21 January 2017, 21:10
BuffHunter63UPDATED with Useful Info:PH Andrew Schoeman bitten by Black Mamba and survives!
Because snakes can be so deadly and hard to spot, I really don't like them. Considering all the time people (myself included) have spent traipsing around in thick cover, it is surprising more people aren't bitten and killed.
Glad to hear the PH is going to be okay.
BH63
21 January 2017, 22:14
DLSquote:
Originally posted by Sunshine:
Although living in South Africa since 35 years I have never seen a black mamba. Other snakes plenty, i e cobras, puff adder, pythons and others. As a forester and hunter, some years ago at home not far away from Kruger National Park, I was in the bush on a daily basis but still, there were only invisible mambas. They were watching me, that's for sure.
The most dangerous snake is the one you don't see.
22 January 2017, 00:42
Seamasterquote:
Originally posted by Jerry Hoover:
Namibia,2007,our first morning in the bush and we were hunting gems buck. We saw lots of decent gems buck, but nothing we wanted to take. Dirk,the PH says let's move and hunt another area. Namibia in June is chilly in the morning, but when the sun comes up the temperature begins to rise and it becomes quite nice. We were driving down a two track to another area when all of a sudden there was a whap on the door of the old Land Rover. Dirk yells out the famous 4 letter word and I start looking around. Dirk was driving and my wife Carol was riding shotgun with the tracker and me in the high seats. I am looking around and all I see is some grass moving. Dirk then tells me a black mamba was sunning itself on the two track and we had run over its tail. Mambas being mambas it struck the door of the Rover about six inches below Dirk's arm. It had struck the door hard enough to make a small dent in the door. Needless to say I kept an eye out for snakes but the only other one seen was a baby rock Python about 8ft. long. Those are the only snakes I have seen in 3 safaris. Jerry Hoover
I was hunting in Northern Namibia with a PH named Dirk R. when we drove over a mamba that crossed the two track between the front and rear tires. I have never seen a snake move that fast. Dirk was driving and I was in the back, and he would not get out of the truck at the next gate until I swore to him that I had seen the snake go out the other side of the truck. He told me that they can sometimes catch a ride on the frame of a moving truck and that men have been bitten as they stepped out of the door.
Dirk is a big tough fellow but he surely did not like snakes.
24 January 2017, 20:50
Bill/OregonAny updates on Mr. Schoeman's condition?
25 January 2017, 21:46
GunsCorequote:
Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Any updates on Mr. Schoeman's condition?
I received a FB message from Andrew and he is at home and resting well. It was close, very close.
Andrew told me to go to
www.gunsite.co.za and go to the forum tab for Survival & Bushcraft and then to the Black Mamba thread to get a better idea of what happened. I am copying and pasting the Doctor's comments on what happened back up in the lead post, but you should go to the thread yourself to get a lot of useful info in case you are ever bitten by a Black Mamba or other poisonous snake.
Bottom line is that you want Dr. Willie Barnard to take care of you in case of snake bite.
30 January 2017, 17:15
KathiZimbabwe: Black Mamba Kills Girl, 10, As She Collects Wild Fruits in the Bush
A 10-year-old girl reportedly died in Zimbabwe's Mangwe village after she was bitten by a black mamba while collecting wild fruits in the bush, a report said on Saturday.
According to the state-owned Chronicle newspaper, Newo Sibanda was in the company of his elder brother Fosi Sibanda, 15, when the incident occurred on Thursday.
Fosi was said to have seen the snake lying in the grass. He alerted his little sister, who immediately panicked and stepped on it.
She was bit on the leg.
A passerby tried to help by carrying her to the hospital, but unfortunately she died on the way.
Village chief Tshitshi confirmed the incident.
Black mambas are some of the most poisonous snakes in Africa.
Last year an 8-year-old boy also died after being bitten by a poisonous black mamba. The boy's mother said her child died after officials failed to give him anti-venom.
The boy, Macdonad Simango was bitten on the ankle by the 2.3m-long snake in the sugar-growing Chipinge district of south-eastern Zimbabwe.
30 January 2017, 22:28
TWLWent to the site Gunscore refers to and read the doctor's notes. He opines that the "bite" was a "dragging" across the skin with little envemonation. Wow. A very lucky man, indeed.
30 January 2017, 23:15
Brandon.GleasonExcellent article linked in that website. Fantastic read. I've saved it to my iBooks on my iphone so it's available to me offline.
30 January 2017, 23:46
GunsCorequote:
Originally posted by TWL:
Went to the site Gunscore refers to and read the doctor's notes. He opines that the "bite" was a "dragging" across the skin with little envemonation. Wow. A very lucky man, indeed.
And he still almost died!