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Jan 28, 2020 02:45:45   #
pinkham42 Loc: Casper, Wyoming
 
I agree with all the prior posts remember this WE are at the top of the food chain, you just have to respect and be aware of your place in that zone...common sense and aware of your surroundings and the dangers proposed go a long way!

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Jan 28, 2020 03:01:07   #
pinkham42 Loc: Casper, Wyoming
 
I agree with all the prior posts remember this WE are at the top of the food chain, you just have to respect and be aware of your place in that zone...common sense and aware of your surroundings and the dangers proposed go a long way!

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Jan 28, 2020 06:36:54   #
Sinner Loc: witness protection program
 
If you are not going to eat it. don't kill it, walk away.

Lot's of presumption here. eg. you are going to see the snake in time. You will only see a snake in the bush, or overgrown river bank, when it wants you to see it. Eg. rearing up or rattling. Snakes have no ears. They can't hear, but are sensitive to ground vibrations, and sense of smell is strong. Yelling at it does nothing but make you feel good.

Wearing snake leggings is really smart in snake country. Leggings and tennis shoes, not so smart. You also need good foot covering.

A snake doesn't hate you for your politics, or want to eat you, given the opportunity to escape, it will leave on it's own. They have a place in nature too. An important place.

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Jan 28, 2020 08:03:05   #
Rubyfish Loc: Hatboro, PA, 19040(N.E.Pennsylvaina)
 
FS Digest wrote:
I doubt you could scare them away. Although they’re just as afraid of you as you are of them unexpected encounters can happen so just remain calm and back away if you see one. Just keep an eye out and keep your distance as best as possible.

Also not every snake is venomous. Don’t be that guy who tries to kill a snake because it’s a snake.

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Jan 28, 2020 08:40:40   #
Judge32 Loc: Vidalia, Ga. 30474
 
They can be a good laxative for some folks.

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Jan 28, 2020 12:12:04   #
pinkham42 Loc: Casper, Wyoming
 
Rattlers are good eating.... But I still prefer walleye anyway!

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Jan 28, 2020 12:33:28   #
Chipper7t7 Loc: Waxahachie Tx
 
Well said sinner

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Jan 28, 2020 12:52:15   #
pinkham42 Loc: Casper, Wyoming
 
As Paul says in the bible, 'I am the worst of them all' !

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Jan 28, 2020 13:14:47   #
kpt Loc: texas
 
This guy lives in Australia where everything is venomous ! The best advise I can give you is be very careful, and watch out for your surroundings.

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Jan 28, 2020 13:24:06   #
pinkham42 Loc: Casper, Wyoming
 
I worry more about some of the people fishing around me these days than I do the snakes, yes!

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Jan 28, 2020 15:31:25   #
Royal Whaler Loc: Warren Michigan
 
I had this 3 foot Northern Water Snake swim by when I was fishing in the St Clair River here in Michigan. They can bite but are non-venomous.
Another time, I had a water snake crawl up on my swim platform on the boat. When it saw my wife and I, it slowly went back in the water. Scary but nothing happened.



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Jan 28, 2020 20:24:34   #
teabag09 Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
 
FS Digest wrote:
Unless you’re talking about venomous snakes I wouldn’t worry too much about them. They don’t want to be anywhere near you either.

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The same is true for the venomous snakes. Don't mess with them and normally they won't mess with you.

I saw a pro basser hurt himself messing with a brown water snake. His boat was in the water at the dock when the snake was swimming by, well this fool slapped at it with a rod. Snake submerges and fisherman goes about rigging rods. Next thing you know he's screaming like a little girl and thrashing all over his boat. That six and a half foot brown snake had come over the transom and this poor guy almost broke an arm and leg falling out of the boat onto the dock. One of our guy got in the boat, pinned the snake down and brought it out of the boat and let it go a ways away. Don't you know they all wanted the COTTONMOUTH killed. All snakes have a purpose and should not be killed unless they could be a direct threat. Mike

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Jan 28, 2020 20:37:00   #
teabag09 Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
 
Ron620DVS wrote:
DNR: What to Do When You See a Snake:

As spring hits full stride, John Jensen will begin answering more calls and emails about snakes.
But most will involve two questions: What species is this and what do I do with it?

As for the first, seldom is the snake a venomous species, said Jensen, a senior wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and co-author of “Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia.”

Whether it’s venomous, of course, is the concern or fear underlying most of the questions. Chances are it’s not, Jensen said. Only six of the 46 species native to Georgia are venomous and only one of those—the copperhead—usually thrives in suburban areas, which is where the majority of Georgians live.

“Although every county in the state is within the range of at least one venomous snake species, there is nowhere in the state that venomous species even come close to outnumbering non-venomous species.”


https://georgiawildlife.com/dnr-what-do-when-you-see-snake

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I don't know where they get six venomous species from unless they are considering rattlesnake sub-species. There are four species of venomous snakes in North America; Rattlesnake, Copperhead, Cottonmouth Moccasin and the Coral Snake and coral snakes would have to gnaw on a finger to do you any harm. Mike

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Jan 28, 2020 20:47:59   #
teabag09 Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
 
jrchop wrote:
The best thing if you're scared of snakes as most of us are to a certain point, if you happen to crap yourself just get far enough away before cleaning yourself up. I've been on River Banks and boat ramps and snakes have been known to come up to me and take or try to take my cut bait from in front of me. So please use caution as to what bait (s) you leave laying around. They eat some of the same things we fish with. And first time it happened I waited until I was home to take care of that problem, I was more prepared the next time it several times it happened.
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When I was a kid in MS my dad and I were fishing in a farm pond. Me on the bank and him with a flyrod a little over knee deep. He had a stringer hooked on his belt loop and had several bream in the stringer. I heard him scream and I swear I think he walked on water. He had felt a tug on the stringer and a cottonmouth was trying to get a fish off of it. Well my father was scared to death of snakes from an experience during WWII. He was stationed in New Guinea when a boy of about six went missing and was found swallowed whole by a python or a boa. He was a war hardened Marine but snakes were his Waterloo. Mike

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Jan 28, 2020 20:53:19   #
teabag09 Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
 
Robert J Samples wrote:
I just read where one respondent's suggestion was moth balls, and another was 12 gauge. Well, if you could get moth balls that fit a 12 gauge, I would agree!

For a snake story, this was passed around when I was a kid fishing on Red River. Another adult, who was walking along a trail covered with brush on the river bank came across a tree trunk than had fallen directly across the path. He was carrying a single shot .22 rifle and just as he was about to step over this log, a huge water moccissan rears up and he said was facing him almost eye to eye. It scared him so bad, he turned and ran. When asked why he didn't shoot the snake, he replied that he was afraid one shot would not be enough! I suspect he was so shook up, he was afraid he would miss....Just sayin! RJS
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That's why when in the woods step on the log not over it. Mike

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