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Cottonmouths have a reputation for being angry little shits. Whether or not it's true, I don't know, 'cause I've been fortunate not to have encountered anything more dangerous than an Indigo Snake in the woods 'round here and the only cottonmouths I've seen in my life were dead, in captivity, or at a fair distance. Snake experts seem to say no, it's not true, and I expect they'd know more than me... but then why would they have such a reputation for aggression if it wasn't necessarily the case?
I have had, on 2 occasions, cottonmouths try to get in my johnboat on my local river.
Both times were catfishing at night and I suspect light in the boat may play a role.
Water snakes are fairly aggressive too and people not familiar with snakes many times assume they are cottonmouths.
Not mine, but totally going to try to remember to do this to my sunflowers next year 
What happens if you shoot a snake with a .410 loaded with rock salt?
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Very cool place if you've got young kids
Very cool place if you've got young kids
If you ever get a chance to go up in an edge 540, do it... Beyond fun. The acceleration is phenomenal, the roll rate will damn near snap your neck... Lol, the Precision of being able to put that plane anywhere anyhow you want is unbelievable.
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Just to ask, because I´m living in a no-snake-area, how do you kill a snake which comes close, in your boat or something?
I dont want to think about sitting in a canoe when a snake climbs in.
Just to ask, because I´m living in a no-snake-area, how do you kill a snake which comes close, in your boat or something?
I dont want to think about sitting in a canoe when a snake climbs in.
To be fair, if its far enough away from my boat, I leave them alone. Ive only had to kill a couple that got too close. Typical weapon of choice is the paddle but I always have a handgun on hand. On land around my house, there's no quarter given.
Not mine, but totally going to try to remember to do this to my sunflowers next year
Sort of reminded me if this gem...
Sirhr
You know, if one had a bunch of little toy squirrels to live in it... this is potentially awesome! Put in an offer @1J04 !!!
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F8 crusader I think not an A7
I was trying to get a flat bottom boat off the river bank and reached under it for the rope.
Felt like I got electrocuted , or stabbed with something hot ! All I saw was a snakes tail when it went underwater. Within a few minutes I douched the bite with peroxide and rubbing alcohol.
Hurt like a mo-fo
Speckled Water snakes don’t have fangs , so it basically had to be Mr No Shoulders aka Cottonmouth. Got dizzy and puked on my way to the ER. Another indication of a Water Moccasin was a funky musky smell. The picture was a week post bite. Cottonmouths are no joke
They didn’t administer anti-venom , so I didn’t receive a full load of venom ..but it was enough!!
I was gonna say A-7 too, so I had to go and take a look. The intake on the f-8 is shorter, like that in the pic. The gun ports are right where an F-8 has them. The canopies are close enough you can't tell the difference, but the little nose bump is pointed and has a pitot tube, like...you guessed it the F-8.
Nice Pic!
Never been around F-8’s but was around A-7’s a lot. In another thread I mentioned seeing a shipmate get gobbled up by a A-7. I think F-8’s may be longer ?
Oh man that fuckin' sucks anyway! We saw a lot of them down in Hunter AAF/Ft. Stewart. The worst time for cottonmouths was when they had their young and you'd get those 'nesting balls' Or, late summer they hang out in low hanging branches and we're doing a boat movement up the Ogeechee or Canoochee. You'd hit a branch and they'd drop into the rubber boat. Little turds.I was trying to get a flat bottom boat off the river bank and reached under it for the rope.
Felt like I got electrocuted , or stabbed with something hot ! All I saw was a snakes tail when it went underwater. Within a few minutes I douched the bite with peroxide and rubbing alcohol.
Hurt like a mo-fo
Speckled Water snakes don’t have fangs , so it basically had to be Mr No Shoulders aka Cottonmouth. Got dizzy and puked on my way to the ER. Another indication of a Water Moccasin was a funky musky smell. The picture was a week post bite. Cottonmouths are no joke ☠ They didn’t administer anti-venom , so I didn’t receive a full load of venom ..but it was enough!!
They aren't so much aggressive though as super-defensive. Easterns were common down in FL. (Eglin/Hurlburt. They loved hangin' out in the palmetto rims above creeks. Then there's the pygmy's...cutest li'l rattlesnake you ever did see. About the size of a pencil fully grown. Added: Neither of them was very aggressive. You sure as hell don't want to get nailed by an Eastern though. They put out gobs of very potent venom.
We have Cottonmouths, LOTS of Copperheads, and a few species of Rattlers in Arkansas.
For some reason I have a knack for locating them. I came upon a 3.5 ft Cottonmouth with 1/2 a shad consumed , other half hanging out its’ mouth. I whipped the piss out of it , then shot it.
Here's a shot of an F-8. Both were made by the same company, so they share a lot of similarities:
I was trying to get a flat bottom boat off the river bank and reached under it for the rope.
Felt like I got electrocuted , or stabbed with something hot ! All I saw was a snakes tail when it went underwater. Within a few minutes I douched the bite with peroxide and rubbing alcohol.
Hurt like a mo-fo
Speckled Water snakes don’t have fangs , so it basically had to be Mr No Shoulders aka Cottonmouth. Got dizzy and puked on my way to the ER. Another indication of a Water Moccasin was a funky musky smell. The picture was a week post bite. Cottonmouths are no joke ☠ They didn’t administer anti-venom , so I didn’t receive a full load of venom ..but it was enough!!
Your episode ain't funny at all, but I've got a somewhat funny saying told to me when I moved to Mississippi... "never put your hand or foot in someplace you ain't looked".
Here's a unique picture common to many jet powered aircraft. What looks like someone left the intake plug in the intake is actually condensation from the low pressure area about 4" behind the lip of the intake:
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This Was the Last Gunfighting Crusader of the Air
Vought’s F-8 Crusader successfully bridged the gap between the days of close-quarters dogfighting and the supersonic era of long-range missile
www.historynet.com Wow you got lucky. The copperhead and cottonmouth are almost the same snake, they can even interbreed although rare. There is a video circulating of a CH and CM fighting over a female.I was trying to get a flat bottom boat off the river bank and reached under it for the rope.
Felt like I got electrocuted , or stabbed with something hot ! All I saw was a snakes tail when it went underwater. Within a few minutes I douched the bite with peroxide and rubbing alcohol.
Hurt like a mo-fo
Speckled Water snakes don’t have fangs , so it basically had to be Mr No Shoulders aka Cottonmouth. Got dizzy and puked on my way to the ER. Another indication of a Water Moccasin was a funky musky smell. The picture was a week post bite. Cottonmouths are no joke ☠ They didn’t administer anti-venom , so I didn’t receive a full load of venom ..but it was enough!!
CMs are more aggressive while CH will not bite unless you touch them most of the time. My dog Jack was bitten last year by a beautiful CH who ended up with a 9mm to the head. Prednisone and Benadryl and he was fine in a few days.
CHs typically don’t do a full boogie bite the first time, it’s dogs that grab em and hold on that usually die because the snake decides to bite again with a full load.
CMs usually give you the business first bite, you should have played powerball that day.
Here was mr. dogbiter pre-9mm
About 5 min. after the sparks start flying
10-4 on that saying. I do look 99% of the time , its’ the 1% that gets ya ! Since then I’ve been extra skiddish
...I flinch at sticks sometimes.
