Watch your step out there.

by **Rick** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:32 pm

Welcome. You can stay but your buddy has to go.

by **Bad17** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:52 pm

Rick wrote:Welcome. You can stay but your buddy has to go.

Lol

by **Olly** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:51 am

Lambo88 wrote:This guy was killed across the street from my house last me. Also wanted to say hello. I'm new here.
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Welcome! And I'm not afraid of snakes by themselves but my fear of stepping on or near one I don't see is very real!

by **DukMan** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:20 am

that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

by **Goldfish** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:23 am

DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

Yup. You guys can keep those things

by **Olly** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:25 pm

DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

N. Alabama is a very southerly "north". :lol:

by **Bad17** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:02 pm

Olly wrote:
DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

N. Alabama is a very southerly "north".

by **NuffDaddy** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:14 pm

Goldfish wrote:
DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

Yup. You guys can keep those things

Still have rattlers up here

by **Woody** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:49 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

Yup. You guys can keep those things

Still have rattlers up here

You're right, but in almost 27 years I have seen 1.

by **NuffDaddy** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:52 pm

Woody wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

Yup. You guys can keep those things

Still have rattlers up here

You're right, but in almost 27 years I have seen 1.

Yup. Haha. I saw one about 8 years ago and that's it for me too

by **DukMan** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:54 pm

Im from Wisconsin ... None of those round here

by **Woody** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:18 pm

DukMan wrote:Im from Wisconsin ... None of those round here

Oh yes there are...
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/endangeredresou ... arade03011

by **Olly** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:52 am

NuffDaddy wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

Yup. You guys can keep those things

Still have rattlers up here

Not in DA UP!!!!!!!

by **The Duck Hammer** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:06 am

Would make a nice belt.

by **Goldfish** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:13 pm

Olly wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

Yup. You guys can keep those things

Still have rattlers up here

Not in DA UP!!!!!!!

They are, but not in any real numbers. Just like in mn and wi

by **Olly** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:16 pm

Goldfish wrote:
Olly wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
DukMan wrote: that is a prefect example of why I will stay up North

Yup. You guys can keep those things

Still have rattlers up here

Not in DA UP!!!!!!!

They are, but not in any real numbers. Just like in mn and wi

I was told personally by a DNR biologist that rattle snakes or any venomous reptiles did not exist in the UP. Said that only lower MI below Traverse city had them and in very few numbers at that.

by **Woody** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:03 pm

Olly wrote:
I was told personally by a DNR biologist that rattle snakes or any venomous reptiles did not exist in the UP. Said that only lower MI below Traverse city had them and in very few numbers at that.

They aren't known to be in the UP.

by **SpinnerMan** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:08 pm

That is one nice thing about living in Chicagoland, there aren't many, but no poisonous snakes is nice when doing anything in snakey conditions.

We do have some big ass water snakes. Still make me jump, but quickly don't worry about it.

My regular duck hunting partner seems scared of snakes. We were clearing brush and I found about a 4" snake. Picked it up since I thought it was funny to see such a tiny snake. He was a few feet away. As soon as I said hey look, he starts leaning backwards. I thought about tossing it too him, but figured he could beat my ass, so best not. :mrgreen:

by **Woody** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:16 pm

SpinnerMan wrote:That is one nice thing about living in Chicagoland, there aren't many, but no poisonous snakes is nice when doing anything in snakey conditions.

We do have some big ass water snakes. Still make me jump, but quickly don't worry about it.

My regular duck hunting partner seems scared of snakes. We were clearing brush and I found about a 4" snake. Picked it up since I thought it was funny to see such a tiny snake. He was a few feet away. As soon as I said hey look, he starts leaning backwards. I thought about tossing it too him, but figured he could beat my ass, so best not.

Wrong!

by **SpinnerMan** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:41 pm

Woody wrote:
SpinnerMan wrote:That is one nice thing about living in Chicagoland, there aren't many, but no poisonous snakes is nice when doing anything in snakey conditions.

We do have some big ass water snakes. Still make me jump, but quickly don't worry about it.

My regular duck hunting partner seems scared of snakes. We were clearing brush and I found about a 4" snake. Picked it up since I thought it was funny to see such a tiny snake. He was a few feet away. As soon as I said hey look, he starts leaning backwards. I thought about tossing it too him, but figured he could beat my ass, so best not.

Wrong!

The Massauga population is very very small, if it exists at all. While yes technically there may be a few in the Chicagoland area, not enough worth worrying about. Probably more likely to see a panther or a wolf than a massasauga.

http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/htmls/popups/reptiles_massasauga.html

In Illinois, this endangered species is found in scattered colonies in marshy land. It once occurred in the northern four-fifths of the state, but intensive farming has decreased its habitat.

Colonies have been found in recent years in Clinton County in southern Illinois, Piatt County in east central Illinois, Knox County in western Illinois, and DuPage, Cook, and Will counties in northeast Illinois.

Dupage, Cook, and Will are Chicagoland.

http://www.dupageforest.org/Conservation/Managing_Natural_Resources/DuPage_Plants_and_Wildlife/Amphibians_and_Reptiles/Snakes.aspx

Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
NOTE: The eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus), a small rattlesnake and the only venomous snake that has ever been recorded in DuPage County, hasn’t been seen in the county in 20 years and is believed to be extirpated.

That is if there are any at all. Some sources say none at all. Others say there are a few. Zero or practically zero works for me

by **DeadEye_Dan** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:18 pm

39 years, have yet to see one - which means the first one I see will probably bite me right in the wiener

by **DukMan** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:10 pm

i just died laughing... And I'm in the NE of Wisco so i repeat - none by me

by **Woody** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:12 pm

DeadEye_Dan wrote:39 years, have yet to see one - which means the first one I see will probably bite me right in the wiener

That's most likely

by **Steele22** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:30 pm

Hell fire boys. Gotta be tougher than that. See them weekly in the ROW

by **Olly** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:52 am

Steele22 wrote:Hell fire boys. Gotta be tougher than that. See them weekly in the ROW

Tough ain't going to save you from venom! REALLY my fear isn't so much me getting bite by a snake but by my dog running into one.

by **The Duck Hammer** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:06 am

Olly wrote:
Steele22 wrote:Hell fire boys. Gotta be tougher than that. See them weekly in the ROW

Tough ain't going to save you from venom! REALLY my fear isn't so much me getting bite by a snake but by my dog running into one.

Gramps has immunity. Puts venom in his coffee every morning.

by **Steele22** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:38 am

You got that right. Truth be told I run like a bitch. I hate the damn things. Copperheads are worse here but see plenty of rattlers

by **The Duck Hammer** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:42 am

Steele22 wrote:You got that right. Truth be told I run like a bitch. I hate the damn things. Copperheads are worse here but see plenty of rattlers

Copperheads scare the living shit out of me. Those big bastards will curl up in the nest boxes in the chicken house. It's no bueno when you reach your hand in there in the dark and feel something slick.