So much for trying to convince my wife that Texas is a nice place to
move to. That snake story pretty well doomed it. Maybe Minnesota isn't
that bad of a choice after all...
AG
On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, <NSURIT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> This one required a little more thought than some . . . and that is crazy.
> I've been working on a project since late winter/early spring in a field
> with a large collection of old tractors (think tractor junk yard and
> collection.) Last week I was talking to the owner about snakes and he said
> he
> had never seen a copperhead and had only killed one water moccasin since
> moving there in 1947, however this time of year there are some rattlesnakes.
> Told the story of how one had crawled up on the head of one of his tractor
> engines earlier in the spring and he walked by it and didn't pay any
> attention and then started thinking about it, went back and grabbed it
> behind
> the head with some needle nose pliers and pulled it out only to realize it
> was a rattle snake. He said he squeezed real hard and dispatched it. No
> sh&%.
>
> Last week my 93 year old Godmother had a rattlesnake in her back yard and
> she lives in town and that morning I saw a coral snake that had recently
> been hit on my street. Yes, it was red and yellow as opposed to red and
> black. It was still moving when I stopped to check it out. Later in the day
> it had become a very flat snake.
>
> My two gransons are up for the week (8 & 10 years old) and we were
> planning on doing some work on their fort/tree house in the woods. Went to
> Cabellas looking for snake boots or leggings. No luck.
>
> I just ordered three pair of snakeboots from snakeboots.com. a little on
> the expensive side, however I will be a little more comfortable tramping
> around in areas I know have snakes with this bit of added protection.
>
> Does anyone else have snakeboots in their kit or interesting snake stories
> while out photographing?
>
> Bill Barber
>
>
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