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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 4:42:29 PM
ALL BY MYSELF! I went out to water my chickens. I was pulling the hose out and turned around and noticed something moving about 6 INCHES FROM MY FEET! It was a copperhead! I must have stepped right over it it was so close. Thankfully it was facing the other direction! I was afraid to let the thing go though because then I would always wonder where it was. It was moving towards the pasture so I know I didn't have much time to react or it would be gone. I had to RUN to the barn and grab a shovel. I snuck up behind it and smashed into the back of its head with the blade of the shovel. I saw it's mouth open and venom actually swuirted out of its fangs a little! It was SOOOOOOOO creepy! Eventually it was dead. I put it on the shovel and walked over to my MIL's house where my hubby was. I went to the door and yelled to them to come see what I had got. They both came out and couldn't believe I had killed a snake all on my own! Richie was SO proud of me! My mother in law looked at me and said "Well, you really are a farmgirl!"
I wish I had taken a picture of it but I forgot and Richie had already thrown it into the woods! Bummer!
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| deeredawn |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 07:21:18 AM
Now time for my favorite saying.... If that was me, there would've been 2 movements: a bowell movement and a physical movement! I am terrified of even garter snakes! I cant even imagine.....nope, I cant. I'd lose my religion for sure... I remember the time when we had a squirrel inthe house nd ididnt know what it was yet... I was screaming so hysertically hubby actually had to slap me! Yep! then he hugged me and told me it was only a squirrel. I am such a girl when it comes to unknown critters. Now, worms, mice, barn animals/poop/the urps and fish... I can handle!
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| LindaEllen |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 06:44:45 AM
WTG Farmgirl. Those are the nasty snakes. Yes everything has a purpose but a copperhead close to the chicken coop is not the place.
We have them here too, rattlesnakes as well. I jumped over a copperhead a couple of years ago while hunting for morel mushrooms. Nothing stands in my way of my mushroom hunt, ticks , posion ivy and even those copperheads.
My only fear of getting bit is when I have to go to the bathroom out in the woods and getting bit in the backside :(. So I look for a clearing thats not to open , shake a stick in the brush to make sure the snakes scat or what other critters might be around.
Dang Dab It , you didn't get a picture of your hunt. Keep that shovel and camera close at hand for your next hunt. Boots are good to have on too. Good job
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| iloveprims |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 06:16:15 AM
You are MUCH braver than I am.... I would have ran the other way and called hubby to come kill the sucker.
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| Shirley |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 12:27:40 AM
Holy S_ _t, I would never go outside again. only on pavement!!lol
I am so glad I live where there are no poison snakes |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 4:33:06 PM
Eeekkkk! You are brave! I have fond memories of visiting my Grandparents in rural Arkansas every summer along with my cousins. Both Dad's would take us swimming in the nearby creek. One Dad in front, the other Dad in rear, BOTH on Copperhead and Watermoccasin patrol. And us kids oblivious to any danger!
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| Jami |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 1:36:35 PM
Sam, you got me laughing hard with your "worm" mis-identification! Lawdy girl!
Good job on the snake Julie.
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 12:42:12 PM
You know...my father was born in Louisiana and raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas...he was TERRIFIED of snakes. He would actually pass out when he saw them on television on a nature program....it occurs to me now, why he never wanted to go back to Arkansas, Julie and Sandra!!!!
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| Annika |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 12:38:18 PM
Holy Catfish!!! I'm glad you are ok
One brave lady here!
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 12:32:33 PM
And I thought I was so brave for killing a scorpion that got in the house yesterday...but that was nothing compared to you girlfriend! I'm so stupid that when I first moved down here I was gardening and ran across what I thought were great big healthy worms...NOT....baby copperheads I found out later! DUH!!!! Thank God they were really babies and didn't "strike"...but makes me wonder now where the Mother was....someone was definitely looking out for me that day cuz I was sitting right in the dirt with them!
Okay....when I get my acreage I am getting chickens but are snakes attracted to chicken coops/houses? I will be in Northern, Illinois then and I know they have rattlers there usually by the Mississippi Palisades and they have water moccasins and maybe copperheads...not sure about them. But I really don't want to do anything to attract them either!
You go girl! Julie should be the next FARMGIRL of the MONTH!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 12:29:49 PM
Good job, Julie, though I can safely say I might NOT be a farmgirl afterall, if it comes to coming face to fact with copperheads!!! A black rat snake, yes, copperheads...not so much :) Nerves of steel!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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| Lainey |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 11:49:45 AM
I wanted to tuck my feet underneath me after reading this! Snakes are a big fear of mine. Good for you for being so brave. I probably would have ran and yelled for someone else to take care of it. I'm glad that you saw it and that it didn't bite you.
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 07:18:37 AM
Nerves of steel, Julie!! I think a merit badge for bravery and coolness under pressure is in order! ;)
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 8:20:44 PM
Nice work Julie!!! A farmgirls gotta do what a farm girls gotta do!
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 8:20:28 PM
lordy! i wouldn't know a copperhead UNTIL it bit me! i'm sure glad he didn't get you! xo
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:54:23 PM
I agree with Bonne, you need a Snake Handler merit badge. We don't have any poisonous snakes here, but when I lived in Arizona for a while I saw them occasionally...
Karin
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:45:40 PM
Julie!
Congrats! That takes guts! I am not sure what I would do! The one time I was faced with a venomous snake I ran into the cabin and shut the door!
Be careful around the woods as snake venom is still poisonous even after the snake is dead. I know a lot of people chop the heads off venomous snakes and bury them in a hole so deep that they won't be dug up by unsuspecting people/pets.
Alee
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| bbteacher |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:37:50 PM
Julie,
Wow, I'm impressed! Is there a sisterhood badge you can earn for your bravery? The only snake I've ever killed was a little garter snake and it was quite by accident. He got done in by our lawnmower. I didn't even realize I ran over him-my son had to tell me. I got the "willies"-shows you how brave I am.
Bonnie |
| bushelnpeck |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:34:49 PM
Mercy me, that's the farmgirl spirit, we never know what we are capable of when the unexpected comes our way...there should be a merit badge for that kind of thing, shouldn't there!!! I am glad that you got him before he got you...Debbie
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:14:34 PM
It really wasn't near the chicken coop it was behind my house near the hose. I still can't believe I didn't freak out! The first time I ever saw a copperhead - about 7 years ago - I cried so hard it freaked me out. We don't see them around the house often so I was really taken by surprise. I just hope there aren't anymore around. If there are maybe they will smell the blood of their dead buddy and move on! I'm just mad I didn't get a picture!
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:07:22 PM
You are my Hero I would have ran the other way and kept running. I hate snakes but onE that could kill me or make me sick is just something I couldn't do. You are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Diana
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 6:44:05 PM
yikes! glad it was headed the other way too.
and glad it is history.
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| melanie47601 |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 6:36:35 PM
You go girl!! I think I would have peed down my leg.
Melanie
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| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 6:22:28 PM
Way to go!!! Those things are nasty. Time to keep a hoe out by the chicken coop! |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 5:39:35 PM
Holy Cow!!!! Julie- you are the bravest girl I know!! Ew. I hate snakes- with a passion and then some. I'm so glad it didn't see you. Yikes. That is one of my biggest fears- that I head to the hen house in the dark and encounter a snake on its way as well. If I do, I'll call your name!
Karin
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 5:32:19 PM
Good for you, Julie. Do copperheads eat chickens? I'm not sure what size prey they go after, but it's just as well you got rid of it or you might have stepped too close at some other time and got bit yourself!
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