[Greg Wile]

I was just wondering if you fellas ever have problems with your dogs getting snake bittin? I was in SC in Oct. of 91 and it was quite warm by our standards and when I asked some of the locals about hunting and fishing they were quick to point out that I should stay away from viney areas and swamps because of snakes and I had a small 3 1/2 ft rattler under the car one morning at the hotel in Greenville.

 

[frazier2209]

we don't see many snakes around here. i think they are more scared of us than we are of them. :yes:

 

[shrpshtr]

we have plenty of them here in SC but there not just in the swamps. i bow hunt in the swamps around here for deer and hogs and that starts up in August. you see plenty of them but rarely do they present any problems if you stay smart about it. as far as the dog goes, usually dogs will keep their distance but it's not that uncommon for them to get bit but with proper attention it isn't always fatal. i hear more about it happening while dove hunting in sept and october. i had a friend with a springer spaniel that took a direct hit on the nose from a rattler and still survived. we don't really get a lot of ducks around here and when we do it's usually late and most snakes are hibernating by then. you have to be more concerned with cottonmouths (water moccasins) because they are far more aggressive. it's not something to take lightly but you do get used to thier presence. what's bad is walking through thick underbrush while scouting or going to a tree stand where you can't see where your going...you think a lot about it then.

 

[CALLEMQUACKTN]

Back about 4 yrs ago I had a german shepard that got bit from a rattler. At about 8am I went out to feed her & she was fine. When I came out side so I could leave it was about 11am. I noticed that she was acting weird. I picked her up & put her in the truck to take to the vet, but a few min. later she died. We noticed her leg was swollen & had two small marks on them. I went over to where she was & found a rattler not that far away. That rattler didn't live another min. Last summer I killed a rattler with my frog gig that had 7 rattles. We have a few around here. :thumbsdown:

 

[frazier2209]

that's odd call 'em. I've never seen a rattler around here.
I guess that isn't a bad thing :hammering:

 

[Greg Wile]

We are lucky here as we have no poisonous critters of any kind round here. :thumbsup: Worst things we have are mosquitoes, black flys and coyotes. I almost forgot and liberals and anti hunters/animal rightests. :toofunny:

 

[AlaskaRedneK]

We are lucky here as we have no poisonous critters of any kind round here. :thumbsup: Worst things we have are mosquitoes, black flys and coyotes. I almost forgot and liberals and anti hunters/animal rightests. :toofunny:

I here ya man, NOOO Rattler problems where I'm at!!!! :thumbsup:

-Stouff

 

[worknem]

A few dogs get rattler nailed early duck season every year here in CA, specially the Central Valley and south. Run into one in a blind now and then also as they get pushed up when we start putting water on.

Rel Atwood

 

[CALLEMQUACKTN]

Yeah fraz it's kind of weird how you can go 15 mi. west of here & never see one. When I was a kid I can remember my dad killing a rattler in the middle of december while deer hunting. That rattler had 13 rattles & was over 5 ft. long. :umm:

 

[Snaph]

Up here next to Lake Erie we never have to worry about rattlers. Drive not but 60 miles from here into the mountains. They are there. Rare but there. How those things survive the winter I just don't know. They killed a rattler about 3 years ago down at our friends camp. Us Northern boys are not used to stuff like this. Keep all them poisonous critters down south. We have the bad weather to contend with...you guys deal with the snakes, Black Widows and Fiddlebacks. :mrgreen:

 

[frazier2209]

besides snakes, we also have black widows....don't mess with them or those brown recluse spiders.

 

[gahunter]

One of the funniest things that I have ever seen was when my roommate heard what he thought was a dove that he shot fluttering in some brush. He bent down to pick it up only to find a big ol' rattler. He screamed like a little girl and ran faster than he ever has before in his life. I probably would have done the same, but it was great to watch. I have come very close to stepping on rattlers during bow season. The wife and I only saw 8 snakes in our 3 hour trip down the river yesterday. Of the 2 that we could identify only one was poisonous (a monster mocassin) and the other was just a water snake.

 

[frazier2209]

you still had some fun didn't ya?
:getdown:

 

[Quackcephus]

If ya'll only new how many snakes we'll see when were out bowfishin' at night runnin' the lights... mostly moccosins, as they're fishin' or frog gigin' too.

 

[frazier2209]

ja shoot many fish?

 

[CALLEMQUACKTN]

I am going frog hunting with my bow tonight & I hope I don't see any of them either. I will be wading, but I see one i'll be walking on the water. :laughing:

 

[frazier2209]

good luck CallEm. let us know how ya do.

 

[bozeman]

Man there are rattlers, copperheads and cotton mouths all over Lamar County AL where I bow hunt and fish. That is why I have early bow season, walking thru the woods early in the morning and not being able to see any snakes........killed a huge cottonmouth last year on the last day or turkey season, almost stepped on it. Curled up in some sticks on the edge of a creek I was crossing. Gave him a 3 1/2 #5 Federal turkey load, then I checked my britches..........

I HATE SNAKES!!!

bozeman