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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Close encounter....
« on: October 13, 2018, 12:37:45 AM »
 Was deer hunting with my best friend Donald last week and an hour before daylight we leave camp. On the walk he was walking in my steps behind me in the dark. I was taking a step when I heard a little rattle before my foot hit the ground so I did a ninja one leg high jump off to the side. Donald was now the target and in his words did the fat boy jump-run to avoid the little critter. Now I’m wearing snake boots he is not his are sitting 100yds behind up in the camper. We get a light on and I put a blunt in its head and we move on to our hunting. So after the afternoon hunt ( Donald is now wearing his snake boots ) on my way back in the dark on the same dirt two track mind you. I’m about halfway to camp and in the track I see something but surely it a cow pie so I reach out with my boot to give it a test. Well it ain’t no cow pie about a foot away it struck the toe of my boot then started rattling , he was super aggressive.
 So I put a blunt in his head also , we also had killed one right next to camp right before I left for my elk hunt this year also. So in 7 years of hunting this place we have never killed a rattler now they are everywhere. So now I have 3 snakes in the freezer at deer camp and one in the freezer at home that I killed in my front pasture. So what do you do with 4 rattlesnakes.....

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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2018, 12:41:06 AM »
[quote author So what do you do with 4 rattlesnakes.....

,,,Sam,,,
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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Re: Close encounter....
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2018, 12:44:20 AM »







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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2018, 12:46:14 AM »



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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2018, 02:57:29 AM »
I have a friend of mine who gets the willies just looking at a picture of a snake.  I'll have to show him these lol.  We went to Twin Oaks and he wouldn't even walk by the self bows hanging up with the skins on them.

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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2018, 03:16:49 AM »
perfect size, nice  :thumbsup:

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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2018, 05:12:02 AM »
Thems beautiful Sammy - nice job there! 
I want to do the same thing to my new kodiak
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2018, 07:20:41 AM »
Very nice, Sam..

Had a friend get bit by a rattle snake a few months ago while 2.3 miles back in the woods alone hiking.

He made it to the road and was life flighted to a hospital.

Spent 2 weeks in the hospital on anti venom.

And 2 months in rehab to build his leg strength up.


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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2018, 09:45:08 AM »
Man I hate snakes. I love snakeskins on bows though!

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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2018, 09:57:13 AM »
Good outcome - they look good.  I would have been so “shook” I would have missed him 5 times!
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2018, 10:18:35 AM »
Will get some pics of them on the bows once I get home..

Actually got both on the first shot and got the video on my hat camera...

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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2018, 10:26:19 AM »
Didn’t realize that the venom could be that potent. I was under the impression that the Canebrake had the worst venom .. Again, I still think that the Taipan and the Manba are worse as they stalk the victim... just a city slicker talking. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2018, 10:36:11 AM »
You can die from a rattlesnake bite...

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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2018, 10:43:37 AM »
I am well aware of that. Only snakes I have encountered are the cottonmouths and the copperheads. My understanding is that they can put you in the hospital and can really destroy your body tissue . Just depends.Thanks!
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2018, 10:57:05 AM »
Sam the limbs looks awesome with the skins.
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2018, 11:10:00 AM »
Those limbs look awesome. Sam, besides fleshing and stretching, how else did you prepare those skins? Borax? I assume in such a short time, they weren't tanned.
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2018, 11:12:14 AM »
I must be a wuss. Snakes, rats and spiders. Just can't deal with them.

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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2018, 11:59:50 AM »
Those look great! How do the limbs behave with the extra weight of the skins on there now?
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Re: Close encounter....
« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2018, 03:31:39 PM »
I can’t tell if any speed was lost , I shoot pretty heavy arrows and the bows are super quiet. The quiet is all I worry about anyway , I’m willing to bet a large sum of money it won’t be long until critters hit the ground...

No tanning on the skins just flesh and dry out , went with the dry skins and contact cement. It is a lot of work to do it right but I think worth it...

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