TOO close
Last Sunday while working on our property I got way closer to this baby than I would have liked. He was about 5' long and had 10 rattlers and a button. I called it a "baby" because they get much bigger back in that bottom, when I was a kid I remember my Grandad and Dad talking about an old man named Charlie Brown(his real name) cutting one up while brush hogging and the chunks they found, when laid out, measured just over 8'. My biggest one ever measured 6' 9 3/4" and we were nose to nose when I found him, I was crossing a fence, bent over between the second and third strands of barbed wire when he went to buzzing. That was about 250 yards from where I killed this one, coiled up at the base of the big red oak over Evan's left shoulder. I was running the chainsaw and if he buzzed at me I never heard it! I didn't see him until he started un-spooling, trying to crawl away. After it was all done I realized that at one point, my left leg had been within 18" of him. Lucky day I guess.
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Ya know, I read your reply and was like paranoid?... now why would he be paranoid?... then I realized what you were saying... FOMCLMAO! I mean, seriously, did anyone ever watch that show and think "Gee those guys are model citizens, they always dress so nice" Makes ya wonder what they do with that bee smoker when there aren't any bees around?!?"Originally posted by coosaridgerider View PostLeave a comment:
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Wow...that was a cool story. He may be too paranoid to stop.lol.Leave a comment:
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That's funny! I think I'll keep calling you Coos though.LOL!
About Billy, seems he and his brother Ricky have an attraction to the ganja. They have both gotten to discuss this with their local law enforcement officers, and subsequently their local judges, so I don't know if the show will be continued. Ricky and his girlfriend, whose kids go to school with mine, rented a little house about 200 yds down the road from my brothers camp. We would see them driving by, and last New Years I wondered out loud as they made one of these trips " they must not be too sociable, they never stop to introduce themselves and drink a cold one", because nearly everybody who drives/lives down there does when we occupy the place. Jim, a great guy, and neighbor who does stop and have SEVERAL cold ones, and happens to be a retired Army Ranger spoke up and said "no, he don't and as long as he wants to stay alive and in good health, he better NOT" apparently they don't see things in the same light. I didn't ask, but I think it had something to do with some dogs and a trash can...Leave a comment:
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You need to call Billy the exterminator.lol.living in Alabama I know too well about the spiders and snakes and all the other unwelcomed creatures. I was bit on the top of my head by a brown recluse at the age of 4. They cut a spot out of the top of my head the size of a silver dollar then skin grafted it off of my butt. I guess you could call me butt head.lol.......Leave a comment:
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Found another one, this time she was on the gas can, right where you would put your hand when you went to tip it up to pour... Given her location I didn't feel comfortable torching this one out so the old size 11 steel toe had to do.Leave a comment:
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Yup, Marshall I'm sure mr mossberg did quite well in that discussion! I've never seen a bear around these parts, mainly because we never had them here in my lifetime. But that is all changing, they are beginning to work their way down following the Mississippi flood plain down from Arkansas. There have been confirmed sightings 40 to 60 miles from me and a couple closer. And that is another guest I could do without...Leave a comment:
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My last unwanted visitor was a 200lb black bear. man i don't want these guys hanging around the house so i asked mr. mossberg to talk to him and he has not been back sense that i know of.Leave a comment:
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Would love to live there, but the wife breaks out in chill bumps every time the temp drops below 85f. So... that probably ain't gonna happen.Originally posted by spookum View Post
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Come and visit alaska! The worst creepy crawly we have is the state bird, the Mosquito. But seriously, move to alaska. I gew up in Oregon with widows, recluses, rattle snakes and scorpions. Sure is nice living in AK and not having to worry about that stuff tying in to one of my daughters!!!! Our "problem" critters are a little bit meaner, but we (the humans) are protected "defense of life or property"Leave a comment:
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I just never was bothered by snakes, I've caught every kind poisonous snake native to the southern U.S., most of them without anything other than me bare hands. But their are certain varieties of critters that just give the willies, and this huge egg filled widow is high up on my list! Firmly tied at first place along with the Brown Recluse, and Sydney Funnel Web. That spider is the reason I will NEVER go to Australia. I would love to go down under and dig for some of their opal, but not so long as that spider is there. I'm fully in favor of the death penalty for anyone ever caught in possession of a S F W in America! Firmly tied at second place... pretty much all other spiders. Oh yeah, then there's the giant centipedes of southern Oklahoma's Blue Mountain country...Leave a comment:
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Those things are bad juju around here. Another place those things like to hang out is the old wooden sandboxes we made for the kids to play in. They would get up in the corners where the bracing was. Kids were a little ticked when i tore up their sandbox and bought a plastic one with no corner for those devils to hide in. Glad you found it before it found you.Leave a comment:
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Ugh, To hell with spiders and snakes! Spiders suck cuz i always get caught up in their webs, and usually end up with a few spider bites each year. lol ANd snakes suck cuz usually they catch me off guard, i soil my pantaloons, and then try to grab something to revoke their living ability, but by time i get back their gone. lol Its crazy you put this msg up, last night i walked into the laundry room and seen a 2ft black snake near the dryer. ran for the shovel, came back and he was GONE...tore that whole place apart lookin for him, but no luck. So today i bought about 700lbs worth of moth balls and a dozen womens stockings and scattered snake bombs everywhere! lol Its been a rough week for everyone i see! lolLeave a comment:
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