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I just don't get it
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:13 am
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:13 am
I'm no bunny hugger, but I just don't understand the fear so many have of snakes or any other animal. My folks weren't outdoor folks. My Dad was from north Indiana and Mom was a country girl from north Louisiana. As a kid when I started roaming and playing in the woods, hunting, fishing, dip netting, trapping or just catching and bringing home whatever I could, they taught me for safety's sake to learn about whatever it was be it birds, tadpoles, squirrels crawfish, snakes, frogs, you name it. Yeah they put up with a lot from me, but they never taught me to fear anything. I've been surprised by a few snakes that scared the crap out of me and I don't blame anybody for dispatching a hot/venomous snake in their yard. I've done it myself. There are some places they just don't belong. But if you're in their yard, just leave em the hell alone. They do serve a purpose. It's the only animal I've ever seen that can make a grown man turn into a pants pissin little girl. Sorry for the rant, but I just don't get it.
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:14 am to ToraToraTora
Was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?!
hell no!!
hell no!!
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:15 am to ToraToraTora
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Member since Nov 2006
7 posts
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:15 am to ToraToraTora
God made us this way.
It's biblical. Dont mess with God!
It's biblical. Dont mess with God!
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:16 am to ToraToraTora
7 posts in almost 8 years? Wow. You really feel strongly about snakes.
This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 12:18 am
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:17 am to ToraToraTora
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I just don't understand the fear so many have of snakes
When I live in La, my house was 50 yards away from a 2 acre pond. After we built it, we had snakes everywhere. Screw them, they chased my kids, bit my leg and my dogs a half dozen times. They are about as useful as a mosquito to me.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:19 am to ToraToraTora
Im confused. You tell me your parents werent outdoors people but then say your mom was a country girl from N La??
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:21 am to ToraToraTora
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I'm no bunny hugger
Snake hugger.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:24 am to ToraToraTora
Like I said in the other thread, if they are anywhere where children and dogs will be, frick em. Kill em all. If they are at the fishing camp, etc., rock on brother.
This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 12:25 am
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:25 am to ToraToraTora
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They do serve a purpose.
WHAT???
They damn sure ain't controlling the hog population.
If you gonna say killing rats I ain't buying that shite.
You recon how many bird eggs they eat a year?
Turkey, quail, ducks etc
With that being said I hate them even more now
Posted on 3/24/14 at 12:46 am to ToraToraTora
Signed up in 06. Haven't visited this site much since and I have no idea where the 7 posts come from. Yeah Mom was a country girl from northwest La. but didn't hunt or fish. I'm not a bunny hugger or a snake hugger, but I do know a little about animals. I'm just not afraid of them.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 1:34 am to ToraToraTora
I got no problem whatsoever with anyone protecting their lives, kids lives, property or pets from any threat. If I find a hot snake in my neighborhood, deer stand or duck blind it's toast just to be safe. I'm just saying it's a learned fear. It's not a fear that we are taught. And yeah, they do eat bird eggs. So do coons, skunks, squirrels, other birds and especially hogs. Whether you believe it or not snakes do eat a helluva lot of mice and rats. And if they could control the hog population, we'd have a helluva lot more to worry about than a bunch of damn pigs.
This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 1:36 am
Posted on 3/24/14 at 6:59 am to ToraToraTora
Mad
Posted on 3/24/14 at 7:49 am to ToraToraTora
100% agree with the OP
I don't get it either
You can add the fear of hogs to this as well
I don't get it either
You can add the fear of hogs to this as well
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:21 am to ToraToraTora
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. But if you're in their yard, just leave em the hell alone
its all my yard
Posted on 3/24/14 at 8:27 am to ToraToraTora
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It's the only animal I've ever seen that can make a grown man turn into a pants pissin little girl.
Not true... Spiders
Posted on 3/24/14 at 2:41 pm to ToraToraTora
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ToraToraTora
Let me ask you a question: Have you ever seen a horse react to a snake? I have (while riding it mind you) and a horse is 1000x a snakes size yet a horse is absolutely deathly afraid of a snake. And is isn't just this horse is afraid but this one isn't. They all are and they aren't afraid because they were raised to be afraid. It's a natural instinct.
I can't explain it but I hate a snake just as if I was a horse.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 4:19 pm to ToraToraTora
Yeah. It amazes me how many of these so-called Alpha Males who post on this board are girlie scared of snakes and other critters, and show off their manliness by bragging about killing completely harmless, and beneficial, non-venomous snakes. Pussies.
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