Close Encounters

Jimbo · 09-21-2010, 12:33 PM

Has anyone ever (while camping) had an encounter or close encounter with a dangerous creature? Like a poisonous snake perhaps? Have you ever put your foot in a boot full of scorpions?

jason · 09-21-2010, 01:30 PM

The only thing I can think of one time is I was fishing and came across either a Coral, or King snake. To be honest, I did not sit there and try and figure out which, I just backed away and left the area. He was hiding in a hole and did not want provoke it.

dinosaur · 09-22-2010, 07:09 AM

There is no such thing as a poisonous snake. All of them are edible. Some, however, are venomous.

I did kill a rattler when I was twelve. I haven't run into one since. But, I'm quite a bit older and know how to avoid them.

Fox38 · 09-22-2010, 06:20 PM

Nope, I woke up one morning and there were deer in the campsite. It was pretty cool the neighbor camper was feeding them. They did say that the bears had been through the night before but we were sleeping.

TribalP · 09-29-2010, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by dinosaur

I did kill a rattler when I was twelve. I haven't run into one since. But, I'm quite a bit older and know how to avoid them.

Wow, that's wonderful Dinosaur. How did you kill the snake? Did it fight a lot? I would never mess with rattle snakes, for God's sake! I am OK with other types of snake, but not rattle snakes.

Stoker · 09-29-2010, 05:14 AM

The only snakes I ever see are the harmless one's. I never really thought about it before, but I don't think I've ever really had any close encounters.

dinosaur · 09-29-2010, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TribalP

Wow, that's wonderful Dinosaur. How did you kill the snake? Did it fight a lot? I would never mess with rattle snakes, for God's sake! I am OK with other types of snake, but not rattle snakes.

I shot it in the head and barbequed it for dinner.

Greenjack · 10-01-2010, 07:14 AM

That's great Dinosaur. You sound like the highlander who beheads his opponents to get their quickenings LOL. So, as you said that no snake is poisonous, rattle snakes are edible, right?

dinosaur · 10-01-2010, 10:07 AM

All snakes are edible. You cut off the head (It's a quickening experience.), Grab the skin at the point where you cut the head off, and pull it toward the tail. It will generally peel off like a sock that is stuck to your foot after a day's hiking. If it doesn't peel easily, dip it into boiling water for a few seconds. After skinning, you gut it. That's easy. Cut it into sections and skewer them like shish-ka-bob. You can add seasoning but drawn butter works pretty well. They are very much like lobster but a much cleaner animal. Remember also that the average snake has something in excess of 270 sets of ribs. These come out easily after cooking.

Again, for those of you who wouldn't eat snake because you think they are yukky, but would devour a lobster tail dinner, think about it. A lobster is a filthy animal. It is the buzzard of the sea and dines on rotted carrion. A snake kills what it eats and dines on fresh meat. If you are what you eat, a lobster is rotting corrupt flesh. Whereas, a snake is all fresh ingredients.

Have a nice day.

faye · 10-03-2010, 10:08 AM

I saw a spider walking its way to my right boot but I stomped on it before it got me. The crawling creature that I killed was similar to a Brown Recluse spider. Whew.