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Catamount
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Posted: Mon Sep 8th, 2008 03:26 am |
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Ok folks, here is another pic to test your observation skills, and this is actually a very important one as we enter the time of year when the leaves are falling! Find the copperhead in this pic. It was taken with a cell phone camera, so the resolution isn't all that great, but it is still quite visible.
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Shasta
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Posted: Mon Sep 8th, 2008 03:37 am |
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| Spotted him right off lol just below that small stick to the left lol
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watch1
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Posted: Mon Sep 8th, 2008 04:18 am |
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That is the reason I don't like walking around in the woods during the warmer months. Way to hard for me to look around and watch where I am putting my feet at the same time.
I like a little cool weather and a frost or two before I start getting out into the thick woods.
Mike (watch1)
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Donna C
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Posted: Mon Sep 8th, 2008 12:32 pm |
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Shasta - if you hadn't pointed out where it was, I never would have found it! Scary thought.....
Donna
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raymisty2
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Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 03:19 am |
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| I have gotten to where I do that trick somebody said. to let your eyes blur a little bit to see what's out of place. That's how I found him, lol
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Catamount
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Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 04:01 am |
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For those that can't see it, here's some help. That snake is about three feet long and almost as thick as my wrist, which is pretty good sized for a copperhead.
Last edited on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 04:03 am by Catamount
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dlaw
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Posted: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 01:07 pm |
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Catamount, that's a pretty big copperhead. What i don't like about them is that they blend in with the leaves so well in the fall, and seem to have a worse disposition that rattlers. Have had copperheads come after me for no apparent reason. Kinda scary when all you see is leaves moving toward you.
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Posted: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 01:34 pm |
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That's odd. I've found the copperheads I've encountered in the woods to have a milder disposition than rattlers. I've seen my friends step right over them many times without getting bitten (they didn't know they were there, and I didn't see them until my friends were right over them...not a good moment to yell, "Snake!"). I was climbing a bluff once and almost put my hand down on a coiled copperhead. I didn't couldn't see him until I was right up over the edge of the ledge he was on, and I stopped my hand not four inches from the top of his head! I still can't believe he didn't bite me, but he just sat there looking at my hand frozen in space and slithering his tongue in and out. I got tricked by a huge rattlesnake once, too. Put my foot down right down next to his head, he rattled, and I think I cleared a good 5 foot backwards in one jump! Then I just stood there staring at my footprint next to his head in disbelief! Lol!
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raymisty2
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Posted: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 01:54 pm |
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| lol. reminds me of the time my sister and bro were walking through a gully. My brother takes off running and my sister does a what the heck moment. He gets to the top of the hill and yells "There's a snake right there!" Sure enough, she stepped right over it, and then proceeded to chase my brother down and beat the crap outta him. lol, good times.
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dlaw
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Posted: Thu Sep 11th, 2008 12:45 am |
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Lorraine, same thing happened to a friend of mine. We were climbing down a bluff near a waterfall, and he put his hand almost over a coiled copperhead. I think only reason it didn't bite him is it was kinda cold. Never found rattlers to be mean unless you mess with 'em.
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Posted: Thu Sep 11th, 2008 03:39 am |
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Well I would have been snakebit! I'm another one who waits till it's cold before I will go out in the woods.
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