Rattle Bug in the Blind!!!!

[centexhunter01]

This also is a big fear of mine. Especially having my sons with me in the blind. I thought about putting a little snake proof fence around the groun part. Im hunting public land this year....

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[Silent Assassin]

I'd need a clean underoo after encounter like this. Lol. Dang. Glad you got out unscathed.

[Blondie]

Been there once.

In the dark, pig hunting, in a buddies pop up blind.

Heard all this noise and thought it was something bout to come into the feeder.

An hour goes by of me patiently silently waiting with the noise just out of sight... Then bam it strikes the inside of the blind.

I turn my hat light on to see a 3.5 foot rattler looking back at me, between me and the door flap. I drew from the opposite corner all bunched up and hit him mid body. Slices through and he's off in a flash...

I un zip the door in a hurry to find him and finish him off.... There he is coiled up at the base of the door... Dang near stepped on him. Muzzy 3 blade sticks him head first into the ground and he's done.

Also had a porcupine give birth in the tree above me the same night... About an hour after the rattler incident... No pigs ever came in.

Porcupines climb trees??

[Coach W]

Porcupines climb trees??

Oh ya. And make some weird noises while they are giving birth!!!

[CRM_95]

I wish I hadn't read this thread lol. In addition to my snake boots I think I'm going to put a machete in my pop up now too!!

[markm]

First year on my old Young county lease I couldn't wait for opening morning to come. I get to my double bull well before daylight.....unzip the door and start putting my pack and bow in. I then crawl in and as I turn around my head lamp picks up on a rattler half in my blind.

I was ticked that my opening morning hunt was ruined after all the gun shots and chaos.

I will never crawl in a pop-up now without snake boots and checking for snakes really good.

[Shawnj]

First year on my old Young county lease I couldn't wait for opening morning to come. I get to my double bull well before daylight.....unzip the door and start putting my pack and bow in. I then crawl in and as I turn around my head lamp picks up on a rattler half in my blind.

I was ticked that my opening morning hunt was ruined after all the gun shots and chaos.

I will never crawl in a pop-up now without snake boots and checking for snakes really good.

Pop up blinds make good memories.

[Wudstix]

Thats why I use a cheap tarp and some carpet squares as a floor in my pop up. Tarp curls up around the edges ans carpet squares hold it down. Makes for quiet moving around.

[firemedic2105]

Glad I read this. Been shopping for pop-ups and looks like one with a floor has just moved to the top of the list lol

[markm]

I don't like floors in my bow blinds. Too much noise when you are that close.

I will just deal with the snakes.

[native_texan]

Absolutley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring to mind this funny story about "taking up the rattle snake" ... Enjoy ...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wne0Q3ZnjU"]Wendy Bagwell~Rattlesnake story~[Requested] - YouTube[/ame]

[Vantage Point]

One of my favorite stories you tell. I picked up a five gallon bucket in the barn a few hours ago and came across a rattler. Don't care for them too much.

[Shawnj]

One of my favorite stories you tell. I picked up a five gallon bucket in the barn a few hours ago and came across a rattler. Don't care for them too much.

I saw the pic you posted on fb earlier. He's a brute.

[160class]

Happened to my buddy's dad, about a 5footer though!!
It started to crawl through while he was in there, I heard all 5 shots!!

We lined the bottom of out blinds with chicken wire this year

[WyoHunter]

And that is why I won't own a pop-up blind without a zip-in floor.

Good point and good advice!