Nope! No! H*ll No! Is all I have say to that!
FL/GA PLS., post: 451184, member: 379 wrote: [USER=11027]@cordgrass[/USER]
Ever have a Cottonmouth fall out of a tree into the pirogue to join you. It happens in Fl.:cool:
Nice pic of cypress buttressing.
If I didn't die from the snakebite I'd die from the heart attack.
I never believed Cotton Mouth could get in the mangroves. A ranger told me to watch out for them and I scoffed at him. So here we were cutting through the mangrooves in this saltmarsh up to our waste when I was in the down swing there he was laying amongst the branches about face high. Luckily I was able to stop my swing and re focus an de head that sucker. I thought one moccasins can't climb trees, but the structure of the mangrove allows him to get up. And two snakes don't like salt water. Well how did all these rattle snakes get here. Ove the year I worked on that park I can't tell you how many times I saw a rattle snake and others swim across the bay and how many mocs we killed laying out the boardwalks.
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Rankin_File, post: 451192, member: 101 wrote: SCREW. THAT.
I did a seismic job in that swamp or one near it 20 some years ago. God bless you and keep you safe; I'd rather deal with North Dakota winters.
makerofmaps, post: 451413, member: 9079 wrote: I never believed Cotton Mouth could get in the mangroves. A ranger told me to watch out for them and I scoffed at him. So here we were cutting through the mangrooves in this saltmarsh up to our waste when I was in the down swing there he was laying amongst the branches about face high. Luckily I was able to stop my swing and re focus an de head that sucker. I thought one moccasins can't climb trees, but the structure of the mangrove allows him to get up. And two snakes don't like salt water. Well how did all these rattle snakes get here. Ove the year I worked on that park I can't tell you how many times I saw a rattle snake and others swim across the bay and how many mocs we killed laying out the boardwalks.
I never worked around mangroves but I do know that moccasins can climb cypress and willows and that rattlesnakes are good swimmers. Alligators tend to control the snake population though.
Andy
Andy Bruner, post: 451518, member: 1123 wrote: I never worked around mangroves but I do know that moccasins can climb cypress and willows and that rattlesnakes are good swimmers. Alligators tend to control the snake population though.
Andy
Oh my God! Alligators control the snake population? Who controls the alligators!?
I'm never leaving California. I mean, I've actually stepped on a rattlesnake here, but he was all "Dude, watch where you're stepping, O.K.?"
Alligators will put a dent in turtle population too.
Cajuns keep the alligators under control...
Ever gator I've encountered rushed to get into water and messed up my duck hunting.
A Harris, post: 451739, member: 81 wrote: Alligators will put a dent in turtle population too.
Cajuns keep the alligators under control...
Ever gator I've encountered rushed to get into water and messed up my duck hunting.
So... Alligators keep the snakes under control and Cajuns keep the alligators under control, I'm sure that I'm not alone in questioning...who controls the CAJUNS!
Just joking, of course, but I think that
Dan McCabe does! Or at least accepts responsibility
Most Cajuns stay close to home so they usually don't bother anyone unless you intrude on them and show up with no bait or alcohol.
A Harris, post: 451748, member: 81 wrote: Most Cajuns stay close to home so they usually don't bother anyone unless you intrude on them and show up with no bait or alcohol.
Or a fishing pole and shotgun.
A Harris, post: 451748, member: 81 wrote: Most Cajuns stay close to home so they usually don't bother anyone unless you intrude on them and show up with no bait or alcohol.
They are very territorial set a rebar and a 4? drill pipe or whatever type of metal they have laying around is going over it. It??s a pain sometimes because 3/4? ip grew into a 6? stainless steel casing. Someone in there family worked in the oil field and has or had access to pipe. Always have to go talk to neighbors and ask where that pipe comes from ??my great uncle or grandpa put that there years ago?. We did the same thing when I was a kid after my grandparents divided 300 acres.
A Harris, post: 451748, member: 81 wrote: Most Cajuns stay close to home so they usually don't bother anyone unless you intrude on them and show up with no bait or alcohol.
Rule seems simple, and agreeable.