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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
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05/27/25 08:13 PM
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jarentz
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In my younger days i worked as a ranch hand in Montana, the ranch owner and i went to town for a haircut and some shoes for a couple horses. For whatever reason we took his wife car,and a rattlesnake was sunning itself on the gravel road, so he hit the brakes and slid over that snake. we got out of the car,and i pick it up and put it in the trunk.The local bar had a contest for the most rattles ( a sixpack for the week,and a case for the month)! So anyway we stopped @ the bar and opened the trunk up and was the snake all coiled and buzzing. I took a tire iron,and made sure it never buzzed again. I believe that snake had 13 and a button! ( we won the sixpack)
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: jarentz]
#8410189
05/27/25 08:17 PM
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Coldspring Texas
Savell
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Coldspring Texas
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In my younger days i worked as a ranch hand in Montana, the ranch owner and i went to town for a haircut and some shoes for a couple horses. For whatever reason we took his wife car,and a rattlesnake was sunning itself on the gravel road, so he hit the brakes and slid over that snake. we got out of the car,and i pick it up and put it in the trunk.The local bar had a contest for the most rattles ( a sixpack for the week,and a case for the month)! So anyway we stopped @ the bar and opened the trunk up and was the snake all coiled and buzzing. I took a tire iron,and made sure it never buzzed again. I believe that snake had 13 and a button! ( we won the sixpack) … good clean livin right there
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410193
05/27/25 08:24 PM
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NWWA/AZ
Vinke
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Mine has got me in trouble a time or too……
Dang thing like to get out of its kennel and frighten people.
Ant Man/ Marty 2028 just put your ear to the ground , and follow along
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Vinke]
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05/27/25 09:16 PM
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Alaska
AK Timber Tramp
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Mine has got me in trouble a time or too……
Dang thing like to get out of its kennel and frighten people.
You say the goofiest (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman). I bet you’re a ton of fun to shoot whiskey with lol. If you ever find yourself in SE Alaska, let me know
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410225
05/27/25 09:43 PM
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MN
160user
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I have had a few over the years out West but the closest was in West Texas near Del Rio. We had flown to a fire and I rolled on my back under the skid on the helicopter to hook up the Bambi bucket and was about 12 inches from a large and angry rattler. I had another snake of some sorts drop out of a PJ in Utah on the top of my pack. I sure shucked that pack in a hurry!
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410232
05/27/25 09:52 PM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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Many of my venomous snake stories (and there are many) involve a dead snake. The snake would have to talk for ya'll to hear a truly exciting story.
I sent several nice timber rattlers to GritGuy a few years ago. Those were the ones I had time to skin. BTW...Nice trade GG!
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Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything!
Resource Protection Service
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410248
05/27/25 10:16 PM
05/27/25 10:16 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Coldspring Texas
Savell
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"Wilbur"
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…. Yall got a pretty timber over that way Swamp
… aside from the cotton mouth inches from my face … the second scariest was froggiggin… I shined two big bulls from the road … couldn’t walk over to them on land due to switch cane so slipped down into the slough … as I passed a spot that jutted out from beaver stacking limbs.. I heard something… shined the light just as a cottonmouth slid off directly into my crotch … stood real still as it slithered between my legs
… after it passed through I eased on and got both those frogs
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410249
05/27/25 10:20 PM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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…. Yall got a pretty timber over that way Swamp
… aside from the cotton mouth inches from my face … the second scariest was froggiggin… I shined two big bulls from the road … couldn’t walk over to them on land due to switch cane so slipped down into the slough … as I passed a spot that jutted out from beaver stacking limbs.. I heard something… shined the light just as a cottonmouth slid off directly into my crotch … stood real still as it slithered between my legs
… after it passed through I eased on and got both those frogs Nerves of steel!!!
Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything!
Resource Protection Service
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410253
05/27/25 10:24 PM
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Coldspring Texas
Savell
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"Wilbur"
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Coldspring Texas
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… figure if you’re still you got less of a chance to stir them up and have them aggressive… worked in both situations
… also got hit on the hand by a copperhead strike … but was just a glancing blow as I pulled my hand back … he didn’t get a fang in me
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410254
05/27/25 10:28 PM
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South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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… figure if you’re still you got less of a chance to stir them up and have them aggressive… worked in both situations
… also got hit on the hand by a copperhead strike … but was just a glancing blow as I pulled my hand back … he didn’t get a fang in me No copperheads here at the Ga-Fl line, but a couple counties north there are some. Further you go north...the more copperheads. Not sure why they're not here. We have 3 rattlers, the cottonmouth, and the coral snake.
Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything!
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410255
05/27/25 10:31 PM
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Warren, (Southeast) Texas
ETexTrapper
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Cutting a big pine close to a power line and had a big copperhead crawl out of the pine straw between my feet. I was at that point where I couldn't leave the saw or the tree would of went into the power line. Luckily it kept crawling and I was able to get the tree on the ground. He didn't survive the encounter. I have a lot of respect for copperheads. My great grandmother died from a copperhead bite. Had lots of close calls with cottonmouths while beaver trapping. Running traps off nights one morning and almost grabbed one by mistake thinking it was a stick until it moved. Started bringing a better headlight with me after that.
Jordan ADC and Trap Modification
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410258
05/27/25 10:32 PM
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Coldspring Texas
Savell
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"Wilbur"
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Coldspring Texas
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… got a lot of corals here …. Luckily it’s hard to get bit by them … I’ll kill them in my house slippers lol ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2025/05/full-105-259053-img_4841.jpeg)
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8410297
05/28/25 12:06 AM
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Coldspring Texas
Savell
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"Wilbur"
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"Wilbur"
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Coldspring Texas
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…. You went and got too good to talk to people a little south of the trinity or what ?
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