Jake in the Bush
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Topic: Jake in the Bush
Posted By: mcarter
Subject: Jake in the Bush
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 5:42pm
Posted a https://postimg.cc/image/fhnwugh8d/"> https://postimages.org/ - image upload no size limit pic of Jake the Copperhead in my garden, can you see him?------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 5:53pm
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Nice picture!! Hope he's friendly!! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 6:06pm
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Nah, Bro Leo, we already had a run in, he's happy, me not so. ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
Posted By: Live2Camp
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 8:44pm
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Great camo! Glad/hope all's well. ------------- 2017 R-Pod 179 HRE (the green one) His:Ford F150 double cab 4WD; Hers/mine:Tacoma V6 double cab 4WD Still love rugged, diggin' comfy too |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 8:47pm
Better you than me spotting that snake! It might not have had to bite to do me in. 
------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2018 at 6:17pm
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I'm bothering him, trying to get him to move on. Worry I have is my goofy cat has no fear and last time it cost me 400 bucks when he got bit. They are protected in TN, but only if they pose no danger. ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2018 at 7:56pm
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3 S..... Shoot Shovel Shut up...
I normally let snakes go on about their business.. But up close to the house, if it's dangerous, it goes away. Heck, we had a 7 foot black snake pretty much living in our garage for a couple years. He was bad about laying in the bottom of the garage door panels, and then getting dumped from 6 feet up onto the concrete floor when we opened the door.. I think about the 20th time that happened, he moved out. ------------- |
Posted By: DavMar
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2018 at 10:21pm
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Yikes! That will always get your heart beating fast when you nearly step on any snake because your always worried that its a Copperhead or worse. For me after I calm down if its a non-poison snake I say hello and leave it alone. Unless its in one of my bird boxes and I've had to pry out more then one Black snake out of them, not fun! If its a Copperhead and I find it out in the yard away from my house I tend to just encourage it to move on else where. If it's near the house and I can't easily trap it and move it else where well I hope it had a good life because its coming to an end. My thought is they all preform a good service with preying on rodents, despite a bird egg every now and then. ------------- Dave & Marlene J with Zoey the wonder dog. 2017 Rpod 180 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Lexington, NC |
Posted By: codycountry
Date Posted: 02 May 2018 at 10:11pm
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It's not something a long handled shovel or shotgun couldn't have taken care of? There are lots of non-venomous snakes around that can do the same job. Here we deal with grizzly bears and wolves. Out on the prairie east of my place we find an occasional rattlesnake. I have a deal with rattlesnakes, if I don't see them, they don't die. The bull snakes fill in the void for them. |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 03 May 2018 at 8:36am
 sounds like a fair deal to me!!------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 03 May 2018 at 2:43pm
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I don't admit to killing them, they are protected. A guy posted a video of killing a Copperhead awhile back and the fined him. For Cody - I'll be there are more Copperhead bites in TN than there is Griz and Wolf bites in WY. Never had a Griz sneak up in my yard and hide in a bush. ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |