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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

#49,052
Longshot231 said:
I know the cameraman had his camcorder on a long stick but if these were cotton mouths, even that would be too darn close.

Question for the gentleman who said he kills 60-70 snakes a year; how would you get rid of all these critters?

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Catch 'em and sell 'em!!! Last ones I sold (years ago) brought $12.00/#
 
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Longshot231 said:
I know the cameraman had his camcorder on a long stick but if these were cotton mouths, even that would be too darn close.

Question for the gentleman who said he kills 60-70 snakes a year; how would you get rid of all these critters?

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My opinion? Gunshots are the best way to deal with them. You get rid of the dangerous snakes, and you work on perfecting your shooting skills and accuracy. There is no better deal than that.
 
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Longshot231 said:
They survived and get a bunch of accolades for getting such fantastic video imagery.

If they would have been killed or maimed then people would have said they won first place for the Darwin Award.

Regardless of the outcome, I say they were foolish.
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Considering the highly unpredictable nature of these things, I would say so as well. Not only they are known to change directions without warning, the one in this video bloomed from an EF0 or so into a fully developed stovepipe pretty rapidly. Probably EF3 range, judging by what it did to those trailers on the right side of the road.
 
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Rthur said:
Several years ago middle kid decided to "catch" snake in southern MO.
Turned out to be a copperhead.
Foot wasn't placed as close to the head as wanted/thought and snake responded with a partial bite
on the side if the foot.
ER was a bit away and I'd argued enough with the "experts" on location about what to do.
Did my version of the cannonball run to ER.
They gave kid anti inflammatory meds and marked foot from bite up to the knee.
A fair bit of swelling had occured but subsided by 3am.
As venomous snakes are almost nonexistent around home kid learned solid lesson.
Funniest thing about the whole deal, people we're not interested in how the kid's foot was.
They acused me of not giving the heads up speech.


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I studied Timber rattlesnakes in grad school long time ago. Copperheads and Cottonmouths aren’t really a problem. Most hospitals will tell ya to go home and drink lots of fluids if you get struck by one of them (unless you are one of the poor bastards whose allergic, like how some people are to bees).
Now the Timber rattlesnake will do some damage. Any time I was out in the field I had to call whatever was the closest hospital and make sure they had enough anti-venom. Luckily as far as venomous snakes go Timbers are really docile and I never had a problem.
Before I was allowed to go to the field by myself I had to be trained by one of the states herpetologists. Great stuff until it got time for the show and tell with pictures. I’ve attached a couple recent ones I found on the net. Don’t get nailed by a timber rattlesnake. If you get to keep the appendage you had better hope you have good insurance cuz the anti-venom will bankrupt you.[/QUOTE]
 

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deerhunter70 said:
I studied Timber rattlesnakes in grad school long time ago. Copperheads and Cottonmouths aren’t really a problem. Most hospitals will tell ya to go home and drink lots of fluids if you get struck by one of them (unless you are one of the poor bastards whose allergic, like how some people are to bees).
Now the Timber rattlesnake will do some damage. Any time I was out in the field I had to call whatever was the closest hospital and make sure they had enough anti-venom. Luckily as far as venomous snakes go Timbers are really docile and I never had a problem.
Before I was allowed to go to the field by myself I had to be trained by one of the states herpetologists. Great stuff until it got time for the show and tell with pictures. I’ve attached a couple recent ones I found on the net. Don’t get nailed by a timber rattlesnake. If you get to keep the appendage you had better hope you have good insurance cuz the anti-venom will bankrupt you.
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Holy fuck that top one looks like a corpse in highly advanced decomp. Right before skin slippage and total liquefaction.

This page has got a lot of "Damn Nature you scary". All someone got to do now is post something about the Amanita Virosa mushroom and we pretty much have the total package.
 
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deerhunter70 said:
I studied Timber rattlesnakes in grad school long time ago. Copperheads and Cottonmouths aren’t really a problem. Most hospitals will tell ya to go home and drink lots of fluids if you get struck by one of them (unless you are one of the poor bastards whose allergic, like how some people are to bees).
Now the Timber rattlesnake will do some damage. Any time I was out in the field I had to call whatever was the closest hospital and make sure they had enough anti-venom. Luckily as far as venomous snakes go Timbers are really docile and I never had a problem.
Before I was allowed to go to the field by myself I had to be trained by one of the states herpetologists. Great stuff until it got time for the show and tell with pictures. I’ve attached a couple recent ones I found on the net. Don’t get nailed by a timber rattlesnake. If you get to keep the appendage you had better hope you have good insurance cuz the anti-venom will bankrupt you.
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Several years ago, in Ohio, some idiots in the DNR decided to reintroduce the timber rattler back in the state.

It's considered endangered. Hunters, hikers and anglers are requested to report any sightings to the DNR. Yeah right.
 
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lash said:
Here in Florida, the Pygmy rattlers account for the most snake bites. The moccasins are aggressive and you have to worry about them, but Pygmy rattlers hang around suburban areas and despite their small size, pack a good venom shot and are as aggressive as all get out. Plus, they don’t typically provide any warning rattle before striking.
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...and Walmart garden centers.
 
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deerhunter70 said:
I studied Timber rattlesnakes in grad school long time ago. Copperheads and Cottonmouths aren’t really a problem. Most hospitals will tell ya to go home and drink lots of fluids if you get struck by one of them (unless you are one of the poor bastards whose allergic, like how some people are to bees).
Now the Timber rattlesnake will do some damage. Any time I was out in the field I had to call whatever was the closest hospital and make sure they had enough anti-venom. Luckily as far as venomous snakes go Timbers are really docile and I never had a problem.
Before I was allowed to go to the field by myself I had to be trained by one of the states herpetologists. Great stuff until it got time for the show and tell with pictures. I’ve attached a couple recent ones I found on the net. Don’t get nailed by a timber rattlesnake. If you get to keep the appendage you had better hope you have good insurance cuz the anti-venom will bankrupt you.
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Timber rattler, Western Diamondback, Copperhead, Cottonmouth. All hemotoxin, all cardiac toxic, all bites should be immediately dealt with. A person can lose limb and/or life from any of them. Though the only recorded deaths from Copperhead have been small children. Transport the person immediately after the bite. If alone, try to stay calm and take yourself to the emergency department. Over an hour ground transport time, "when in doubt, fly me out."
 
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