Dangerous Animals in your area.....domestic or wild, exempting Humans.

1) Rattlesnakes (all snakes) 2) Javelina (wild pigs) 3) Coyote. Though snake bites are 1000X more common them the other two. Don't know what the rest of you do, down here "snake removal" is included as part of our fire dept fees. I've called them 4 times in 8 years, twice on rattlers. Here's a few pics from my backyard:

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Originally Posted by TucsonMax

1) Rattlesnakes (all snakes) 2) Javelina (wild pigs) 3) Coyote. Though snake bites are 1000X more common them the other two. Don't know what the rest of you do, down here "snake removal" is included as part of our fire dept fees. I've called them 4 times in 8 years, twice on rattlers. Here's a few pics from my backyard:

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I see sheath material.:innocent:

Are those "Coon Tails" Pacific Diamondbacks with the black rings on the last few inches above the rattles ? Maybe all Diamondbacks have those, not sure, but we called them coon tails along the river,,

Don't know JC, sorry.

Our baddies up here in the far north Minnesota would be, bear, wolves, big cats, yots.

potentially the most dangerous non-human animal in my area is the cougar [again, the non-human kind].

realistically, you're far more likely to have trouble with a feral dog. not nearly as large a problem lately as in recent years, but there are a lot of dog fighters around, and more than a couple breeders, and then of course, the more usual turning loose of house-pets people don't want to care for any longer.

i find it a shame the way people treat coyotes and cougar.

I think the most Dangerous is the one you are most likely to encounter.. ??

Mountain lion, black bear, bob cat, rattlesnake, rabid foxes, pissed off elk in rut, scorpions, red ants, ticks, skeeters.
Plants: poison oak, sting nettles, poisonous mushrooms.

This is my first post but I just have to chime in here . I've been bitten by the brown recluse spider 19 times in the past 6 years and have the scars to prove it . So far by the grace of the Good Lord I have had no ill effects from them yet . Just my 02 cents .:tank:

i am only afraid of four different kinds of snakes....big ones...little ones....dead ones....and live ones...

just sayin'

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Originally Posted by beard01

This is my first post but I just have to chime in here . I've been bitten by the brown recluse spider 19 times in the past 6 years and have the scars to prove it . So far by the grace of the Good Lord I have had no ill effects from them yet . Just my 02 cents .:tank:

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That's good that HE is watching over you.........If you have a chance, Please stop in at the Introduction desk, and tell us about yourself. Thanks for joining the forum.

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Originally Posted by shooter_250

i am only afraid of four different kinds of snakes....big ones...little ones....dead ones....and live ones...

just sayin'

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Interesting I feel the same way about Grizzly Bears............:) (We don't have snakes in Alaska) And not many good looking women either.....:)

Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths, Copperheads.

Wild Dogs, Coyotes, and apparently Wolves are back or so my grandpa says.

Bobcats are in the area as well.

Then your assorted insects and so on.

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Originally Posted by beard01

This is my first post but I just have to chime in here . I've been bitten by the brown recluse spider 19 times in the past 6 years and have the scars to prove it . So far by the grace of the Good Lord I have had no ill effects from them yet . Just my 02 cents .:tank:

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Was that at church?

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Originally Posted by BENESSE

Was that at church?

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Oh you baaad:yes:

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Originally Posted by Winnie

Oh you baaad:yes:

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Well, he did say by the grace of God after 19 times he had no ill effects. And you know God does work in mysterious ways.

After that spider had bitten me once...twice at the most...I'd have squished it. I'll be danged if I'd let it bite me 19 times!!

Maybe he was busy eating his curds and whey.

Spiders are kinda tiny. Sometimes you have to look real close to figure out what they are doing. But 19 times?

Packs of once domestic dogs are making a comeback around here after an almost 20yr break. People from town are doing Rover a favor by dropping him off in the country just knowing someone will take them in. The usual snakes for the area, copperheads and a few rattlers, spiders & yellow jackets. Haven't shot any rabid animals or heard of any. Nothing for me to bother with except coyotes that want to make a meal of a fat little beagle.

Do all y'all with rattlesnakes in your hood clean them and eat them?
Good stuff Maynard.
I keep hearing stories about timber rattlers around here but nobody will show me where.

