txdon
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Country living, never a dull moment. Last week my wife was in the yard and deer came charging toward her and stopped about twenty feet from her. The deer look over it's shoulder and back at my wife and she saw a mountian lion walking toward the deer about 75 yards away, she went inside to grab the camera but when she came out both were gone... (OK this has nothing to do with my snake story but I thought it might lure Eddie Walker to read on)
On the front page of last weeks local newspaper, four people in this area were rushed to the hospital after being bit by copperheads (a poisonous snake with a bad disposition).
Tonight a huge copperhead crossed the walk in front of our cabin door, I quickly grabbed the flashlight by the door and grabbed the hoe on the side of the cabin. I lost the snake for a bit but found it under a bush. I could only see the body and not the head so I chopped as hard as I could with one hand.
Here's where it gets interesting. The snake was now trapped under the hoe and was trying to bite everything near. I had to hold the flashlight with one hand and hold pressure on the hoe with the other so the snake would not slip away in the soft sand and mulch. Right now what would you do?
As you can tell by the title I did not do the right thing.
On the front page of last weeks local newspaper, four people in this area were rushed to the hospital after being bit by copperheads (a poisonous snake with a bad disposition).
Tonight a huge copperhead crossed the walk in front of our cabin door, I quickly grabbed the flashlight by the door and grabbed the hoe on the side of the cabin. I lost the snake for a bit but found it under a bush. I could only see the body and not the head so I chopped as hard as I could with one hand.
Here's where it gets interesting. The snake was now trapped under the hoe and was trying to bite everything near. I had to hold the flashlight with one hand and hold pressure on the hoe with the other so the snake would not slip away in the soft sand and mulch. Right now what would you do?
As you can tell by the title I did not do the right thing.
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