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Stepped on a big ol’ copperhead
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:15 pm
It was opening Saturday of archery here in middle TN (last weekend in Sept). I came down from my stand around 11:00 and was doing some scouting with a lady friend. We were walking in line down in the bottom of a damp “holler” when I felt the ground give under my foot and I heard her gasp. It took about 1/10 of a second to realize what had happened and lunge forward. When I turned to look, the big copperhead female started to curl.
Since she didn’t attempt to pop me, I got a big stick and moved her far enough away from our path that she wouldn’t be an issue on the way out. She went peacefully on her way.
I still can’t believe she didn’t get me. I almost certainly would have been fine, but it would have been a shitty walk out of that hollow and a painful couple of weeks.
Moral of the story…wear something to protect you from the knees down.
Since she didn’t attempt to pop me, I got a big stick and moved her far enough away from our path that she wouldn’t be an issue on the way out. She went peacefully on her way.
I still can’t believe she didn’t get me. I almost certainly would have been fine, but it would have been a shitty walk out of that hollow and a painful couple of weeks.
Moral of the story…wear something to protect you from the knees down.
This post was edited on 9/1/23 at 9:19 pm
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Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:16 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Yeah frick that. I only wear snake boots when hunting until the temps drop.
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:17 pm to Eli Goldfinger
quote:
Since she didn’t attempt to pop me, I got a big stick and moved her far enough away from our path that she wouldn’t be an issue on the way out. She went peacefully on her way.
Better man than me.
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:37 pm to Eli Goldfinger
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(last weekend in Sept).
Aren't you a bit early?
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:37 pm to D500MAG
It was a few years ago.
Posted on 9/1/23 at 10:13 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I had one get me when I was a kid on Lake DeGray. I didn't see it and I was going through tall grass and it felt like a thorn got through the shoe right behind the toes. But it wasn't enough to alarm me till it started to itch. I took the shoe off and there was a fang hung in it. He had not broken the skin but he did irritate it and the venom was itching the hell out of me.
I went back there and smashed his brains with a rock.
I went back there and smashed his brains with a rock.
Posted on 9/1/23 at 10:49 pm to Captain Rumbeard
That’s crazy.
When my cousin was a toddler he leaned back on one and it got him in the side.
He didn’t know it and they saw the snake after he got up. He was crying at home and then they found the bruised holes where he was bitten. Apparently it was a dry bite which isn’t unusual.
I had an old lab come over to lay next to we while I was taking a work break in the shade. She laid on one that popped her on the leg. She swole up like a football. If I had been over a foot, it probably would have been my leg.
When my cousin was a toddler he leaned back on one and it got him in the side.
He didn’t know it and they saw the snake after he got up. He was crying at home and then they found the bruised holes where he was bitten. Apparently it was a dry bite which isn’t unusual.
I had an old lab come over to lay next to we while I was taking a work break in the shade. She laid on one that popped her on the leg. She swole up like a football. If I had been over a foot, it probably would have been my leg.
Posted on 9/2/23 at 5:26 am to Eli Goldfinger
Bitten or not, my soul would have left my body. That and would have had a higher pitched scream than your lady friend.
This post was edited on 9/2/23 at 6:11 am
Posted on 9/2/23 at 6:55 am to Eli Goldfinger
Happened to me once many years ago when going crawfishing. This was long before Judge Perez was finished and where Buccaneer Villa North was eventually built.
I was making my way down an embankment to set the nets in the water and saw what I thought was a discarded motorcycle tire in the grass and stepped on it--------and it moved.
I jumped back so fast I damn near knocked my cousin down who was behind me and watched that cottonmouth slither away. I had my head on a swivel the rest of the day.
I was making my way down an embankment to set the nets in the water and saw what I thought was a discarded motorcycle tire in the grass and stepped on it--------and it moved.
I jumped back so fast I damn near knocked my cousin down who was behind me and watched that cottonmouth slither away. I had my head on a swivel the rest of the day.
Posted on 9/2/23 at 7:37 pm to gumbo2176
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Buccaneer Villa North
My old stomping grounds - one of the first houses in that subdivision. Lived in Cypress Gardens before that - Judge Perez was just reaching Cypress Gardens in Meraux when we moved to Buccaneer Villa. The little patch of woods between Buccaneer and Carolyn Park was full of snakes back in the ‘70s/early ‘80s. Though the 40 arpent canal had surprisingly few cottonmouths.
Posted on 9/2/23 at 7:48 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Buddy of mine picked up his friend one oct evening bow hunting in miss. Dude was white as a ghost and said when he crossed the barbed wire fence he set his foot down and got popped. Luckily he had snake boots but he felt the thud from a big ole copperhead coiled up near the fencepost. Screw that
Posted on 9/3/23 at 7:50 am to Eli Goldfinger
Stepped on one barefooted back late 80’s. It was late evening in the backyard. We had snakes everywhere on our property in Evangeline parish. Fortunately didn’t get bit.
Killed the largest copperhead I ever saw there. Never measured it but it was around a foot longer than a Remington 552 speedmaster.
Killed the largest copperhead I ever saw there. Never measured it but it was around a foot longer than a Remington 552 speedmaster.
This post was edited on 9/3/23 at 8:10 am
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:10 am to Eli Goldfinger
None of us are immune. As much experience as I have in spotting snakes, last week I was playing disc golf at Bogue Chitto. Picked up my disc, looked down, and I was standing on a garter snake. That area has a lot of copperheads, and the first thing I said to my buddy was,”I’m lucky that wasn’t a copperhead!”
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:56 pm to Eli Goldfinger
This was in my driveway a few years back. One of the biggest Copperheads I have ever seen in person.
I got him with a shovel the second time around. I missed the first time.
I got him with a shovel the second time around. I missed the first time.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 7:53 pm to Eli Goldfinger
I stepped on a timber rattler last year in some shin high bahia grass. As soon as I stepped on it I knew it even before I even heard the rattle. I screamed like a girl and and high stepped like a RB. I’ll never go bow hunting without snake boots on
Posted on 9/3/23 at 10:10 pm to El Segundo Guy
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Yeah frick that. I only wear snake boots when hunting until the temps drop.
I wear them season round. Hasn’t dropped temps enough in the last five years to bother me anyways.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 9:19 pm to El Segundo Guy
What snake boots do y'all recommend?
Posted on 9/7/23 at 3:29 am to Will Cover
quote:How many times?
I got him with a shovel the second time around.
Posted on 9/7/23 at 10:06 am to Eli Goldfinger
I got popped by a juvenile copperhead when I was a kid and did 4 days in the hospital. Clinched up my toes when I stepped on him so his head kinda got stuck between my toes and he musta got all of his venom in me. Foot was massive for about two weeks.
It did wonders for my 6th grade street cred though. It was an absolutely triumphant return to school. "Yeah, almost died, no big deal. Wasn't scared."
It did wonders for my 6th grade street cred though. It was an absolutely triumphant return to school. "Yeah, almost died, no big deal. Wasn't scared."
Posted on 9/8/23 at 12:34 pm to Wilson
quote:
What snake boots do y'all recommend?
Chippewa snake boots
They definitely weren’t $350 when I bought mine 15 years ago.
They’re comfortable and protect you up to the knee.
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