Let's see, here in the White Mountains of Arizona we have, in no particular order: mountain lions, bears, rattle snakes, scorpions, centipedes, bees, wasps, deer, elk, coyotes, wolves, bobcats, javelina, dogs (both wild and domestic), and the occassionla jaguar and coati-mundi.
Yes, we have to be awake when out in the boonies.

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Originally Posted by crashdive123

Batch - while I agree with you that here, in the United States, diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are very treatable if detected early enough, the same is not true world wide. The last time I saw numbers - in the US there were (memory is a little fuzzy) around 25 to 35 deaths a year in the US from mosquito borne illnesses. That number approaches 3,000,000 world wide each year.

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CDC reports 32 deaths in 2009 as the result of West Niles virus

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west...9_detailed.htm

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Originally Posted by Brazito

Do all y'all with rattlesnakes in your hood clean them and eat them?
Good stuff Maynard.
I keep hearing stories about timber rattlers around here but nobody will show me where.

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I grew up across the river from you 1944--1960. on a farm around Lewistown Mo

We had water moccasins, cotton mouths, red racers but I never seen a timber rattles in that area.

Let's see, in my backyard and across the street;

Black bears, rattle snakes, water mocs., copperheads, scorpions, black widows, brown recluse, hornets, coyotes, bobcats, wild hogs, and some wild dogs.

Don't really worry about them. I will kill the scorpions, black widows, brown recluse, and poisonous snakes around the house because of the kids and dogs. Out in the woods or even on the job, don't kill any of them.

I mostly see black widow spiders at work. I will bang on the vaults, they go to the bottom, I do what I need and get out.

My belief is that they are just trying to survive, why should I take that away from them, except around the kids and dogs.

We have a very healthy population of Eastern Diamondback Rattlers. But, you don't see them very often unless they are moving. They have very good camouflage and tend to set up ambush points for their prey. Even if it set up near a trail you are walking, it is going to rely on its camouflage and keep its rattle still and let the giant human go by without calling attention to its self.


Most of the rattlers will lie in the palmettos. We use caution when moving through the palmettos for that reason. I see a lot more pygmy rattlers and they just lay there. I've tapped them on the nose with an arrow and they just sit there.

This video shows why you don't see many and also a typical reaction to being messed with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ngWC9eSic


This snake was originally reported as 15'. LOL I kept telling people there wasn't no way. But, people would rather believe what they have heard and not look at facts. You google 15' or 14' rattle snake and pictures and articles will talk about this one.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...adf98b4282.jpg

http://www.mefeedia.com/news/24019245

I run into people all the time (my dad and brother) who will swear that they have seen 10' or 12' rattle snakes. Even after I remind them that no one has ever documented a rattler larger than 96". They say I know but...

Even with all of the herps out there and all of the rattle snake round ups. They all still say I know but... Or I know what I saw. LOL He was right there stretched across alligator alley and his tail was still in the brush and his head was off the other side striking at skunk ape. His head was nigh as big as ole skunk apes foot and that's a bigfoot! :online2long:

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Originally Posted by Batch

We have a very healthy population of Eastern Diamondback Rattlers. But, you don't see them very often unless they are moving. They have very good camouflage and tend to set up ambush points for their prey. Even if it set up near a trail you are walking, it is going to rely on its camouflage and keep its rattle still and let the giant human go by without calling attention to its self.


Most of the rattlers will lie in the palmettos. We use caution when moving through the palmettos for that reason. I see a lot more pygmy rattlers and they just lay there. I've tapped them on the nose with an arrow and they just sit there.

This video shows why you don't see many and also a typical reaction to being messed with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ngWC9eSic


This snake was originally reported as 15'. LOL I kept telling people there wasn't no way. But, people would rather believe what they have heard and not look at facts. You google 15' or 14' rattle snake and pictures and articles will talk about this one.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...adf98b4282.jpg

http://www.mefeedia.com/news/24019245

I run into people all the time (my dad and brother) who will swear that they have seen 10' or 12' rattle snakes. Even after I remind them that no one has ever documented a rattler larger than 96". They say I know but...

Even with all of the herps out there and all of the rattle snake round ups. They all still say I know but... Or I know what I saw. LOL He was right there stretched across alligator alley and his tail was still in the brush and his head was off the other side striking at skunk ape. His head was nigh as big as ole skunk apes foot and that's a bigfoot! :online2long:

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Oh yeah,,,, Snopes looked at this one > http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/15ftrattler.asp

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