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Big_Mike
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Posted: Wed Jul 15th, 2009 11:10 pm |
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I was out marking some timber this afternoon. I walked up to a big southern red oak to mark it for cutting, planted my foot on the rocky hill side.
Felt the "squishy stick" under my boot.
Heard the rattle.
Felt/saw the snake strike the side of my right leg, and get turned away by the snake chaps I wear (the funny brown pants).
Wet myself.
Collected a nice trophy.
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Wed Jul 15th, 2009 11:11 pm |
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| At 40 inches long, it's not the biggest rattlesnake I've ever stepped on. But still enough to give ya a good fright. Attachment: Stretchedoutsmall.JPG (Downloaded 70 times)
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Wed Jul 15th, 2009 11:15 pm |
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| Coming to get ya! Attachment: Comingatyou.JPG (Downloaded 67 times) Last edited on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 11:16 pm by Big_Mike
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Wed Jul 15th, 2009 11:15 pm |
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| Six rattles and a button make a LOT of noise when the snake is angry. That's a really big Timber Rattler for the area I am currently working in. Attachment: rattlessmall.JPG (Downloaded 68 times) Last edited on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 11:17 pm by Big_Mike
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Mazel Schlimazel
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Posted: Thu Jul 16th, 2009 02:41 am |
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Ha! That's exactly what I imagined you look like! A big burly man with a reddish beard. 
Maybe a psychic is my true calling..  
Last edited on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 02:42 am by Mazel Schlimazel
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Mazel Schlimazel
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Posted: Thu Jul 16th, 2009 02:43 am |
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| The only snakes that live around here are harmless little gardener snakes... make good prey for the neighborhood cats...
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Pigasus
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Posted: Tue Sep 1st, 2009 12:07 am |
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It pays to be safe, Mike. If he'd have gotcha, you'd a been a gonner - or at least a one-legged woodsman...whew!
Most I ever got nicked by was a little ol' pygmy rattler. Barely broke the skin on my thumb, but turned all the knuckles purple.
They say you can train these critters to wag their tails. Y'think?
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Tue Sep 1st, 2009 02:33 am |
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Pigasus wrote: It pays to be safe, Mike. If he'd have gotcha, you'd a been a gonner - or at least a one-legged woodsman...whew!
Most I ever got nicked by was a little ol' pygmy rattler. Barely broke the skin on my thumb, but turned all the knuckles purple.
They say you can train these critters to wag their tails. Y'think?
Dunno, never let one live long enough to try it.
Where I live, rattlesnakes are somewhat rare. I usually see two, maybe three a year. And when I see them, I am usually standing on them, or next to them (the little buggers are very well camouflaged). Either way, still close enough for rational thought to cease and "self preservation" instinct to kick in.
No one likes to have a 300 pound Scotsman River Dance on their back.
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Liberal Hater
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Posted: Sun Oct 25th, 2009 05:00 pm |
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| sounds to me like you should buy a Taurus Judge and carry it with .410 shells filled with snake shot!
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Sun Oct 25th, 2009 09:40 pm |
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Liberal Hater wrote: sounds to me like you should buy a Taurus Judge and carry it with .410 shells filled with snake shot!
University policy is that I can't carry a gun. Otherwise, I'd have my .40 on my hip at all times.
Snakes aren't the only dangerous things I run into out there. I've been within 20 ft from a 750 lbs black bear and surrounded by a pack of grey wolves (both in Michigan's UP), and here I've got to deal with snakes, marijuana growers, and meth cookers.
To be honest with you, I'd rather deal with the snakes. I came up on a marijuana plantation last year where the guy had hung up fishing line all the way around his plantation, and strung the fishing line with fishing hooks at eye level. Fortunately, I'm quite a bit taller than the average person, so when I got snagged on the fishing hook, it caught me on the neck, and not the eye.
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estonianman
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Posted: Mon Oct 26th, 2009 05:10 am |
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Big_Mike wrote:
University policy is that I can't carry a gun. Otherwise, I'd have my .40 on my hip at all times.
Snakes aren't the only dangerous things I run into out there. I've been within 20 ft from a 750 lbs black bear and surrounded by a pack of grey wolves (both in Michigan's UP), and here I've got to deal with snakes, marijuana growers, and meth cookers.
Ah the UP - god's country.
The last true wilderness east of the Mississippi.
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Big_Mike
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Posted: Mon Oct 26th, 2009 11:05 am |
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estonianman wrote: Big_Mike wrote:
University policy is that I can't carry a gun. Otherwise, I'd have my .40 on my hip at all times.
Snakes aren't the only dangerous things I run into out there. I've been within 20 ft from a 750 lbs black bear and surrounded by a pack of grey wolves (both in Michigan's UP), and here I've got to deal with snakes, marijuana growers, and meth cookers.
Ah the UP - god's country.
The last true wilderness east of the Mississippi.
Whenever I cross the Big Mack, I take a deep breath, and all the tension flows out of my body instantly. I know I'm home.
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lightoftruth
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Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 09:36 am |
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Looks like ya gave the old feller quite a headache, Mr. Mike......![[grin]](/forums/themes/default/grinning-smiley-007.gif)
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InfraredCow
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Posted: Mon Nov 9th, 2009 07:18 am |
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Big_Mike wrote: I was out marking some timber this afternoon. I walked up to a big southern red oak to mark it for cutting, planted my foot on the rocky hill side.
Felt the "squishy stick" under my boot.
Heard the rattle.
Felt/saw the snake strike the side of my right leg, and get turned away by the snake chaps I wear (the funny brown pants).
Wet myself.
Collected a nice trophy.
I hope you're gonna' eat that!
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blinky
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Posted: Thu Nov 19th, 2009 11:22 pm |
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tube-kabob and a hatband! and a bit...
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