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I thought somebody had shot me or hit me with an ax
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01/19/20 09:29 PM
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NORML as can be
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https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/copperhead-tree-hunter-bit-face-unluckiest-guyTyler Hardy was returning his dog pack to his truck on Wednesday after a hunting trip in Mississippi, the Clarion Ledger reports. After encountering a flooded ditch, he found a place where he could jump across, which is when he says he suddenly felt severe pain on the left side of his head. “As soon as it hit me I thought it was some sort of massive impact he struck me so hard,” “I thought somebody had shot me or hit me with an ax. It knocked the fire out of me. I just could not believe the force the snake had when it hit me.”
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01/19/20 09:32 PM
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Duck_Hunter
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I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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01/19/20 09:33 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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01/19/20 09:39 PM
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TEXASLEFTY
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Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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01/19/20 09:41 PM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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01/19/20 09:55 PM
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Stub
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Wow a Copper Head in a tree in January.
“I never forget a face—but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.” —Groucho Marx
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01/19/20 10:31 PM
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Wow a Copper Head in a tree in January. That's nuts....glad he wasn't hit in the eye....
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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01/19/20 10:51 PM
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jetdad
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I have a friend that was bitten by a rattler. His comments were similar. He said it felt like he'd been hit on the shin with a baseball bat.
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01/19/20 11:27 PM
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Wow a Copper Head in a tree in January. They've had a lot of rain and flooding in Mississippi lately.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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01/20/20 12:47 AM
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I never believed him but when I was a kid, a guy on a lease we were on said he was stepping over a rattler (said he didnt see it at first) that hit him on the bottom of his shoe and broke his ankle. I still dont believe him.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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01/20/20 12:52 AM
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01/20/20 12:53 AM
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I've had both copperheads and rattlesnakes strike my boots and it was no amount of force worth mentioning.
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01/20/20 05:53 AM
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I never believed him but when I was a kid, a guy on a lease we were on said he was stepping over a rattler (said he didnt see it at first) that hit him on the bottom of his shoe and broke his ankle. I still dont believe him. I don’t believe him, either. What I believe happens, which doesn’t apply to your friend, is the piercing of the skin (and maybe the injection of venom) greatly increases the pain. I was nailed in the shin by a rooster when I was a kid. The pain was far worse than the impact a bird of that size can deliver. It didn’t even make sense until I saw the hole in my pants his spur had made. All I know for sure is that I’ll never spray a chicken with water ever again.
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01/20/20 06:16 AM
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I don’t believe him, either.
What I believe happens, which doesn’t apply to your friend, is the piercing of the skin (and maybe the injection of venom) greatly increases the pain. I was nailed in the shin by a rooster when I was a kid. The pain was far worse than the impact a bird of that size can deliver. It didn’t even make sense until I saw the hole in my pants his spur had made. All I know for sure is that I’ll never spray a chicken with water ever again. [/quote]
Now thats some funny chit along with "Karma is a Bi---- (bad thing to happen)
"Lesser mortals are pitied for the misfortune in not being born Texan."
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01/20/20 03:12 PM
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jetdad
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In the case of my friends bite. He was referring to the pain, not the force of the snake biting him. He's an M.D now. We were in college at that time. so I trust his description of the pain.
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01/20/20 03:17 PM
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I got stung by a red wasp on the back of my head one time, it felt like someone hit me with a base ball bat. And I heard a loud "thud" to..
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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01/20/20 03:21 PM
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I got stung by a red wasp on the back of my head one time, it felt like someone hit me with a base ball bat. And I heard a loud "thud" to.. Same thing here 2 years ago.
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01/20/20 03:37 PM
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I have had a lot of close encounters with venomous snakes.
Stepped on a rattlesnake, almost stepped on a cotton mouth (6in away), have had several close encounters with copperheads. I guess I took some of this guys luck.
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01/21/20 04:35 AM
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GREAT
Wearing Snake Boot, Chaps, and Gaiters isn't enough/
...Now I need Snake Body Armor and a Kevlar balaclavas
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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01/21/20 03:21 PM
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GREAT
Wearing Snake Boot, Chaps, and Gaiters isn't enough/
...Now I need Snake Body Armor and a Kevlar balaclavas Yeah and then when you have all that crap on you'll die of heat exhaustion!
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01/21/20 03:38 PM
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...“As soon as it hit me I thought it was some sort of massive impact he struck me so hard,” “I thought somebody had shot me or hit me with an ax. It knocked the fire out of me. I just could not believe the force the snake had when it hit me.”
Victims of bare skin snake bites often describe being surprised by the shock of the impact. It’s for good reason and a velocity thing. Snake strikes indeed pack a punch. We all know snakes are wicked fast when they strike but just how fast might surprise some. For the sake of comparison, an F-1 race car’s maximum acceleration is measured at 27 meters per second squared, or zero to 60 MPH per second. On the other hand, a rattlesnake accelerates over 10 times faster at 279 meters per second squared when striking, that translates to 624 MPH per second or 915 feet per second. Snake strikes are just barely subsonic. They would break the sound barrier if moving at 343 meters per second.
Snake strike vs 9mm handgun bullet comparison? - The velocity of a rattlesnake strike is 279 meters per second, a Winchester 9mm FMJ velocity is 352 m/s (1,155 ft/s). I don’t have any stats on the weight/mass of the part of the snake that is traveling during the strike so I can’t compute kinetic energy (half mass x velocity squared) but it’s safe to say that it’s enough that within the small strike zone, a snake strike packs a serious punch traveling at that velocity. Putting on my snake boots... Blue Moon
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01/21/20 04:45 PM
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"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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01/22/20 03:34 AM
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In 1999 I stepped on a copperhead With sandals on it bit me big toe and second toe It feel like you took a flaming hot axe and swung it into your toes Only need to feel that feeling once to know you don’t want it again
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01/22/20 04:01 AM
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Got bit by a copperhead when I was a kid. Felt like getting hit in the ankle with an 8 lb hammer!
Character is what you do when nobody's looking.
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01/22/20 06:14 AM
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Perhaps he just came back from Noleans, and it was day 2?
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