Author Topic: Cotton mouth Moccasins (Read 11100 times)

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #60 on:** May 14, 2010, 08:47:47 AM »

Understand what ? I understand that if my kids got to close they got bit so no bad snakes in areas around the house . Kids stay away from areas near creek where snakes are unless you watch where you walk , not a play area .

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #61 on:** May 14, 2010, 09:38:07 AM »

Had a 21 year old son get bit by a cottonmouth. Nasty, bad, and hospital didn't have enough antivenom. So, any posionous snake is a dead snake around me. Others can slide, especially king snakes.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #62 on:** May 14, 2010, 09:46:07 AM »

Our fore fathers got rid of the bad critters why on earth the tree hugging city dwellers want to bring them back and protect them is beyond me .

Swampman · « **Reply #63 on:** May 14, 2010, 10:05:44 AM »

There are no bad critters. There are ones you eat and ones you don't.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #64 on:** May 14, 2010, 10:12:00 AM »

The ones that eat people are bad to have around IMHO. The Yote is now where I live , the Black Bear is also as is the MT Lion and we did just fine with out any of them . Now we have trash cans turned over , small dogs and cat dissapear ( not that cats missing is a big deal) , Farm critters killed etc. Car bear accidents and other damage . We don't have the wolf yet but I'm sure some idoit will try .

Dee · « **Reply #65 on:** May 14, 2010, 11:32:30 AM »

Most of the Wolf problems are confined to Washington D.C. There are some minor problems in the other northern states, but not to the extreme that is in D.C.

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #66 on:** May 14, 2010, 12:03:13 PM »

Lots of snakes in Washington DC as well.

Dee · « **Reply #67 on:** May 14, 2010, 12:19:00 PM »

Now that you mention it Dixie, the snake problem is much worse than the wolf problem in D.C.

myronman3 · « **Reply #68 on:** May 14, 2010, 03:56:39 PM »

if'n i had seen that pool of snakes, you can bet i would have been back as soon as i could have gotten more ammo. and with that wheeler, you should have been able to haul enough out there to make an impression.

Dee · « **Reply #69 on:** May 14, 2010, 04:36:33 PM »

Haul what outta there?

myronman3 · « **Reply #70 on:** May 14, 2010, 05:27:02 PM »

more ammunition to that pile of snakes. i would have made a special trip back and might have brought some friends. the only good poisonous snake is a dead poisonous snake.

Dee · « **Reply #71 on:** May 14, 2010, 05:30:46 PM »

I went back the next day, but I'm not that dedicated to killin snakes. The coons had cleaned up the mess I made, and there will always be more cotton mouths here.

deernhog · « **Reply #72 on:** May 14, 2010, 06:34:07 PM »

Found the similar situation once with a .22 pistol. Made a quik trip to the house for a remington 1100 and mucho shels. Had a blast in that quarter mile stretch of creek. I admit most of the snakes were water snakes but they got in the way of the cottonmouths. The snake problem has went away since Otters have moved into the creek and set up residence. No snakes but way fewer fish also. Get a river Otter that will do it.

FourBee · « **Reply #73 on:** May 14, 2010, 06:37:21 PM »

Quote from: Dee on May 14, 2010, 05:30:46 PM

I went back the next day, but I'm not that dedicated to killin snakes. The coons had cleaned up the mess I made, and there will always be more cotton mouths here.

Yep; when you find 'em like that its usually a right now occurance and they're gone. I had a dry creek bed experience once. The little water hole was less than 10' long. As I approached it I noticed it was churning up weird like. I slowly crept up close enough to see small fish darting ferverenty back and forth. Then something formed in my vision just above the waterhole on the bank. It was a BIG cottonmouth just laying there. I think all my blood drained out. But I recovered and pumped him full of lead .... Wheh.....

Alan4620 · « **Reply #74 on:** June 13, 2010, 04:59:04 PM »

Booker at 120 lb is suffring at over 100 degres,we have shaved him and it has helped to some degreee.With temps being over 100 degrees and humidtrity at 60+ he still suffers.
I have a a/c unit in the garage to ease his pain.

Swampman · « **Reply #75 on:** June 14, 2010, 04:07:46 AM »

Few states even have Cotton Mouths.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #76 on:** June 14, 2010, 04:10:30 AM »

Guess we are lucky then we do !

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #77 on:** June 14, 2010, 05:07:39 AM »

Cottonmouths are all over the south from Texas to Virginia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_piscivorus

Check the map. They are a very aggressive snake also.

