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Offline Dogshooter

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Protecting camp from snakes.
« on: August 10, 2012, 12:26:40 PM »
A Native American friend of mine told me that if you take a snake that comes into your camp, burn it up, then spread the ashes around your camp, then no other snake will come into you camp. I asked him if he thought that same trick would work on our southern border, but obviously not using a snake???
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2012, 02:29:07 PM »
How about that old," run a rope around your camp, they wont crawl over it".
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2012, 04:01:32 PM »
Quote from: gcrank1 on August 12, 2012, 02:29:07 PM
How about that old," run a rope around your camp, they wont crawl over it".
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Might work if you dust the rope with some burnt snake and powdered sulphur. ear
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 04:29:54 PM »
My BIL is Creek. He says if you catch a snake in your yard, you should take a branch, and whip the snake with it, then let the snake go back into the woods. I guess that one is supposed to tell the others to stay away or they'll get whipped! Generally, snakes avoid people anyway, so it has never really been a problem for me. ;)
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2012, 02:54:40 AM »
Will it work for the dreaded hoop snake.
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2012, 05:43:13 AM »
Clear the brush, cover or any other trash around your camp. Objective is to remove cover for the snake to hide...plus remove cover for mice or other snake food. 

If a snake can't get a meal or hide out it won't be inclined to stay around.
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2012, 05:48:55 AM »
some say if you make a circle around a building out of lime about 6-8 inches wide and heavy snakes won't cross it. At the Southern States store they have a powder in a canister that looks like lime to do the same thing. Wonder if SS adds burnt snake to lime ? hum........ ;D
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2012, 06:00:51 AM »
I think we are getting in danger here of attracting the ire of the ASBL (Anti Snake Burning League).
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2012, 05:25:43 PM »
i say watch out for the snow snake. very uncomfortable little guy
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2012, 05:42:12 PM »
i went to lowe's and asked the guy
in the garden section for burned snake
powder like yall said, but he just looked
at me like i was an idiot. i wish they would
hire competent help. i looked for the
burned snake powder on my own for
about ten minutes, but i couldn't find
any. i guess they were out.
is there any other place that might
have it?


i also saw a post about lime for the same
snake- repellent effect.
are you supposed to cut the limes in halves,
or wedges, or do you squeeze the juice out?
seems to me it would take a lot of limes to
do the job, and that might get cost prohibitive.
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2012, 08:08:39 PM »
R99, U  R  close. What you burn while you are grilling your snakes you grind for your own burnt snake powder.  After You have mixed your lime and Tequila drink, a favorite with snake, you simpley roast up the lime rind amd mix it with your burnt snake powder. Have fun at your next snake cooking. ear
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PS  Sulphur works better than lime for powder on the rope but it makes a real poor drink
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Re: Protecting camp from snakes.
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2012, 12:03:22 PM »
Just get one of those "jumpin' bean" terriers.  They will kill any snake that comes around, and tree a tree rat to boot.
 
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