Thread: Snake Bite

Completely agree..they'd be plenty of holes in my boat and then "no ME" in the boat as well.

FYI:Water mocasins(sp?) are not poisonous, just common water snakes. COTTONMOUTH water mocasins, however, ARE. Mocasin is an Indian name for 'snake", ie. common water snake. Cottonmouths Water Mocasins and Water Mocasins are two different issues. Neither of which I spend enough time lookin at to identify.

Only three kinds of snakes: live snake, dead snake(my favorite), and a stick that looks like a snake... The guy who lets me hunt his land got hit by a cottonmouth and he almost didnt make it to jackson... Took 18 viles of antivenom to get him there. So a dry bite, as scary as it may have been, was probly a blessing... Things can get ugly fast with a snake bit

I got bit by a banded water snake when I was a kid. Hand and arm swole up and turned black. When I got back to the cabin my dad said are you sure of what bit you, I handed him the dead snake and said pretty sure. He still took me to the ER though.

Dad used to carry a frog gig on a cane pole. He would gig the cottonmouth with the frog gig, stick it in a tree, skull up to it and waylay it with the boat paddle. Then he would throw it in the boat and take it home where he would realistically coil it up on top of the trash in the trash can. This is back in the day when everyone had galvanized trash cans and the sanitation workers pushed the three wheeled buggy into your backyard to empty your trash. He'd come home on Monday to find trash and trash cans scattered all over the back yard and he'd just laugh and laugh.

Originally Posted by ArToolMan

Dad used to carry a frog gig on a cane pole. He would gig the cottonmouth with the frog gig, stick it in a tree, skull up to it and waylay it with the boat paddle. Then he would throw it in the boat and take it home where he would realistically coil it up on top of the trash in the trash can. This is back in the day when everyone had galvanized trash cans and the sanitation workers pushed the three wheeled buggy into your backyard to empty your trash. He'd come home on Monday to find trash and trash cans scattered all over the back yard and he'd just laugh and laugh.

You're Dad sounds like the sort of guy you say "Yes Sir and Thank You" to.

Ya'll ever notice how everytime one of these "You ain't gonna b'lee dis" stories comes up, Torch always comes back with a "It happened to me" story right behind it? No wonder he got a free motor.......he was due.

Wannabe...

That poor ol snake wouldve had to crawl up that pile of poo to bite me in the azz 'cause there would have been plenty of it.

Yeah I was always the kid that would do anything. I am the youngest of 4 brothers and 2 sisters and I was the Gunnea Pig.

one of the three sure ways to tell a poisonous snake is catch the snake and take it by the tail and turn it over. if the scales from the anus to the tip of the tail are solid across like on the belly drop the snake. it's poison. if they are broken it's not poisonous.

and i had a close encounter with a rattlesnake in water. never dreamed of a rattlesnake in the water. but i've dreamed of it since. they float on top of the water like a cotton mouth and hold the rattles straight up, i suppose, to keep them out of the water.