I am with Tom on that one-That giat rattler would have freaked me out, i know what too look out for if i end up in the alibama bush, I never had of any snake eaters/ are they actualy eating snake soup there in the south/ i was raised believing bible verses, about the food that was healthy, or OK too eat in the bible/ Must have finns on the fish/ certain types of hooves or split hooves on the animal food/ ECT- i dont think snake is a bible approved food, ? even though i know there is confussion on the subject matters of intertretation.? what say you interpretation.BY VERSES. PS how big are them rattle snakes when baby snakes.?
3 Likes
Acts 10:13 Wherein were all manner of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
8 Likes
All verses welcom,thanks al , verses we should all be studied, and allso considered meanings of,
3 Likes
HI Wayne how heavy you think that timber rattler is.Or did i name the snake wrong. I used too like too dig up snakes when i was about 5 too 9 years old , here in pontiac michigan area at that time, mostly gardoner snakes all i ever seen, maybe 18 inches long, other than i seen a few water snakes and a few blue racer snakes near the pond behind our back yard next too the junk yard.
3 Likes
Hello Kevin .
I didnât weigh him but it was a good size snake . That picture was a few years back .
5 Likes
Man thats one big snake, I wounder how long one might have before dying if anti ventom not too close by. Is there any home made DIY treatments that could work. ventom vacuems or nutralizers.
1 Like
Kevin. The best DYI treatment for poisonous snake bite is Stay In Michigan.
5 Likes
Good morning all.
My PC is quieting on me so may be sidelined for a day or two. 
5 Likes
I agree but just incase i go visiting or camping in the area at the worst time of the year for snakes. I dought one would have an DIY anti ventom for a snake that size if it was a rattler snake.Gives me the ebe gebes too.
1 Like
Trying to avoid a bite is the best thing. I like to take hikes in Croatia and according to the locals there are a lot of Poskoks, the most poisones viper on this site of the pond. But I read a lot of bad things about the serums, they do more harm then good. Make noise and move slow is my approach. Not to difficult for a flatlander in uneven terain 
7 Likes
Wearing good thick knee height boots certainly helps! Or thick trousers. You will not catch me bare legged or bare footed in my woods, lots of Copperheads.
6 Likes
We call that target practice. Those snake/pest shotshells do the trick pretty good at point blank range. My .45 has killed a few pest rattlers on the east side hunting trips, they got a bad habit of taking up residence inside the outhouse. Wonât have any constipation problems if they surprise you half way through your work, trust me
9 Likes
Copperheads donât have the common decency to warn you, and they blend in with leaves better than any other snake. Youâd have to have eagle vision to catch one coiled up.
Their necrotic venom is particularly nasty. Just rots wherever you got bit.
6 Likes
Number one reason to sew up a pair of raw hide underwear. Only thing you have to worry about in my state is mosquitoes, flies and the Governor.
10 Likes
Rattle snakes are another invasive species up here.
There was never a thing to be afraid of around here.
Nothing could sting or was venomous to you up here.
Now I watch where I sit and keep a closer eye on the houndsâŚ
Not as impressive as the one your holding.
And I have to ask did you just reach down and grab that thing???
Or did you club it to death first?
Up here they are endangered in their natural habitat of southern Ontario ( a long with another kind of rattler thatâs name eludes me ).
But the northland is has more safe places for them I guess so maybe its a good thing they can move north now.
6 Likes
Wow, what a lot of tomatoes, how do you do to get such bunches?
This year we do not seem to get that many in the greenhouse, only a few sit here and there.
7 Likes
Fresh compost plowed into soil at Autumn and two handfulls of pelletized horse dung under roots for each when planting young plants.
But variety also may play significant role.
8 Likes
What is that variety Kamil? Very impressive. I have never gotten clusters like that. What is the average diameter of those fruit? Your squash look perfect as well. I call that garden porn.
8 Likes
There are two different varieties.
On the first picture you may see smaller ones of variety Bejbino F1. Its hybrid developed somwhere in EU, I suppose. It has 10" long clusters of table tennis ball size fruits.
The big ones on the last picture are Tornado F1 hybrid. Czech variety as far as I know. Clusters are more than foot long with biggest tomatoes of tennis ball size. If there is heavy rainning during final ripening they tend to burst, but ripens to rich taste and smell.
11 Likes