from truck, and a long way from any help. Thank goodness for snake boots. I kill the stew out of a venomous snake where I frequent.

I have no fear of snakes and have owned several in my youth, but a venomous snake in an area frequented by humans dies if I find them. The life of a snake is nothing in comparison to that of a human life. That's just common sense.

And no, relocating them is not a wise option. Trying to do that is when you're most likely to get bit.

 

[CAMSDADDY]

We were going dove hunting a few weeks ago. I pulled over on the side of the road going into the field. My son got out on the passenger side and climbed in the back of the truck to get our stools. I stepped to the passenger side to pee. I felt something pull out from under my foot and a large snake slid into the woods. It all happened quick and caught me off guard. My son saw it and asked what kind it was and I dont have a clue. What startled me was he had stepped over or on it to get to the back of the truck just a few seconds earlier.

 

[killerv]

Opening day of turkey season this year, It was nap time, I was laid down and woke up heard to what I thought was wind blowing through the trees, but it got louder and louder. I was just about to get up and check it out when my son screamed snake. Had a timber about 5ft behind where we were setup. We went home after that.

 

[aFarewellToKings]

When I first bought my farm in Crawfordville I killed a small rattle snake. It was in my shop building and i killed it with a long metal pole. I had the farm for about 15 years and I never saw another rattle snake. I wish I had never killed it, but I was a 29 year old city boy from Atlanta and was totally freaked out by the snake and in the cowboy movies I watched as a kid and popular culture told me I should kill such creatures. I've only seen two other rattle snakes in the wild in Georgia since then. One was very large in Greene County and I got out and admired him from afar. The other was just up from the Ranger camp in Dahlonega, once again I admired him from afar.

I met an American Indian a few years back and when I told him I had killed a rattle snake he was appalled...bad medicine and all. He understood the circumstances after I explained them and said if I had thought about it more than 3 times over the years I had paid for it. I still feel bad about it and wish I had not done it and would encourage everyone who reads to think twice before killing such an amazing and beautiful creature. Just because they evoke fear in you and popular culture says they should be killed, doesn't mean you should....its....bad medicine.

Depends where you are. If it's near your house and you have somewhere close by to move it (and can do so safely), that's fine. If your house is surrounded by others, killing can be the best option.

I used to move snakes out behind my back fence into the woods. Now, there's a house back there, and I believe they have kids. So I won't be moving anything dangerous anymore - even though the house is out of sight of my back fence most of the year.

 

[imawoodsman]

DANG!! that's a BIG-UN!!
Gonna need to LOOK Down now & watch the ground!!

 

[Bypass]

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Biggest timber rattler I've ever seen.

 

[Bypass]

DANG!! that's a BIG-UN!!
Gonna need to LOOK Down now & watch the ground!!

Bull shyt that thing is at eye level to a great dane.

 

[Bypass]

We were going dove hunting a few weeks ago. I pulled over on the side of the road going into the field. My son got out on the passenger side and climbed in the back of the truck to get our stools. I stepped to the passenger side to pee. I felt something pull out from under my foot and a large snake slid into the woods. It all happened quick and caught me off guard. My son saw it and asked what kind it was and I dont have a clue. What startled me was he had stepped over or on it to get to the back of the truck just a few seconds earlier.

Was over at the boat storage shed recently and went to pick up a block leaning against the wall felt something bump my hand and it was sure enough a 5 foot long snake. NON venomous thank God.

 

[Gaffer1968]

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I wonder how many Yotes that thing has gotten?

 

[mojoween]

I was changing our pool filter by the pump one day. When I stepped in the little vault that housed the pump and filter, I felt my big toe go into some mud. I thought that it was weird because it hadn’t rained in a few days and I wondered if my pump may have had a leak. When I looked down under the pvc, I realized instantly that I was standing on a really fat copperhead. I immediately froze and started looking for its head. That’s when I saw it’s distinct head and it was wrapped on the other side of the pipe. I jumped off that damn thing so fast. I’ve never had the fear of God rush through me like that before.