Mother nature's use of camouflage.
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Minute Of Berm
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I'd be voting copperhead.
Brother_Love
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Copperhead , yep me too
A dear old friend of mine....he up and got married,dang it.We were serious trad bow hunting fools together for almost 10 years.
He was working as a St police dispatcher and as such,was getting "rides" on their helicopters when it came time to buy property,scoping out.He ends up with 100 acres which has a drive easement.... think an island of sorts,in a 14,000 acre parcel owned by a timber co.
Only problem is,it's the Eastern Diamondback rattler capital of the U.S.
Snakes don't bother me but DANG,goin to his place is asking for trouble?
He was working as a St police dispatcher and as such,was getting "rides" on their helicopters when it came time to buy property,scoping out.He ends up with 100 acres which has a drive easement.... think an island of sorts,in a 14,000 acre parcel owned by a timber co.
Only problem is,it's the Eastern Diamondback rattler capital of the U.S.
Snakes don't bother me but DANG,goin to his place is asking for trouble?
RB.... he married one,thank you Henny Youngman.
Don't get me started with shooting buds signing on the dotted line.Thank sweet baby Jesus that I had four boys....no offense.
But,I will pass on the dope..... speaking of which,my rattle snake boy was all hot N heavy with the head knocker at the DEA's,stupid good looking daughter back in the day.OMG,we used to tear it up.
Back to regular programming?
Don't get me started with shooting buds signing on the dotted line.Thank sweet baby Jesus that I had four boys....no offense.
But,I will pass on the dope..... speaking of which,my rattle snake boy was all hot N heavy with the head knocker at the DEA's,stupid good looking daughter back in the day.OMG,we used to tear it up.
Back to regular programming?
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Local rumor has it that Belle Isle aka Hog Island, a Detroit island park, was over run by rattle snakes until hogs were released there.
Couldn't verify that, but here's a interesting summation of it's history. In the 60's, when I was in HS......we use to party there at the "Hanging Tree".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_Park_(Michigan)
Couldn't verify that, but here's a interesting summation of it's history. In the 60's, when I was in HS......we use to party there at the "Hanging Tree".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_Park_(Michigan)
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I used to love going to Belle Isle!
A bit further north, by Caseville, there is a peninsula called Sand Point, that juts out about 7 miles into the Saginaw Bay.
Story is, that it was all swampland, infested with snakes, and worthless.
Until some guy bought the whole thing for $3800, fenced off the base, and released pigs to kill the snakes.
He then charged hunters to kill the pigs, drained the land, and developed it.
VERY high end, expensive property!
A bit further north, by Caseville, there is a peninsula called Sand Point, that juts out about 7 miles into the Saginaw Bay.
Story is, that it was all swampland, infested with snakes, and worthless.
Until some guy bought the whole thing for $3800, fenced off the base, and released pigs to kill the snakes.
He then charged hunters to kill the pigs, drained the land, and developed it.
VERY high end, expensive property!
oscarflytyer
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Copperhead. Think, to be exact, Mountain Copperhead. More brown than copper/orange, and bigger. Ran into one in GA semi-mtns/hills years ago. Fortunately didn't step on him.
Hogs will kill/eat poisonous snakes. Snakes bite hogs, but fat 'insulates' them from poison. iirc, best/funniest story I read about this was on Paco Kelly's Levergun forum.
Hogs will kill/eat poisonous snakes. Snakes bite hogs, but fat 'insulates' them from poison. iirc, best/funniest story I read about this was on Paco Kelly's Levergun forum.
35 shooter
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Spotted him "right off", well the body, not the head. That's the one we have to watch out for the most here.
They can vibrate the tip of their tail so fast in dry leaves, it can sound just like a rattle snake, just not as loud.
We have some huge rattlesnakes here also, but i see far and away more copperheads.
Usually pretty docile though as venomous snakes go, unless poked or stepped on.
I've stepped over several in my life before realizing they were there and never had one offer to strike. Stepping "on" one is a whole different ball of wax.
The cottonmouths here don't take prompting at all to strike....they start striking before your even that close to them.
They can vibrate the tip of their tail so fast in dry leaves, it can sound just like a rattle snake, just not as loud.
We have some huge rattlesnakes here also, but i see far and away more copperheads.
Usually pretty docile though as venomous snakes go, unless poked or stepped on.
I've stepped over several in my life before realizing they were there and never had one offer to strike. Stepping "on" one is a whole different ball of wax.
The cottonmouths here don't take prompting at all to strike....they start striking before your even that close to them.
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