southpaw
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Hey thanks for the heads-up, really it's normal to get complacent and not think much about stuff like this but getting hurt in any "shape or form" is something I really try to avoid anymore ........good deal on you sir!
Snakes in the wood pile!!!!!!!!!!!
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Steve NW WI
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Dangit Stihl, yer takin the fun out of this wood stuff with those pics.
Fortunately, no poisonous stuff here, although there are a few rattlers to be found on the St Croix river bluffs not far from me.
Worst problem for a snake hater like me is finding a garter that got sent thru the baler while stacking hay. If found while unloading, it brings a halt to the process. If not, imparts a mucho bad smell when it starts rotting.
Steve
Fortunately, no poisonous stuff here, although there are a few rattlers to be found on the St Croix river bluffs not far from me.
Worst problem for a snake hater like me is finding a garter that got sent thru the baler while stacking hay. If found while unloading, it brings a halt to the process. If not, imparts a mucho bad smell when it starts rotting.
Steve
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stihl sawing, since I've been in Arkansas, snakes and spiders are always in my mind when I'm outside in the summer...especially as my little girl gets bigger and more adventurous. The 'winter' down here is my favorite time of the year.
Kevin
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Even had these highly unwanted creatures hanging on the back of sticks of wood. I'm not too scared of snakes and spiders....But these things will make me hurt myself trying to get away.
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Got plenty of these things in the pile, But they are harmless and probably eat harmfull insects. Allthough they will scare the dog:censored
ut of you when they come out by you're hands. Or you hear them scurrying out below the feet.
ut of you when they come out by you're hands. Or you hear them scurrying out below the feet.
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woodbooga
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Any of you Arkansas guys encounter one of these in your pile.
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Any of you Arkansas guys encounter one of these in your pile.
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Not in my pile but on a deer stand yes supposedly they can carry leprosy!
None in the woodpile, but they blow up like a pipe bomb when shot with a 7mm magnum.
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Which I am. Haven't seen a snake in the yard the 6 years I've been here, but across the pasture where my mom-in-law lives near a pond she (mom-in-law) sees at least 2 or 3 a summer in her yard. Of course as Kayleigh gets older, she'll be spending more time over there.
Kevin
Armadillos are called possums on the half shell here.lol
No snake in six years is a good thing. You'll just have to teach her to avoid a snake and not try to pick one up. But that don't always work. My mom tried that with me and it just made me want to catch one even more. But girls are smarter than guys so she will probably stay away. Just hope the ones at you're mil is not water moccasins since there is a pond there. those are some nasty and mean tempered snakes.
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Even had these highly unwanted creatures hanging on the back of sticks of wood. I'm not too scared of snakes and spiders....But these things will make me hurt myself trying to get away.
I used to not pay to much attention to them (I did keep my distance), until last year I got stung by one. Did not tickle! I just felt something brush against my arm and about the time I looked to see the wasp, I felt the hurt. Now I try to be much more careful around them.
It's kinda freaky when you walk past/near a red wasp, and it turns to watch you.
Kevin
This is how we see most of them here.
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Kayleigh does like to pick up stuff in the yard, but she doesn't like bugs.
I haven't seen the snakes that my MIL has seen (and gave the shovel treatment) in her yard. She has said that they were not really long, and they were black/dark colored. She didn't say if they were aggressive either.
I'm told that years ago, my FIL (passed on) was raking leaves at the house and was going to reach down to pick them up. I can't remember if he saw just in time or if something told him to be careful, but he almost picked up a very well camouflaged Copperhead.
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LOL, You got that right, Sends chills up my spine. And they always stick their wings in the air like come on i'm fixin to nail you. Like these.
THAT is exactly what I'm talking about!!! Got a chill just seeing that picture.
Then jokers don't die easy either. Sometimes takes a few good blasts of Wasp spray to knock them down, and then you have to stomp on them.
Kevin
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