Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
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05/29/25 05:37 AM
05/29/25 05:37 AM
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williamsburg ks
danny clifton
"Grumpy Old Man"
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"Grumpy Old Man"
Joined: Dec 2006
williamsburg ks
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Unless its venomous and in the yard or something I just let them be. Used to catch and sell them but I dont kill them just to kill them.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8411519
05/30/25 08:07 PM
05/30/25 08:07 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Hill City,Mn.
Rally
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Hill City,Mn.
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From March of 1976- March of 1979 I was in the Navy and stationed at NAS Oceana, Va. I lived on Knotts Island, NC. My backyard was the Mackey Island Wildlife Refuge. One afternoon, about the third week in October, my landlords grandson and I were going to rebuild some deer stands, and also took shotguns because dove season was still open, and the area is known for it’s water moccasin population. As we progressed farther into the woods every stump,, hole in the ground, or brush pile had just piles of snakes ( moccasins, Florida strain) sunning everywhere! My landlords grandson, Ronnie, hated the things. We each had 20 gauge auto shotguns and at least a box of shells each. We would shoot the “ bundles” of snakes and they would just roll. The stench From those snakes is hard to forget to this day. We ran out of shells before we ran out of snakes, and just for good measure, Ronnie killed a few with sticks. Ronnie inherited that piece of property!
Keep your boots dry
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8411888
05/31/25 03:48 PM
05/31/25 03:48 PM
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Wisconsin
CoyoteCowboy
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Wisconsin
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I was camping with my dad and we were fishing from shore. I had just casted out and was looking for a spot to prop my rod up. I picked up a rock, thinking I could stick the rod down in the hole that the rock was in. There was a rattlesnake underneath the rock, a few inches from my hands. I had a BB pistol with me so I grabbed that and started blasting at it but it swam away.
North to the Future!
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8411932
05/31/25 04:44 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Coldspring Texas
Savell
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"Wilbur"
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Coldspring Texas
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…. Y’all ain’t got any rattlesnakes up there do you cowboy ? Lol
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Savell]
#8411953
05/31/25 05:24 PM
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Joined: Oct 2015
wisconsin
Muskratwalt
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wisconsin
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Wisconsin has a small population of massasuga (pygmy) rattlesnake and timber rattlers. I have only seen one timber rattler in my lifetime spent in the Wis.outdoors. They are mostly found in the bluff country along the Mississippi River.
Walt legge
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Re: Close Call Snake Bite Stories
[Re: Patrice]
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05/31/25 08:55 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Coldspring Texas
Savell
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"Wilbur"
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Coldspring Texas
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Okay, Savell. Here's my only snake story from up here in Cheeseland with a photo. Imagine our shock as this monster moved in on the girls' watering fountain. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2025/05/full-4649-259330-snake_1024.jpg) Would have been really funny if the girls were around at that moment. That little guy would have been really sorry! … lol I liked your other story better Mrs Patrice … I’m sure everyone survived that ordeal lol
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