Bill P:
Bill Barber lives in Texas...there is no place where rattlers don't go in
Texas!
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On 6/15/10 11:06 PM, "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Simple no boots needed solution: don't go where snakes go.
>
> Bill Pearce
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> Subject: [OM] An interesting addition to my kit . . .
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>> This one required a little more thought than some . . . and that is
>> crazy.
>> I've been working on a project since late winter/early spring in a field
>> with a large collection of old tractors (think tractor junk yard and
>> collection.) Last week I was talking to the owner about snakes and he
>> said he
>> had never seen a copperhead and had only killed one water moccasin since
>> moving there in 1947, however this time of year there are some
>> rattlesnakes.
>> Told the story of how one had crawled up on the head of one of his
>> tractor
>> engines earlier in the spring and he walked by it and didn't pay any
>> attention and then started thinking about it, went back and grabbed it
>> behind
>> the head with some needle nose pliers and pulled it out only to realize
>> it
>> was a rattle snake. He said he squeezed real hard and dispatched it. No
>> sh&%.
>>
>> Last week my 93 year old Godmother had a rattlesnake in her back yard and
>> she lives in town and that morning I saw a coral snake that had recently
>> been hit on my street. Yes, it was red and yellow as opposed to red and
>> black. It was still moving when I stopped to check it out. Later in the
>> day
>> it had become a very flat snake.
>>
>> My two gransons are up for the week (8 & 10 years old) and we were
>> planning on doing some work on their fort/tree house in the woods. Went
>> to
>> Cabellas looking for snake boots or leggings. No luck.
>>
>> I just ordered three pair of snakeboots from snakeboots.com. a little on
>> the expensive side, however I will be a little more comfortable tramping
>> around in areas I know have snakes with this bit of added protection.
>>
>> Does anyone else have snakeboots in their kit or interesting snake stories
>> while out photographing?
>>
>> Bill Barber
>>
>>
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