OT: Snakebit

86er · Post by **86er** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:02 pm

I had a run in with a little rattler. His 7 beads must surely be lucky because word is there is no sign of venom penetration where the one fang hit just above the boot, the other fang actually caught the very edge of the boot. A little kicking and stomping and I got back at the little bugger in a big way. I think I'm gonna eat this sucker too just because I can. Boy do I dislike snakes. This could have been much worse so for that I am very thankful.

Small puncture just above the boot with some discoloration and slight bruising:

Rube Burrows · Post by **Rube Burrows** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:25 pm

Wow....talk about a close call. Glad all is for the better and you are well enough to eat him.

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:27 pm

How many times I have to tell U "watch where U plant Ur foot" It sure could have been worse. BTW, that aint a Little Snake where I live.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:31 pm

Yikes!

Glad you're mostly unscathed.

Consuming the flesh of your attacker is kinda primal, LOL. I like it.

If that scratch starts turning colors and spreading out, git yourself some medical help, pronto.

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:58 pm

Glad you're OK! Look forward to the dining report!

olyinaz · Post by **olyinaz** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:35 am

Dang things! Little bugger probably took a nip at you because he was fearin' for his life but I don't care - I really dislike rattlers because they're more under foot than any daggum snake I know of.

Glad you're OK.

Oly

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:35 am

Glad to see you were wearing proper footwear! Sneakers and snakes do not go together.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:00 am

whoa.... too close.....glad your ok

on yesterdays evening bow hunt in the swamp
i think i was more worried about the mocasins....than hunting...

cant wait til it gets cold and they disappear for a while!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:13 am

Hope the little b*****d tastes really, really....satisifing! I'm thinking if the other fang hadn't hit boot, he might have got some poison in ya....Glad you're ok!

crs · Post by **crs** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:50 am

Ouch!
I forgot to remind you that the snakes in south Texas do not hibernate. They just keep on eating and growing and growing, etc. Also, after the sun sets during deer season they like to lie on the warm dirt and sand on game trails and ranch two tracks; always use a light when walking there after a day in the field to avoid even getting close to one of the grown up rattlers; they can easily reach up to your thigh above any boots.

BTW- It just occurred to me that your pictures appear to have been taken after dark, as in night. So you were wandering around in the south Texas brush after dark? mmm As previously ststed , not a good idea. It is hard to see a cow in the dark, much less a little ole' snake. Be more careful, Ricky and I need your help for a "tractor day" on the deer lease!

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:12 am

Whoa! Someone was watching over you on that one!

There's just somethin' about snakes (and spiders) that make people jump back. I believe its "genetic memory" over thousands of years of people dying from these things.

Joe, you need to shave your legs.

--------Sixgun

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:29 am

Really glad you're okay, Joe. I think I'd be changing my cowboy boots to some taller ones. If'n a little bugger like that can reach the top of standard boots. I've seen some huge Texas rattlers compared to the one you're holding, not to lessen your ordeal, but an invenomation by a big one and it's going to hurt for a long time.

86er · Post by **86er** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:14 am

The next day, a little more discoloration but just a tiny amount. The Doc was from NY also and put it in medical terms I can easily understand. He said, "there's lucky and there's f**king lucky. You're both". Revenge tastes pretty good!

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:56 am

wow, i think that boot saved you in a huge way. Glad your ok. I like the idea you ate the snake too! i would have

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:40 pm

Sir, you must have some Irish in you. Never been bit, but have come too darned close. I wish there was a rattlesnake vaccine for people like there is for dogs. I'd sign up in a heartbeat. My last close encounter ended well. For me, not the snake.

And before anyone asks, no I didn't eat it. I've tried snake, and if I were starving, I'd eat it again, but only then. Also, they DO NOT taste like chicken. Besides, the things just stink.

new pig hunter · Post by **new pig hunter** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:12 pm

snakes are wonderful creatures ..... when served with a properly chilled sauvignon blanc.

Cheers,

Carl

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:12 pm

Thank God you had you're boots on! Time for a new purchase - some nice high ridding boots!

Glad you got out of that one!

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:27 pm

taste like tough stringy chicken to me! I'd eat him too!

Dave James · Post by **Dave James** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:25 pm

darn 86 that Doc isn't kidding back in my teens I took a hit from a 3 footer in the Palm of the right hand, they said the same thing at the Doc's office in Dodge, but the hand still swelled up about the size of an orange

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:22 pm

Holy stuff! Glad you are doing good Joe! That was much too close for comfort!!!

LeverBob · Post by **LeverBob** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:29 pm

I'm real glad you are good friends with G-D Pard...and, yes I would eat that sucker & a whole platter full all by myself. I think they taste great...

Best to you Pard...

LB

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:21 am

86er,
Whew! That was a close one. Glad you are ok.

For anyone who travels in snake country I woould suggest carrying a venom extractor. It could save your life.

http://www.moontrail.com/accessrs/a-eme ... actor.html

w30wcf

piller · Post by **piller** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:54 am

Rattlers are one of the things which I don't like anywhere around me. I have found that a shotgun dispatches them quite well, though.

gak · Post by **gak** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:57 pm

Only good for hatbands IMO, and that's still probably too close!

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:20 pm

Na, it wanner his boot that saved 'im, it were that fancy scented body lotion he gets his Mrs huntin' hi n' low for.

That there snake spat him out!

Joking apart, Joe glad you ok friend, sure would of liked to see your snake dance though

Nath.

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:08 pm

I'm glad you're okay, Joe.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:42 pm

Nath wrote:Na, it wanner his boot that saved 'im, it were that fancy scented body lotion he gets his Mrs huntin' hi n' low for.

That there snake spat him out!

Joking apart, Joe glad you ok friend, sure would of liked to see your snake dance though

Nath.

Hey Nath, do they have any venomous snakes in the Bristish Isles?

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:32 pm

jeepnik wrote:
Nath wrote:Na, it wanner his boot that saved 'im, it were that fancy scented body lotion he gets his Mrs huntin' hi n' low for.

That there snake spat him out!

Joking apart, Joe glad you ok friend, sure would of liked to see your snake dance though

Nath.
Hey Nath, do they have any venomous snakes in the Bristish Isles?

Only little Adders, mostly south of me. I think a woman was bitten this summer. I saw one once.

Plenty grass snakes, don't bite but stink when you catch one

N.

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:38 pm

If your of the tattoo inclination, I would think there's got to be a good one out there to commemorate that wound.

Gobbler

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:06 pm

Glad you are OK, I’ll bet that was an adrenalin flow scenario.
I did that once in Utah when walking point on a training operation, when I put my foot down knew that something soft should not have been on that rocky trail. I was luckier than you he was coiled with his head in the center and died before he could strike. All 8 of us ate snake that night as there were two more within 5 ft of him.

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:20 am

Wow Joe!!! I would have had to change my underwear. I am deathly afraid of rattlers, at least the ones I can't see. If I can see 'em I'm good. It's the fear of not seeing one that gets to me. Glad you are ok. Get some taller boots

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:49 pm

That is way too close!

gak · Post by **gak** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:32 pm

Another very lucky one. This time a youngster (and maybe the snake too given the size).
http://www.prescottaz.com/main.asp?Sect ... leID=97996

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