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 Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 04:32 PM
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They would of had to swim through some extremely loose fecal matter to get to me...just sayin..
Think you can/Think you can't/Either way you're right 
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: SniperRAB]
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10/21/14 04:57 PM
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Txkiller
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Please let Killer open this thread....Please  Well I did  , I've seen one snake all summer and I avoid that spot like the plague! Steps to resolve this situation, 10rds of 3-1/2" buckshot that's 5 rounds for each snake and make every round count they're tougher than hogs, 5 gallons of diesel not gasoline a confined area like that with gas is a recipe for disaster don't ask me how I know, once the blind has burned down don't think the job is done get a backhoe or tractor and dig at least 6' deep, once the hole is complete throw the remains in the hole and fill it with concrete. Good luck 
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 07:06 PM
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Terry Chester
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Every time I step out my back door of my house, I'm very carefully looking around. A year ago on th 25 of Oct, I stepped out to walk down to my shop, stepped 3 feet from a rattle snake curled up. I never heard the rattles. When I caught the movement in my peripheral vision I immediately filled the drawers, the said aww shuckssss. Jumped again, got in the house and grabbed the gun, z10 rounds later that snake is dead. Had 10 rattles on its tail.
So now I look around carefully when I go out the back door.
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 07:14 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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Sheesh!! I luckily haven't even seen a snake this season.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 07:58 PM
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Troutfisch
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Don't see as many copperheads where I hunt but LOTS of cottonmouths. Always careful when putting up blinds and filling feeders during the early season, I've had a couple of close calls.
"In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen."
-Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 08:09 PM
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JThoele
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Everybody always says it jokingly (I assume), but has anyone ACTUALLY soiled themselves over a snake encounter?????
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 08:28 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Good God!
I am not afraid of them either but in that situation I might have needed some fresh drawers!
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 08:57 PM
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dlrz71
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Glad this had a better ending than it could have.
My brother walked out of his house one night in flip-flops and just happened to skip a step before getting to the ground and there was one laying on the step he decided to skip. Good lord was looking out for him that day.
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 09:05 PM
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billyhunt
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Oh he77 no. That's why they make them pop up with bottom's. Worth every penny!!!!!
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/21/14 09:11 PM
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billyhunt
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Post Script: I hunted last year out of one, we got many, many rattlesnake's here( 7 so far this year) SO a bottom was a no brainer, for me.
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/22/14 12:06 AM
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Wburke2010
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Dang, if that was me I wouldn't be able to get out of there fast enough and there would be bullet holes all over the place.
Walter
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Metal buildings, welding, equipment repair, dirt work
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
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10/22/14 12:10 AM
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tlk
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I would have brought our pear burner and burned the whole place down -
You can't fix stupid
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/22/14 12:25 AM
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Chief Joe
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I'm not certain I'd ever be right again...that's assuming I'm right now! 
"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/22/14 12:52 AM
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Big_Ag
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Oh Jeebus. I wouldn't have returned to that spot until it was cold and then it wold be only to retrieve my pop up and get the heck out of there.
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: TooLow]
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10/22/14 02:54 AM
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Oh heck no! I would have shredded that pop up trying to get out of it. This
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/22/14 03:05 AM
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Load your britches up 
  “I never forget a face—but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.” —Groucho Marx
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/24/14 02:40 PM
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swt70611
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I hate snake and hate I even opened this post! 
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/24/14 04:14 PM
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Sometimes chicken, sometimes feathers
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/24/14 04:26 PM
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Ramsey
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Glad you discovered them and got out safely. Keep giving updates on your hunt.
Big Beckett!!
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: Txkiller]
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10/24/14 04:27 PM
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Ramsey
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Please let Killer open this thread....Please Well I did , I've seen one snake all summer and I avoid that spot like the plague! Steps to resolve this situation, 10rds of 3-1/2" buckshot that's 5 rounds for each snake and make every round count they're tougher than hogs, 5 gallons of diesel not gasoline a confined area like that with gas is a recipe for disaster don't ask me how I know, once the blind has burned down don't think the job is done get a backhoe or tractor and dig at least 6' deep, once the hole is complete throw the remains in the hole and fill it with concrete. Good luck You could write a book on the subject.
Big Beckett!!
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/30/14 12:40 AM
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Navasot
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Those little copperheads ain't gonna hurt you that bad lol!! They are thick this year kill them on my road very walk to the stand... Those big timbers are what I never want to crawl in the blind with 
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: Ramsey]
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10/30/14 08:00 AM
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Please let Killer open this thread....Please Well I did , I've seen one snake all summer and I avoid that spot like the plague! Steps to resolve this situation, 10rds of 3-1/2" buckshot that's 5 rounds for each snake and make every round count they're tougher than hogs, 5 gallons of diesel not gasoline a confined area like that with gas is a recipe for disaster don't ask me how I know, once the blind has burned down don't think the job is done get a backhoe or tractor and dig at least 6' deep, once the hole is complete throw the remains in the hole and fill it with concrete. Good luck You could write a book on the subject.  Glad I hunt out of ladder stands and a tower blind!!!
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: daniel1381]
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10/30/14 05:24 PM
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this is why I love my tower blinds... Found one on the platform of a 15' ladderstand once.
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/30/14 06:41 PM
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Judd
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Everybody always says it jokingly (I assume), but has anyone ACTUALLY soiled themselves over a snake encounter????? No, truth be told everyone puckers up tight enough you couldn't drive a 16 penny nail in that hole with a 5lb sledge  Glad it worked out that way and wasn't a real bad situation.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: That will ruin a hunt
[Re: JThoele]
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10/30/14 06:50 PM
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MoBettaHuntR
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Serious pucker factor there. 
-Those who say money can't buy happiness never bought a dog.
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