Swampman · « **Reply #78 on:** June 14, 2010, 03:46:49 PM »

Yes they will climb out of the water when they come to a dry place and sometimes it's a boat. Most folks kill harmless water snakes thinking they are cotton mouths. Their range is very limited.

FourBee · « **Reply #79 on:** June 14, 2010, 05:22:30 PM »

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by Swampman: Most folks kill harmless water snakes thinking they are cotton mouths. Their range is very limited.

There's no limit to Cotton Mouth's around here. When a snake gets in my face I run if I can, beat it to death with my fishin pole, or shoot it. Then I ask "what is it ? "...... Ain't learned to control myself yet.

myronman3 · « **Reply #80 on:** June 14, 2010, 05:31:15 PM »

well, everyone else who thought they knew anything might as well just pack it in as our resident know-it-all has spoken.

tell ya what swampy....i will kill every snake i see from here on out in your honor..... and i USED to let the harmless ones go. so now you can thank your know-it-all attitude for killing every snake i see for the next year.

Daman · « **Reply #81 on:** June 15, 2010, 08:50:33 AM »

Quote from: Swampman on June 14, 2010, 03:46:49 PM

Yes they will climb out of the water when they come to a dry place and sometimes it's a boat. Most folks kill harmless water snakes thinking they are cotton mouths. Their range is very limited.

Exactly who is most folks??? I can only speak for me and the folks I have grown up with and around, but we see a lot fewer water snakes than cotton mouths here in South Alabama! PM Gendoc if sometime if you want some more verification! In my part of the world 9 times out of 10 if you see a snake in/around the water it is a cotton mouth. Now I will also say that most of the encounters I have had with them they did not chase me or immediately strike at me, but they are aggressive and should be eliminated from around ones home.

Daman

Swampman · « **Reply #82 on:** June 15, 2010, 08:58:30 AM »

What I said

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #83 on:** June 15, 2010, 09:16:48 AM »

I'm not 100 sure about their range but i like to keep 10 foot or more between them and me .

Swampman · « **Reply #84 on:** June 15, 2010, 09:36:41 AM »

Good advice....It keeps those who should stay indoors anyways from getting bit trying to kill a snake that isn't bothering them.

If folks are scared to be in the outdoors why do they go there?

myronman3 · « **Reply #85 on:** June 15, 2010, 10:28:12 AM »

it isnt that people are scared, it is because it is soooooo much fun blowing them to smithereens with the shotgun.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #86 on:** June 15, 2010, 10:31:28 AM »

Quote from: Swampman on June 15, 2010, 09:36:41 AM

Good advice....It keeps those who should stay indoors anyway from getting bit trying to kill a snake that isn't bothering them.

If folks are scared to be in the outdoors why do they go there?

Work , get to car , feed dogs , gather eggs , play golf ( why i don't know ) etc etc .

streak · « **Reply #87 on:** June 15, 2010, 06:29:49 PM »

As I mentioned in my first post on this subject, that I had several run ins with the old cottonmouth when I did alot of hunting in N.W. Louisiana and E.Texas. I have stepped upon the top of fallen logs and as you are taught at a very early age look down before stepping down ther other side of the log. On two occassions I looked down to see the wide gaping mouth of a cottonmouth coiled and ready to strike! A 12 gauge at that range does wonders!! Late in the fall I would be squirrel hunting and walking down the middle of old mainly dried up creek beds and on occassions come upon a cottonmouth coiled up to where he was in a patch of sun. sometimes I would be 10-12 feet from them and they would strike in my direction, although the strike was somewhat slow because they are very lethargic due to the very cool nights and mornings.
I have during the early spring, had on two occassions, cottonmouths to actually get after me. One was shot by my brother, and the other time I was lucky to be able to pickup a limb about 8 feet long and manage to get in a good lick to break his back as I was backpedaling
as fast as I could !
Had another one try to get in the boat with me!
Yep! Don`t much care for old Mr. Cottonmouth!
Also if you are ever unfortunate to get bitten and even if it is a dry bite, you can get deathly ill from the all of the bad bacteria in it`s mouth.

torpedoman · « **Reply #88 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:49:38 PM »

fill an egg with salt cut end off and empty then refill with salt reseal with wax or glue snake eats egg when the shell the salt will kill it almost instantly. Remeber grand-pa doing this and putting eggs in the nests as nest eggs

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #89 on:** June 16, 2010, 02:19:30 AM »

My granddad used lightbulbs about the size of eggs in hen nests. A chicken snake would swallow the bulb, break it and it would kill him.