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07-20-2015, 12:20 PM
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Beware where you step!!
Went to shepards lake last weekend on Sunday and went along the trail to go with my buddy and his brother-in-law and his son for skittle bit of fishing while the bbq was being cooked. As we were walked there's a puddle so I had to walked around it put my foot down and heard a loud rattling noise. I look down and there's a five foot timber rattlesnake about 1 inch from my foot just starring at me, I got beyond scarred and shocked that my whole body froze and I just stood looking at it. Thank god my buddy yelled for me to jump that I woke up and jumped out of the area. After that caught 2 dink largemouth but warning all you guys that walk through the woods watch where you step. Be Safe!!
Mike 
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07-20-2015, 12:41 PM
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Re: Beware where you step!!
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That's a rare find. I've never seen a venomous snake outside of the Delaware Water Gap. Even then, I've only seen a pair of copperheads and one rattlesnake over a period of twenty-something years. .
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07-20-2015, 01:13 PM
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Re: Beware where you step!!
Most people don't believe they're around but they are of course. Myself and a friend of mine used to catch these Timber Rattlers for fun at his vacation house just over the border past Port Jervis a hair upstate NY. We were 10 years old at the time and maybe a little crazy or stupid. I would poke around the dead pine needles on the ground and sure enough they would show there faces. Id get them to bite a stick while my friend grabbed the snakes tail. We got quite a few using this method and actually had them as pets at the cabin for a few years before my buddies mom flipped out when they escaped there tank.
TRUE STORY!!! Did I mention I grew up in Rahway with a bunch of absolute MANIACS!!!! None of us ever got bit. Amazing!!!
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07-20-2015, 02:15 PM
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Re: Beware where you step!!
Wow, close call! I still remember back when I was maybe 12 when I nearly stepped on a Black Rat Snake. I was just about to put my foot down when I realized it was stretched out across the trail. I turned mid-step and ran after seeing it! I'm just glad it wasn't poisonous, I don't know what I'd do if I had a near miss with a rattlesnake
 Glad no one got bit!
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#7
07-20-2015, 02:22 PM
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Re: Beware where you step!!
No peanut allergies, don't get poison ivy, sumac or anything else. No allergies period. Haven't had a damn Mosquito bite for 20 years or so. Eagle Scouts honor. Live outside for a while and you build immunity to certain things. I've been up the river with a boat and no paddles. I went through some serious crap in life and happy to still be here with no regrets. Those little Rattlers are lucky I didn't turn them into stew, LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!! To each his own! Respect Mother Nature and all it's creatures!
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