Interesting squirrel hunt.

NN

This AM I went to the National Forest out behind the neighborhood.
It is a marginal area that can have a few squirrels and was the spot
that I shot the white squirrel some years back.


I did not shoot one in there, but, saw one and tried to move in on
it and got cut off by some flooded land along a creek branch.
I then tried to get out of the spot by walking along the trunk
of a blown down tree and as I got to the small branches that
would have been the top of the tree, I noticed something not right.

So there I was with one foot in the air with a cold moccasin coiled
up just about where I wanted to put my foot. The snake would not
leave and decided to show me it's cotton mouth and fangs.

Needless to say, I did not put my foot there and backed up and
sat down on the log and the snake just held it's perch in the branches.

shush

Squirrel 0- Ned 7

Cold moccasin coiled 1- Ned 0


Take care young man!:yikes:

Six-Gun

It's funn you bring up such a story, Ned. I spent my whole time in the mountains this past week highly concerned about just such an encounter with a buzzbutt because of the unseasonably warm weather. Not the kind of thing I'd want to deal with miles from a real hospital and I'm glad you got away unscathed.

Razorbacker

Interesting mount Ned. We have a few areas here that are known for black ones. And those cotton mouths are by far the most aggressive breed I've ever encountered.

woodsrunner

A cottonmouth is very easy to control. All you need is a J.P.Sauer 16ga SXS and a Rat Terrier to help you

NN

woodsrunner wrote: »

A cottonmouth is very easy to control. All you need is a J.P.Sauer 16ga SXS and a Rat Terrier to help you

Yeah, I remember that issue; but, the dog would scare me to death.

NN

Six-Gun wrote: »

It's funn you bring up such a story, Ned. I spent my whole time in the mountains this past week highly concerned about just such an encounter with a buzzbutt because of the unseasonably warm weather. Not the kind of thing I'd want to deal with miles from a real hospital and I'm glad you got away unscathed.

I had one of those crawl out from between my feet

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once.

CaliFFL

After 20 years of hunting in California and more than a few encounters with rattlers, it is comforting to know that there are no vemonous snakes up here.

You didn't kill it?

Linefinder

I hate snakes. All snakes. But cottonmouths worst of all. After living in Louisiana for forty years, I assure you I left a wide and deep swath of dead cottonmouths in my wake. And I don't apologize for it.

Mike

bklysen

Linefinder wrote: »

I hate snakes. All snakes. But cottonmouths worst of all. After living in Louisiana for forty years, I assure you I left a wide and deep swath of dead cottonmouths in my wake. And I don't apologize for it.

Mike

I have never seen one...but I still want to see a pic of a dead one. And another dead one....Just because.

woodsrunner

If I knew how to post photos I would show you a typical dead Cottonmouth, but I don't have the know-how. Maybe Teach will throw one of the photos back up of the one my Rat Terrier and I got out from underneath the house