Never going to Florida, ever!!

[Junk Yard Dog]

Coooooooooooool, what did you name it?

[Judi and her Mosins]

I hand grabbed this guy early this spring. Nothing like that one in FL or LA, but it was a above average size. I hand grabbed it when it kept staring at the engine block on my little 20 horse. Most snakes around here catch high speed lead poisoning like this one.

I spotted him hiding in a clump of cogan grass I'm trying to bush hog around.

After further review,.... this has been confirmed as my brother. The ruling stands. Judi and her Mosin's

[TopperT]

I HATE SNAKES-----STOP ALL THIS NOW YOUR SCARING THE KID'S...................AND ME TOO!

[Junk Yard Dog]

[rlchemist]

Me too..I had nightmares all night long last night. I'm too tired to go out and shovel snow this morning---at least that's my excuse.

"High Speed Lead Poisoning."

[desdem12]

Now I keep looking at the coyotes to make sure they are not wolves....

[rlchemist]

Now I keep looking at the coyotes to make sure they are not wolves....

Me too....just came in from digging our car out and I was looking for coyotes, wolves and one of those dang 20' pythons We were in Yellowstone recently and saw a small (5) pack of wolves, fortunately at a respectable distance. Haven't seen many bears out lately, guess they are getting ready for their nap.

[TopperT]

Getting ready to hunt coyotes up in northern Maine.......full moon the week before Christmas, cold, snow, coyotes and NO SNAKES...happy happy happy.

We get "Great White' sharks here in summer and I much prefer them over snakes. A 15 foot shark is mild compared to a 15 foot snake..... YEEKS!!!!!!!

[rlchemist]

Getting ready to hunt coyotes up in northern Maine.......full moon the week before Christmas, cold, snow, coyotes and NO SNAKES...happy happy happy.

We get "Great White' sharks here in summer and I much prefer them over snakes. A 15 foot shark is mild compared to a 15 foot snake..... YEEKS!!!!!!!

No snakes is the good news...but sharks! I'm having difficulty choosing sharks over snakes Fortunately we don't see too many sharks or pythons 6,000 feet up in the Beartooth Mountain foothills. And I'm very grateful !

Good luck with the Coyotes....

[bunkysdad]

For the rest of my life I hope to avoid wolves, snakes, bears, sharks, and Orcas, since nobody said Killer Whales yet.

[rlchemist]

[desdem12]

Get ready for a biggy storm In red lodge. IT is nasty nasty here and heading your way after here. It also rained good yesterday. So more snow fer you guys today or tomorrow or both. Hope you are not on a north facing mountain...Wolves will be hiding from this one.
Last time I was in jellystone there were a bunch of ......well none outside people there. They got out of their cars to play with the buffalo by the side of the road....

[rlchemist]

Thanks for the advance warning. Yup, we've had about 3" so far and it's still coming down, not real heavy, just a steady snow fall. Wind chill in the 10-12 range. Mountains are to our South but so far the wind is coming straight out of the North.

One day in Yellowstone we saw a motorcycle rider stop his bike and walk up to a buffalo to get a photo---he was about 20' away and wouldn't have had a snowball's chance in Hades if that buffalo got cranky. Some people also get frighteningly close to bears to grab a "photo of a lifetime"---cut short by their stupidity. We saw one dude actually chase after a black bear who was trying to get away from the crazy human....my gawd. Chasing after a bear, with a camera as self defense, is not something I would recommend. If that had been a mama Grizzly he would have been toast.

[BuckeyeSgt]

For the rest of my life I hope to avoid wolves, snakes, bears, sharks, and Orcas, since nobody said Killer Whales yet.

Don't forget the big bad piggies with 6" cutters.

[rlchemist]

Ok..now you guys have got my poor dog 'Jackson' in a nervous tizzy worrying about all these critters outside our door, he can hardly contain himself:

[desdem12]

He don't have to worry about them bears till spring...a tiresome thought I guess.

[WeldonHunter]

I hand grabbed this guy early this spring. Nothing like that one in FL or LA, but it was a above average size. I hand grabbed it when it kept staring at the engine block on my little 20 horse. Most snakes around here catch high speed lead poisoning like this one.

I spotted him hiding in a clump of cogan grass I'm trying to bush hog around.

I ran over one about that size with the John Deere lawn tractor a few years back and it stopped the mower over top of him. I was cutting real thick grass that probably should have been bush hogged. Nothing like having a pissed off cottonmouth under a dead piece of machinery. I finally got it started back up and off of him. He'd lifted his head when I ran over him and was minus it when I pulled off of him.

[vblue42]

This story is fake guys. Read below.

http://hypervocal.com/news/2011/so-the- ... ry-is-not/

[WeldonHunter]

My cousin and her husband are biologists that do research all over the world including near Yellowstone where his family has a cabin. The last time they were there they saw this fresh scratch. These are both well educated people with PhD's and they have their 3 year old out where that grizzly is marking his territory. My mother just shakes her head. We're no shrinking violets but there's certain things you don't do and tempting grizzles with a youngster is one.

[desdem12]

Well the wolves bears n buffalos are not fake so you should still be SCARED