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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: RedTop on November 05, 2007, 09:38:23 PM
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Walked up on a 6ft rattlesnake today....VERY close to getting bit. FRIKIN thing was HUGE and as big around as my forearm.
I was going into the brush near the tee box on the golf course I play at to do the male thing and got with in 2 ft. of him. He had about 12 rattles and was HUGE.
Did I tell you it scared the watermelon out of me?
I backed up after the other guys (the pros) I was playing with came to where I was and made enough commotion it started to crawl off. I got pale and very weak kneed.
When I finally got my wits about me I almost puked. I was physically sick and shaking so bad I couldn't get the ball on the tee. When I got to the green after I hit my shot I was bet over with the dry heaves.
Biggest damn Rattlesnake I have seen in YEARS that wasn't behind a glass in the zoo or on display.
Still can't get the sight of that thing out of my head. I have seen some big rattlers in my days. A few that big. But never ever that close and me in a pair of short pants.
Scared chitless i was. And , I aint afraid to admit it either.
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This is why I dont golf.:(
:D
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hmmm.............lets see..............how does it go????????? Oh, yeah..........
BOOM ........................good snake!:t
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So we can assume this was not you in Texas today?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308401,00.html
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I was working up in the poconos, which is notorious for Timber Rattlesnakes. Given that, with all the construction noise, we only ever saw one.
Anyway, we show up for work one day, and start to get everything in order ready to lay more courses of CMU.
Just as I start to turn over a mortar bin, I hear a loud buzzing sound. Now, rattlesnakes don't make a baby rattle like noise you hear in the movies. They make a loud fast buzzing.
The momentum of the bin flipped it over, and I swear to GOD I floated. There was no less than 2 or 3 feet below the bottom of my shoes for a good 8 seconds.
As the bin got fully flipped over, there was no snake. I look over, and my father is cleaning off dried mortar from the tools on the Bricks, perfectly imitating the sound of a rattlesnack rattle. It was not intentional, just great comedic timing.
From then on for that day, I made sure to bang every hiding place 2-3 times before I flipped them over.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
So we can assume this was not you in Texas today?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308401,00.html
Huh Nope.....that is an idiot.
This is actually the 2nd one I've seen this year on the course. But the last one wasn't NEAR as big as the one today. Not even close.
Even the Pro said it was the biggest he has ever seen out there and probably the biggest he has ever seen period.
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But you had clubs? If something scared me like that damstraight I would be going caveman on that thing.:mad:
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Yeah they were in the cart.....several yards away...and when you going to...well...you know...taking a club wasn't really on my mind.
I usually take one when I go help others looks for thier golf balls....but I just never thought of it in this case.
I didn't relieve myself either....I waited til I got to #16 (this happened near #12 tee) before I went to the bathroom.
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eek!
I'm not a fan of wildlife.
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Originally posted by Pooh21
But you had clubs? If something scared me like that damstraight I would be going caveman on that thing.:mad:
I would have had mine with me. Never know what your gonna find.
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Never go into any woods without a big knife and a big stick. A 5 iron is close enough.
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ALWAYS carry a club with you when entering the rough.
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Hey you walked away without injury.....count yourself very lucky.
I got nailed by one of those bastards when I was 17 years old. Myself and a couple of buddies went hikeing in the Witchita Mountains in SW Oklahoma. I stepped over a log and got nailed in the back of my left calf before the thing even made a sound. Sucker bit me right through my jeans.
My friend John had a .22 pistol with him and killed it, then him and my other friend Brian had to help me back to the truck about a 1/4 mile away were I had a snake bite kit in my tackle box. John cut the puncture wounds, inserted the probes and then tossed me in the passenger seat. It was a 30 mile drive back into town to the hospital. I think we made it in about 10-15 minutes.
By the time we got there my leg was swollen at least 2 times normal size and I was drifting in and out. They had to cut my pants off because they couldn't get the pants leg down over my leg it was so swollen. I had 2 IV's running with anti venom and who knows what else. Spent 2 days in the hospital and anouther week on crutches.
