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Donald, I used to think the same thing, still do to a certain extent. I do not hunt when snakes are active, so I do not run into any while coon hunting fall and winter months. I was always more worried about my dogs getting bit than myself. Over the years I used to hunt year around and never seen many snakes while hunting. I hate to think how many I passed by that I did not see. Lol. Dave

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Good news Dave. I just read that scientist did a study on rattle snakes using a fake leg. They put a boot on a stick and "stepped" on rattle snakes 175 times. It resulted in only 6 strikes. The other 169 times the snake was trying to get away. So you can start summer hunting again. You can probably step on ten rattle snakes before one bites you. Plus, some of the bites were dry bites.(No venom) Further increasing your chance of survival.

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Don't care for any of them.luckily have never seen one while hunting or morel picking over the years.got a sister-in-law that lives in Amarillo texas.went down there back in 1997 to visit and stopped at a restaurant that had a rattler in a glass case.certain time of the evening they would put a rat in the case for his meal.cant remember the name of the place though.

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Came out from under my front porch while I was mowing the yard yesterday.

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If it had been me, I would have mowed over that sucker!!

His rattles would have been rattling out the shoot of my mower!

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Picture above was taken just across the Sulphur River from where I live. The guy walked right by him 4 times before he finally seen the snake.

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You post some of the best photos of timber rattlesnakes. Just be very careful as they have some serious toxic venom. Some have neurotoxins in their venom and are known as a death bite if not promptly treated and I can imagine the hospital cost would be outrageous. Dave

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I know of a guy that was bitten by a water moccasin and a copper head. He said he would twice rather get bit by a copperhead because the moccasin has a bacteria saliva that gets way more infectious.

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I know of a guy that was bitten by a water moccasin and a copper head. He said he would twice rather get bit by a copperhead because the moccasin has a bacteria saliva that gets way more infectious.

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Portable food!

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