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Re: [OM] An interesting addition to my kit . . .

Subject: Re: [OM] An interesting addition to my kit . . .
From: "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:06:12 -0500
Simple no boots needed solution: don't go where snakes go.

Bill Pearce
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Subject: [OM] An interesting addition to my kit . . .


> This one required a little more thought than some . . . and that is 
> crazy.
> I've been working on a project since late winter/early spring in a  field
> with a large collection of old tractors (think tractor junk yard and
> collection.)   Last week I was talking to the owner about snakes and  he 
> said he
> had never seen a copperhead and had only killed one water moccasin  since
> moving there in 1947, however this time of year there are some 
> rattlesnakes.
> Told the story of how one had crawled up on the head of one  of his 
> tractor
> engines earlier in the spring and he walked by it and didn't pay  any
> attention and then started thinking about it,  went back and grabbed it 
> behind
> the head with some needle nose pliers and pulled it out only to realize 
> it
> was a rattle snake.  He said he squeezed real hard and dispatched  it.  No
> sh&%.
>
> Last week my 93 year old Godmother had a rattlesnake in her back yard and
> she lives in town and that morning I saw a coral snake that had recently
> been  hit on my street.  Yes, it was red and yellow as opposed to red and
> black.  It was still moving when I stopped to check it out.  Later in  the 
> day
> it had become a very flat snake.
>
> My two gransons are up for the week (8 & 10 years old) and we were
> planning on doing some work on their fort/tree house in the woods.  Went 
> to
> Cabellas looking for snake boots or leggings.  No luck.
>
> I just ordered three pair of snakeboots from snakeboots.com.  a little  on
> the expensive side, however I will be a little more comfortable tramping
> around in areas I know have snakes with this bit of added protection.
>
> Does anyone else have snakeboots in their kit or interesting snake stories
> while out photographing?
>
> Bill Barber
>
>
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