I hate snakes, will kill them on site, and that's why. I had an instructor at A School who had a Ball Python. He brought it into class one day and when he got about ten feet away from me with it I told him if he gets any closer I'm going to have a new belt because I would kill the thing right then and there. He thought I was joking until I pulled my pocket knife out. When I explained why I hated snakes he took it out and never brought it back.
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Did you try to stay calm to keep the venom from spreading to quickly, or were you just scared out of your mind? I know I would have been.
donkey
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Dude I was freaking the hell out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've never been that sick or felt that bad EVER......and I've had a heart attack. That was nothing compared to that snake bite.
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Lol now you have me imaging getting bit by a rattlesnake (not that that is something to laugh about). Oh well time to check my bed for snakes and then go to sleep.
Good night, and good story. Glad it all worked out fine in the end.
PS: I can just imagine the sick feeling you would have had!
donkey
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glad you're ok Redtop. I have been up close and personal(a couple feet or less) w/ rattlers, scorpions, even a gila monster. By far, the snake caused me to fill my pants the most. I can understand why you were scared.
In AZ, playing paintball in the desert will cause you to have all sorts of interesting encounters.
Had a scorpion crawl across my bare foot.... snake is scarier.
You're OK. :aok
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Closest I've come to something like that, was I once stepped on a water moccasin when I was a kid. I actually saw it just as I was taking the step but I was already committed to taking that step. I ended up taking another bunch of steps real quick. :D
I was lucky though, because he has just caught a frog and it was in his mouth about half eaten. So I don't think he could have bitten me.
The craziest thing I ever saw on TV with snakes, was some show on Discovery. It was about burrows in Africa I think it was. This guy was crawling into burrows to explore them and map them out.
Well long story short one of the burrows had a cobra in it. The guy actually had to capture the cobra laying face first in this hole. Then he had the other guy he was with pull him out of the hole by his feet.
Was extreemly crazy.
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Dang RT, I've seen them on courses but never had a scare like that. They always say to watch out but I guess we get kind of careless taking a quick piss in the brush. It'll make me look twice next time I'm playing in the desert lol.
Glad you're ok.
:aok
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red come on up to the ranch we have rattlesnake hunts every spring. i know of 10 dens that need to be worked this spring its been 8 years since they have been touched . i might even cook sum out on the pit. taste like chicken.:aok
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Originally posted by FBBone
hmmm.............lets see..............how does it go?????????
Oh, yeah..........SIZE=4]BOOM[/SIZE] ........................good snake!:t
:aok
You da man.......................... .but you will be billed for the copyright violation. :)
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sheesh that almost sounds like the joke where the punchline is "the doctor says you're gonna die". we have moccasins on our courses and they are also alarmingly prone to hiding in the best relief spots.
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They.......taste just like chicken.
68ROX
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Wow.
Better you then me brother.
Next trip I bet your bag contains a new iron named MR machete
(http://www.quisqualis.com/MacheteCane01.jpg)
Musta been the day for near death experiences.
Yours is much more interesting then mine though
But I will say that if you ever have to put an extention ladder on top of one of those newfangeled composite (read plastic) decking.
Place it on a non skid mat.
Seems even the ladder is set at the proper angle. It doesnt mind at all sliding out from under you when your weight is at the top
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Originally posted by RedTop
Walked up on a 6ft rattlesnake today....VERY close to getting bit. FRIKIN thing was HUGE and as big around as my forearm.
I was going into the brush near the tee box on the golf course I play at to do the male thing and got with in 2 ft. of him. He had about 12 rattles and was HUGE.
Did I tell you it scared the watermelon out of me?
Wow, I've got to admit that I have never encountered one that big.
I stumbled upon one 4 years ago just walking down a path. It was early evening and already pretty dark, and I could not make it out that well. When I got close, though, that rattling sound that they make was very un-nerving, to say the least! Boy, did that ever get my attention!!!
Unfortunatlely for the rattlesnake, though, he was not smart enough to be afraid of me, as I did not take kindly to his hostile attitude. Six shots later ( with 4 finding the target ), he stopped his rattling, due to acute lead poisoning.
