re: FL man bit by rattlesnake received 88 vials of anti-venom and spent two weeks in ICU

He is gonna have to give them the leg and maybe an arm when he gets all the medical bills.

Guy was absolutely unprepared. He might think he's doing the lord's work herping on social media, but he's walking in their environment with no protection on the lower part of his legs, which are the most probable area of envenomation by a snake.

Those 10 minutes I struggle with my old lace-up snake boots are worth it every time.

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What else are they supposed to do to survive? These stupid arrogant kids should be a little more prepared knowing they are in the snake’s habitat.

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I'll kill every single one i see, the moment I see it for the rest of my life. Unfortunately that won't be enough to wipe out the entire species.

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Almost stepped on a big Western diamondback on my September trip to West Texas, so that reinforced it for me (caught 84 rattlesnakes that week).

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This is the definition of FAFO

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Prolly because he gave it an extra fifteen minutes to set in while telling the snake good game so he could gets laughs on the internet

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Why knowingly exaggerate to try to make an invalid point when it’s obviously more like 30 seconds, which is irrelevant?

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And he doesn’t call himself an “influencer” - he’s a content creator

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So are onlyfans "models"

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He’s also the most devout Christian I’ve ever met, so I seriously doubt this was “the Lord’s work”.

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He works in mysterious ways

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He will pay his out of pocket max and be done with it.

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this

I have killed my share of rattlers, moccasins and copperheads, over the years from hunting and fishing. Enough to know that before I get down on hands and knees to reach in under my landscaping shrubs, flowers and bushes, to stir things around with a small garden rake before I reach in with my hands. I live in a culdesac but the house across from me is on a hill of creek bed and we get regular yard visits from all manner of critters coming up out of that creek. I killed a timber rattler that was sunning itself on a rock retaining wall in my front yard last year. Wasn't real big, about 3' long but it was big enough. About 5 years ago my wife video'd one in the backyard that climbed our 6' tall cedar fence. The head went over the top of the fence and the rattler was still touching the ground. That was creepy. After that I spent a lot of time clearing the backyard of any possible honey hole locations they could get into, but I still check around before doing any yardwork where I need to get into the bushes.

This is the one I nearly stepped on at the start of my September trip to West Texas. Was walking while shining the cut so I was looking to the side, then heard rattling and movement at my feet. Thankfully he was very docile! Found 84 rattlesnakes that week!



Not quite as docile as this one that David caught though…

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Is this the style that you wear?

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I bought a storage unit a while back because it had an aluminum fascia break I wanted and there was a pair of those in there. I looked them up and had no idea those boots were that expensive