Author Topic: Things in Texas Will Bite You (Read 1957 times)

WDH · « **on:** December 05, 2007, 10:24:57 pm »

I am working with a Forester partner to develop management plans for some property my Company owns in Texas. We were riding down a tract road today when my partner said, "We just drove over a snake.". A snake? It is December 5th. Monday morning it was 26 degrees!! There ain't supposed to be snakes out and about. I left my snake leggings in Georgia

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I said, "Is it still there?". He said, "Yes, and it seemed to be a colorful snake.". I said, "Stop!. I want to see it.". So I got my camera out and humped it back behind the vehicle to look for a colorful snake.

Then a realization came over me....Red on black, friend of Jack.........Red on yellow, kill a fellow

Red on yellow kill a fellow

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Is DanG a cussword? Is Tom wise? Can Woodbowl play a Banjo? Can Radar67 and DonK turn a beautiful pen? Can the Boss deer hunt?

DanG is the Official Forestry Forum Cussword. Tom is a Supernumerary. Woodbowl is a Banjo playing, log sawing, fiend. Radar67's and DonK's pens are gorgeous.................The Boss has venison hanging from the meat pole.

It was the most poisonous snake in North America. A Coral Snake. Beautiful! And ina hurry to get away.

Box up this one and send it to the Boss

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Warbird · « **Reply #1 on:** December 05, 2007, 10:28:07 pm »

Wow. At 26 degrees? That's pretty remarkable.

Glad you didn't get bit!

Jeff · « **Reply #2 on:** December 05, 2007, 10:28:31 pm »

I'll make granola out of it

WDH · « **Reply #3 on:** December 05, 2007, 10:29:28 pm »

OK. It is on its way FedEx. Open the box carefully

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Jeff · « **Reply #4 on:** December 05, 2007, 10:32:02 pm »

Tammy opens all our mail.

Radar67 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 05, 2007, 10:43:31 pm »

I've seen snakes laid up in water in December, with ice forming around the edges. I'll admit they were moving slow, but still very much alive and ready to protect themselves. I watch for them year round.

Nice picture WDH. And thanks for the good words.

isawlogs · « **Reply #6 on:** December 05, 2007, 10:46:52 pm »

Ya know ... I knew it would be a shnake pic in ther ... I just knew it ..... $:-\$ I hate shnakes ... just hate um .

brdmkr · « **Reply #7 on:** December 05, 2007, 11:48:51 pm »

WDH, that is pretty cool. In all my years in coral snake range, I have never seen one. I hear you about have force them to bite you. They don't have fangs in the traditional sense. The 'fang's are oriented toward the back of their mouth. They almost have to gnaw on you to envenomate (SP?) you. BUT, if they get you, it will be bad.

WDH · « **Reply #8 on:** December 05, 2007, 11:51:32 pm »

It was only later that I thought about picking it up by its tail for a close-up pic.

Probably a good thing that I did not. They are better left alone

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Coolest snake that I have ever seen, and I have seen a pick-up truck load of snakes

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Dave Shepard · « **Reply #9 on:** December 06, 2007, 12:02:51 am »

I see a garter snake about once every three years, that's enough for me.

Dave

stonebroke · « **Reply #10 on:** December 06, 2007, 02:21:56 am »

I knew there was a reason I lived up here in the frozen north and now I have seen it.

Stonebroke

Don K · « **Reply #11 on:** December 06, 2007, 06:39:15 am »

Danny, I don't even have a decent picture of that pen. I took one before I mailed it, but it didn't turn out good.

Thanks for the compliment.

Don

tcsmpsi · « **Reply #12 on:** December 06, 2007, 07:20:54 am »

It was clear and sunny yesterday, and the little darlin' was taking advantage. Those little red and yeller fellers have a tendency to move around every chance they get. The biggest one of those I ever skinned out was just a little over 36" long.

Did your forester buddy tell you of his trip to the shop?

And, speaking of trips to the shop....

Qweaver · « **Reply #13 on:** December 06, 2007, 08:31:40 am »

On our deer lease in southwest Texas, the popular saying was, Everything out here will sting ya, stick ya, cut ya or bite ya.

TexasTimbers · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2007, 10:14:04 am »

It was not 26 degrees yesterday but me and my customer were riding down the road and seen two black snakes. We both commented that it seemed unusal to see one much less two about 3 miles apart.

limbrat · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2007, 11:59:20 am »

I have lived in ther range most of my life and have never seen one in the woods. That is a pretty and rare find.

sgtmaconga · « **Reply #16 on:** December 06, 2007, 05:20:25 pm »

i too have never seen one in the scales as it be. i see a lot of the king snake brand. my wife's albino king is around 3 feet long now. she loves them and i've been around snakes all my life so we never pass up a chance to save one. some are on watch list and a few are endangered now.

Texas Ranger · « **Reply #17 on:** December 06, 2007, 06:35:17 pm »

Just proves the point that to be in Texas ya gotta be able to tough it out, snakes -freezing weather, talk all ya want about your snow snakes, that there is tough.

Furby · « **Reply #18 on:** December 06, 2007, 06:55:39 pm »

Quote from: Texas Ranger on December 06, 2007, 06:35:17 pm

-freezing weather,

You folks call 60° freezing.

beenthere · « **Reply #19 on:** December 06, 2007, 07:09:53 pm »

Well, I been hearin of a few getting bit by the snow snakes up here this year....I almost did today...just in the nick of time I reacted and only took a glancing blow...but I don't want to get any closer than that..they'll lay ya up big time...knees swell up, back and arms hurt and ache....they are bad this last week.

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Author Topic: Things in Texas Will Bite You (Read 1957 times)