Here is a photo of him:
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s272/lanceJOregon/hunting/rattler3.jpg)
Lance AKA: SIG220 in the game
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Damn Red, glad your OK. Maybe its time to take up miniature golf instead.
Obie
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sissy
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Wow.
Better you then me brother.
Next trip I bet your bag contains a new iron named MR machete
(http://www.quisqualis.com/MacheteCane01.jpg)
Musta been the day for near death experiences.
Yours is much more interesting then mine though
But I will say that if you ever have to put an extention ladder on top of one of those newfangeled composite (read plastic) decking.
Place it on a non skid mat.
Seems even the ladder is set at the proper angle. It doesnt mind at all sliding out from under you when your weight is at the top
Would that be an S-Iron?
Red, I am so thankful you are ok. I grew up round rattlesnakes... was told to stomp the ground to clear them from a path... guess they feel ground vibrations or something and don't want to get smushed.
TIGERESS
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Well thanks all.....I didn't sleep either....ALl I can say is that scene has played in my head all night.
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Originally posted by RedTop
Well thanks all.....I didn't sleep either....ALl I can say is that scene has played in my head all night.
After freaking out that bad over a snake, how badly would you have reacted to having a cow fall 200 ft onto your car?
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219239
Maybe it's the last 17 years of military training speaking, but I figure getting threatened by anything deadly is just a good excuse to kill something :)
Good clean fun. Rattle rattle hisss.... *whack* :aok
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Originally posted by eagl
After freaking out that bad over a snake, how badly would you have reacted to having a cow fall 200 ft onto your car?
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219239
Maybe it's the last 17 years of military training speaking, but I figure getting threatened by anything deadly is just a good excuse to kill something :)
Good clean fun. Rattle rattle hisss.... *whack* :aok
Well ,
Normally I don't get rattled (no pun intended) about to much. But , I am big time allergic to things. Bees, Wasps , YellowJackets , Scorpions , even fire ants if I get bit enuff. SO a rattlesnake bite would not be good under the BEST of conditions of not being allergic to things.
It just shook me up for some reason and I had no idea how bad til I just couldn't get that sight ouf my head of that Rattlesnake and a haed as big as my fist.
Ahh....it's all over. I can tell you that from now on , buds hit balls out of the general area of a fairway....as far as Red's concerend its LOST .
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I take it none of you gents pin the snakes head with a stick and toss the snake in the nearest bush then get on with your lives? You need to try Oakland gang bangers out for a threatening manner. I can understand shooting to save your life at that point. Snake on a trail buzzing to warn you off...except for the Mamba in Africa, humans can out run all snakes on land.
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Snakes make good pets. As do scorpions, spiders, and most other arachnids, insects, and reptiles. Just got to know enough to be careful. Also, it helps to not have no fear of them. Fear gets more people killed than the critters themselves. Most snakebite victims die of shock, not symptoms of the venom. The chances of getting bitten are slim, and the chances of dying are slim to none if you remain calm.
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"I used a Slingblade....
Some folks calls it a Kaiserblade.....
Hmmmm-Hmmm......."
Filmed in this county & Saline County, AR.
Rattlesnakes & batteries not included.
68ROX
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Originally posted by 68ROX
"I used a Slingblade....
Some folks calls it a Kaiserblade.....
Hmmmm-Hmmm......."
Filmed in this county & Saline County, AR.
Rattlesnakes & batteries not included.
68ROX
Great movie...
Love Billy Bob.
TIGERESS
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I did golf course construction for awhile, no rattle snakes but plenty of water moccasins. Those were the least of our worries, the damn gators were the ones that scared the crap out of us.
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Originally posted by bustr
I take it none of you gents pin the snakes head with a stick and toss the snake in the nearest bush then get on with your lives?
And miss that good BOOM?????????????
Fawgetaboutit.
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look at this red http://reporternews.com/news/2007/nov/06/texas-snake-man-sets-record-in-tub-with-87/