Snake in my tree!

[coffmanbr1]

Walking my happy *** to a different bow stand regardless of wind.

[DOUBLE.A]

Spike a 7 point and I heard some hogs. No shooters or slick heads. Was a successful hunt still though. I thought seeing the snake was pretty neat. Last weekend I saw two copperheads. One of which was huge! And i saw a full grown large and in charge coachwhip. Very cool. Lots of snakes out this year.

[JustinJ]

Lol y'all would really change sets for a little harmless non poisonous snake?

[bloodstick]

Found this one "IN" the house today. Momma was not happy


Lots of snakes out and about this season

[axisbuck]

Lol y'all would really change sets for a little harmless non poisonous snake?

I would change my pants first before the stand!

[Limbwalker]

Lol y'all would really change sets for a little harmless non poisonous snake?

Apparently so. I don't get it either.

[Abcdj]

Use bowtech38's avatar on your tree.

[aironeout]

I was making my rounds one morning when I was working at Rockport Country Club. It was Ladies day and a group of them had just finished playing #1. I was sitting in my carryall waiting on them to pass when I saw something fall out of an oak tree as just as they passed underneath it. I drove over to see what it was and it was about a 2ft copperhead. Grabbed my shovel and dispatched him. If he had fallen a second sooner he would have fell on the roof of their golf cart or worse into their golf bags.

>E

[nimrodtracy]

I had a friend that from what I remember fell out of a tree because of a snake so he had me get him some kingsnakes so he could get over his fear. He kept them, fed them and held them over a year and lost his fear. Jumping out of a tree will get you killed faster than any snake you will find in a tree and as outdoor types we should be able to ID all snakes. The only snakes I have ever seen up in a tree are rat snakes

[okrattler]

Several of us were on a day lease and one of the guys put a lock on to a tree that had a knot which was hollow a little higher than his left shoulder. Shortly after morning he eased his head to the left and caught something in his peripheral vision, turned his head on around and was practically kissing a very large snake coming out of that hole. He screamed which I heard roughly 3/4 of a mile away and jumped. His tree harness caught him but when the snake continued out of the hole and down onto the platform, he drew out his knife and cut the strap. He only fell about 11 feet and thankfully wasn't hurt.

........That guy might want to consider changing hobbies. Not golf.....there's snakes on golf courses. Playing hunting games on XBox or PlayStation is probably his safest bet.

[jared_bays]

Lol y'all would really change sets for a little harmless non poisonous snake?

Apparently so. I don't get it either.

Absolutely. I have a very healthy fear of snakes. Some would even call it irrational or more conmonly known as a phobia. No different than fear of spiders, closed or small spaces, etc IMO..My wife and daughter get a real kick out of it when we go to the zoo and I won't go into the snake exhibit.

A few years ago, I shot a hog on my lease outside Cameron. My buddy Nate and I were tracking the hog in the dark, through the brush and we came upon a copperhead near a rotting laydown. I backed out as quick as I could and wouldnt go any further until Nate killed the snake. He killed it and we went on to find my pig 20 yds further.

[okrattler]

Absolutely. I have a very healthy fear of snakes. Some would even call it irrational or more conmonly known as a phobia. No different than fear of spiders, closed or small spaces, etc IMO..My wife and daughter get a real kick out of it when we go to the zoo and I won't go into the snake exhibit.

A few years ago, I shot a hog on my lease outside Cameron. My buddy Nate and I were tracking the hog in the dark, through the brush and we came upon a copperhead near a rotting laydown. I backed out as quick as I could and wouldnt go any further until Nate killed the snake. He killed it and we went on to find my pig 20 yds further.

Being afraid I get. I have a fear of heights. I'm not as bad as I used to be about it but I still don't like them. I've roofed houses practically all Summer and forced myself to do numerous things that involved heights. I started shaking uncontrollably a few times because I was scared to death. But I've never let fear prevent me from doing my job or let fear override my common sense. I've been terrified but not to the point that I tryed to commit suicide by jumping to the ground below. In my opinion fear is a sickness. If its so severe that it controls your mind and actions its time to either avoid situations where you ever go through that again. Or sit down and have a serious talk with Jesus and yourself and confront that fear head on. You can make fear go away.

[Limbwalker]

I have some very good photographs (like 10 feet) of a huge Diamondback Rattlesnake attempting to climb a Post Oak in Oklahoma. He tried for 15 minutes to get up that tree. Eventually he climbed the one next to it, and found a branch over into the one he wanted. I then realized why he was trying so hard - there was a bird nest with newly hatched chicks in that tree and yup, you guessed it. The chicks got it. It was fascinating to watch. That dude was big too. Like 5 feet. Gave me a healthy appreciation of how well snakes can climb trees.

[rg2]

snakes never help a bowhunt

[glassjeg6]

Several years ago I had a stand about 25 ft. up a huge native pecan tree.About 20 foot up the tree branched out and there was a big flat spot where I would usually step.Opening morning of bow season I was going up my climbing sticks and had a flashlight in my mouth.As soon as my head got high enough to see into the flat spot about 20 foot up there was a good sized copperhead laying in it.I went back down and snapped off a stick and climbed back up and flipped him out of the tree.I saw him 3 other times laying in the same spot and I guess he got tired of getting flipped out of the tree because he disappeared forever.I have seen lots of copperheads but never up a tree like this one.