PSA - Mind your surrounding while hunting in early October in the mountains.

[omicron1792]

Another thing on snakes.
This time of year they are moving to dens. So if you see one there is a good chance more are around.

Worst time here in Alabama to be bitten by a copperhead is October.

 

[Blowdowner]

The law of the jungle is eat or be eaten. Same thing applies here. You have to have a good recipe for each size class. Then as soon as you are looking for one to cook you won't ever see another rattler. They know.

 

[grfox92]

After 5 years of pounding ground in Wyoming and being told how many rattle snakes we have, I just saw my first one this year.

Chasing a cow elk as she walked over a ridge out of site, we were running down a very steep hill to try and close the distance when directly in my path I saw a huge snake squirt of the the sage brush and spin its head to face me. I slammed on the brakes and wound up stopping about 3 feet from him just before my momentum had me run right over the top of him.

I absolutely hate snakes.

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[Mr. October]

I hunt a couple ears in Northeast PA that have a fair share of rattlers. I'm always watching where I step in and out of the woods on a warm fall day.

A few years ago we were camping at a state park and attended some ranger-led talk about reptiles and amphibians in the park. The park was in a high-bear area so before the meat of the discussion got going we all got a short dos and don'ts talk about the bears to avoid bear/human conflict. This included a warning about an on-site culvert trap for one problematic bear that would break into campers when it thought nobody was around. The ask was to stay away from it.

Then we moved on to the reptiles and amphibians. The ranger threw out a stat about how boys aged 12-18 are the most frequent snake bite victims. We can all imagine why. As proof, at the end of the discussion, a boy of about 13 came up to the ranger to ask where the culvert trap was. She declined to provide that information.