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Rattlesnake in Stand… 20 feet up!
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This came in today from Georgia Outdoor News.

Hunter checking his stand before season opens found a 3 foot timber rattler in his tree stand 20 feet up.

https://gon.com/news/rattlesna...47&mc_eid=0923e33c3c


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Posts: 1003 | Location: Middle Georgia | Registered: 06 February 2011Reply With Quote
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That's a bad thing to run into face first as you're climbing.


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Posts: 12818 | Location: Kentucky, USA | Registered: 30 December 2002Reply With Quote
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Some snakes can climb and climb quickly .
I am surprised a rattler could do this .
 
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They're getting off the ground to avoid getting eat'n by hogs. They also quit rattling as to not ring the dinner bell for hogs.


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Posts: 364 | Location: Moorpark, CA | Registered: 18 May 2012Reply With Quote
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I bet the time it took that rattler to climb up wasn't a fraction of what it took the hunter to get down.

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Time for a change of underwear.


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2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
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8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
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Posts: 10181 | Location: Loving retirement in Boise, ID | Registered: 16 December 2003Reply With Quote
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I about stepped on one, a month ago, while hiking my favorite trail.

I scan ahead much better now.

Headed up into the rocks on Friday and I've had lots of reports of rattle snakes up there this year. Not liking that aspect of our 12 hour hike!

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Originally posted by Mike_Dettorre:
Time for a change of underwear.


You ain't kiddin'! I just changed with my neighbor just yesterday! Roll Eyes

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Yeah, but I bet hers were a little big on ya.
 
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Snakes in the blind was one of the reasons we checked all the blinds on our central Texas hunting lease shortly before season.
Also to clean out wasp nests, spider webs, dead mice, etc.


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I live two doors down from you! Big Grin

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