Why I never wear tennis shoes out here.

[TinkerTanker]

got bite by a copperhead in 2000 only one fang got me on left hand , it was the damn goats fault........I hate goats

I'm going to need to hear this story, Saddlebum!

 

[saddlebum]

I'm going to need to hear this story, Saddlebum!

wife raised goats , I came out in the morning to go to work and needed to water her goats before I left. a billy was trying to butt me and I was holding on to his horn watching him while I reached for the hose with the other hand . copperhead was coiled up in the rolled up hose and got me . if I hadn't been distracted by that goat he wouldn't got me

 

[Parks 788]

Nope, a copperhead. I had a minor run-in with a coontail (western diamondback rattler) Monday. Was out cutting off some stumps from spring firewood cutting and as I walked past a pile of brush I felt a thump and my rt leg moved sideways a little. Dam rattler struck me, so out comes the .357 with shotloads. Guess it didn't get the memo "don't pick a biting fight with a cranky, toothless old fat man...he will just shoot ya". After checking my leg to be sure of no fang marks, I laid it along a tape measure...5ft 3inch with 13 rattles so not a big one but sure enough mature.

What were you wearing where it struck you?

 

[GnometownHero]

Nope, a copperhead. I had a minor run-in with a coontail (western diamondback rattler) Monday. Was out cutting off some stumps from spring firewood cutting and as I walked past a pile of brush I felt a thump and my rt leg moved sideways a little. Dam rattler struck me, so out comes the .357 with shotloads. Guess it didn't get the memo "don't pick a biting fight with a cranky, toothless old fat man...he will just shoot ya". After checking my leg to be sure of no fang marks, I laid it along a tape measure...5ft 3inch with 13 rattles so not a big one but sure enough mature.

Right sized to boil up and make chowder out of

 

[GnometownHero]

I first thought this one was a little dog turd pile in the lawn by the hot tub

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

What were you wearing where it struck you?

My normal "get out in the brush" gear....muck boots with homemade 12oz leather wrap around leggings. So far they've done fine, even stopped a biting dog from getting my hide. Don't know for sure they'll always work so I always check to be certain nothing got thru.

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

LOL not a big one?!

Well, no sir in my book they ain't"bigguns" til they hit 6ft. Biggest I've personally killed was a smidgin over 7ft, but I've seen 3 in my life that were barely short of 8ft on a tape. Now them bastages is scary big, fangs like a 12 penny nail.

 

[hunter966]

That’s something I’ve always wanted to see in the wild was a rattler.

Used to work down at Ft. Sill and got to go to the east and west ranges a little but never saw one. Plenty of copperheads in my part of Caddo County but no rattlers thank goodness.

Dad was bit by a Copperhead back in 1990 and spent a day, maybe two in the hospital. He said it felt like fire when the snake injected the venom into his hand.

 

[dennishoddy]

Really!? Wow. I need to learn my snakes

You do. They are prevalent in your area and mine. We’ve killed 10 on the place so far.

 

[caliberbob]

You do. They are prevalent in your area and mine. We’ve killed 10 on the place so far.

Yes sir, I will study up. I don’t have FB but my wife does so I’ll ask her to check out that page for me