If snakes weren’t scary enough already

[mountainhunter1]

Never understood how an outdoorsman can be afraid of a snake.

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If you have ever been bitten you may have a different outlook. They make me very nervous. I'm not afraid of them but I have a healthy respect for them. Every time I see a poisonous snake I think about the week I was laid up in the hospital along with the bills that I received due to the bite , not to mention it is very let's say uncomfortable. You could buy a lot of Zach Farmer and Neil Cost calls for the price of anti venom lol.

I am glad that you are ok after being bitten and pray that no one else on this board ever has to go through that.

[Spitten and drummen]

Never understood how an outdoorsman can be afraid of a snake.

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If you have ever been bitten you may have a different outlook. They make me very nervous. I'm not afraid of them but I have a healthy respect for them. Every time I see a poisonous snake I think about the week I was laid up in the hospital along with the bills that I received due to the bite , not to mention it is very let's say uncomfortable. You could buy a lot of Zach Farmer and Neil Cost calls for the price of anti venom lol.

I am glad that you are ok after being bitten and pray that no one else on this board ever has to go through that.

I appreciate that my friend. I hope no one has to go through that. I really try to persuade people , especially hunting , to have some insurance. I wear snake gaiters whenever I'm hunting.

[worth612000]

I have a friend who ran over a rattlesnake and  decided to handle it. After about 30 min he got bit partially on the hand after thinking it was dead. Led to hospital had to cut his arm from elbow to hand and lay this cut open for a week due to the swelling would have caused more damage. He now has very limited use of that hand with chronic nerve pain in that arm. Jody, glad to hear you recovered from your bite


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[worth612000]

Plenty of videos and stories showing a snake decapitated head being able to inflict bites even up to a few hours. I do think most bites come from messing with or handling them.

[Spitten and drummen]

I have a friend who ran over a rattlesnake and  decided to handle it. After about 30 min he got bit partially on the hand after thinking it was dead. Led to hospital had to cut his arm from elbow to hand and lay this cut open for a week due to the swelling would have caused more damage. He now has very limited use of that hand with chronic nerve pain in that arm. Jody, glad to hear you recovered from your bite


Thank you my friend. I had it rough with the possibility of infection. Snakes mouths are nasty and full of bacteria. I had constant bags of IV fluid loaded with antibiotics. Seemed they were more concerned about that than the venom.

[squidd]

Vaportreks finally worn out and will try the Irish Setter Mudtreks.

I haven't had any close calls yet and feel it's better safe than sorry!

[Marc]

Honey bee stings and lightning strikes kill 20 times more people annually than all the rattlesnake bites combined.

Just ask Reg....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VWl1dK6pc4

[aclawrence]

I always knew statistically the numbers were very low. I'm honestly surprised how many people in this small forum group have first hand accounts of these incidents. I also have a friend who was bitten by a copperhead at our WMA. He just happened to get out of his truck at his parking spot and got bit on the foot. After making this post I'm taking this more seriously. I always wear gaiters so my main concern is when sitting down at a tree or crawling and repositioning. For anyone who is interested I just ordered this book from Amazon. It's being recommended in the National snakebite support group I'm in on Facebook. I think it was recently written and is supposed to have all the correct info based on the situations. I've always heard so many different things you're supposed to doing if you get bit that I'm unsure of what the best thing to do is. Also I'm didn't join that group because I'm afraid. Honestly I like snakes and learning about them. I've gotten really good at identifying different snake species. I'm very confident now in telling the difference between water snakes and cottonmouths.   Keep spraying your clothes with permethrin and watch out for old no shoulders.

What To Do If You've Been Bitten By A Snake: Read before your journey and don't forget to pack it just in case https://a.co/d/9XdBkEX


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