rattlers

[neci]

"What were the sounds you could hear?"
Cicadas - "locusts" to most Texans. The woods vibrated with the sound of male cicadas thrumming their mating calls.
"There's your answer," Gluesenkamp said. "You were likely seeing copperheads involved in a feeding aggregation."

"They love those nice, clean lawns," Swanson said.

Copperhead snakes engage in nightly summertime feeding congregation
By Shannon Tompkins

"They love those nice, clean lawns

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[neci]

i believe i am utmost terrified of water moccasins.
the river crossing.

good fucking god.

this summer so far there's been a patch of leeches. i'm always wary of snakes in the rocks. most of them just want to chill. then there's lonesome dove.

 

[neci]

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[Saint Peter]

sneeches get leeches

 

[neci]

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[neci]

they were tiny little fuckers.

freshly spawn.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I've been finding copperheads in the yard for the last several years. Usually, they're under something and they startle the poop outta me.


I made two changes when I found and dispatched the second mating pair several summers back.


One, I always work in gloves. Two, I always keep the yard warrior's trusty lance close by - a stout #2 shovel. A thrusting motion is more effective than a slashing one.


I found one last Sunday while dispatching some dead tree bits. S/he was coiled. One thrust made have a dozen snake-bits.

 

[Saint Peter]

Tiny for now.

In Texas they will grow to be the size of a bratwurst in three weeks time.

 

[Wings]

Note to self: do not move to Texas.

 

[neci]

how bad are cold mountain snakes?

 

[neci]

Note to self: do not move to Texas.

i want to kayak your lakes!

 

[Saint Peter]

Depends on how cold it is.

 

[neci]

Depends on how cold it is.

skiing cold.

 

[neci]

and canyons.

arroyos.

camp high.

 

[Saint Peter]

skiing cold.

Slower than old GBers fuck.

 

[neci]

Slower than old GBers fuck.

god bless snake sticks.

 

[Wings]

i want to kayak your lakes!

That sounds sexy.

 

[Bidin~Time]

i believe i am utmost terrified of water moccasins.
the river crossing.

good fucking god.

this summer so far there's been a patch of leeches. i'm always wary of snakes in the rocks. most of them just want to chill. then there's lonesome dove.

I saw my first ever timber rattler last year even though I have always lived out here in the sticks. The massive flooding the end of June had all the critters stirred up. That old rattler, bout scared the life out of me,I don't want to see another one.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

We lived 23 years in Florida. Several years ago we camped in our RV deep in the Everglades for close to a month. It was summer and few others were there. Number one, it was dry and not many mosquetos. Being dry there were way too many gators in the few water holes and ponds nearby.We wandered up and down trails deep in those Everglades. It wasn't until much later we found out about all of the giant snakes that have taken over the glades, eating even the gators.

We lived within a few miles of a sink hole with several old cars dropped in. This was more in the NW part of Florida. It was near a new small home subdivision. Some of the locals told us the hole was filled with ratlesnakes.
I don't know what kind it was, but we were driving thru that subdivision later when we saw a snake. It's head was at one side of the paved road and the tail at the other edge.

Other than those, we saw only two small coral snakes and a few black snakes where we lived.

When a teen in Illinois we used to swim in an abandoned gravel pit which flooded and became a clear lake. One spring the nearby river flooded causing lots of snakes to enter the lake. We still swam in the same lake snakes were swimming.

Camped and hiked along hundreds of lakes, rivers, and creeks. Usually in shorts, sometimes nude. Never even thought about snakes or saw many.

Now just the word SNAKE scares the crap out of me.

 

[neci]

That sounds sexy.

I saw my first ever timber rattler last year even though I have always lived out here in the sticks. The massive flooding the end of June had all the critters stirred up. That old rattler, bout scared the life out of me,I don't want to see another one.

it's been very green this year, so they don't have to go far for food. back from the river, the dog advised against the new grass, and over more barren terrain. my feral/porch cat is a garden snake eating machine. a rattler by the shed. i could easily live without them. fall can't get here soon enough.

 

[neci]

I've been finding copperheads in the yard for the last several years. Usually, they're under something and they startle the poop outta me.


I made two changes when I found and dispatched the second mating pair several summers back.


One, I always work in gloves. Two, I always keep the yard warrior's trusty lance close by - a stout #2 shovel. A thrusting motion is more effective than a slashing one.


I found one last Sunday while dispatching some dead tree bits. S/he was coiled. One thrust made have a dozen snake-bits.

long pants and boots!

watch out for scorpions in the gloves.

i poke.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

OK

Thrust, not hack.

Got it.

 

[spacekowboy]

I got gypped. My snake doesn't rattle.

 

[neci]

my snake bites.

 

[neci]

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