Oh yeah, I forgot, we have panthers too. LOL! I've never seen one or any sign of it, but, supposedly they are prowling our urban neighorhoods stealing away babies in the night. Our DNR actually has put up signs and issued reports for liabilty reasons just in case.Originally Posted by Camp10
Yellow flies, evil women, and lawyers.
Not necessarily in that order.
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Up here, we have to watch out for polar bears, the ever present deadly penguin, rabid dog sled teams, igloo colapses, grizzly bears, and when bambi doesn't get enough sleep, he get's mighty grumpy! On the other hand though, the world record white tailed deer was shot only about an hours drive from my house (no joke), and there's lots of opportunity for fishing. Not to mention the 25 or so moose found dead. Killed by ticks. Stupid ammount of ticks here for part of the year. Drive a couple hours north... no ticks. WTH!
I just reported your post.Yellow flies, evil women, and lawyers.
Not necessarily in that order.
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Panther, Cougar , mtn lion, same thing isn't it ? although Cougar has two meanings, I knew one, her name was Mrs Peterson
What?I just reported your post.
Oh...and I almost forgot. I sometimes work in Portsmouth, Va. There, you need to watch out for crack ho's, and stray needles.
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Well, if your 46 she must be like 90...right?I knew one, her name was Mrs Peterson
He can't remember. It was almost a year ago.Well, if your 46 she must be like 90...right?
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"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
That was before they were called CougarsWell, if your 46 she must be like 90...right?
we have bear and cougars, but I only wish they were not afraid of me. Make it a whole lot easier to get one.
With all honestly, I am afraid of tweakers more than anything else.
Honestly, I see panthers frequently enough and they always leave. You can google video of panthers in South Florida and they ain't always in a hurry to go, But, they do leave. They are having pets taken now in Golden Glades estates and I hope that doesn't end up leading to a kid. But, so far I have never heard of a panther or bear attack in people in Florida.
Gators are a real threat and I just deal with that. Snakes just are and I deal with that.
On the jelly fish and man of war thing. I was snorkeling off of the reef in Fort Lauderdale and had expended my air about 20' down and started my ascent when I noticed I was under a swarm of jelly fish. I couldn't possibly swim out from under neath it. I tried, came up for air and then swam like nobodies business. I thought I made it till I came out of the water. I was stung all over my body. Just watched the welts rise and the pain rose with it.
You want it alphabetically or numerically?
We really don't have anything to be afraid of. Poisonous snakes but the chance encounter is pretty rare even in rocky areas around here. Use some common sense and leave them alone and they don't bother you. Rabbits and squirrels raiding the garden and the bird feeders is about the most fearsome things.
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Oh yeh, I forgot about the paralysis ticks
Well I have lived in Ga., Fla., N.C.,Tn., and Ky.I have swam in places that had 'Gators, snakes, ticks, Bobcat,Bear, etc..... I have been within feet of a black bear and Bobcat, Stepped ON 3 different kinds of poisonous snakes, but the most Dangerous encounter was with an 8 point Buck whitetail Deer. If I hadn't grabbed his antlers I would have been gored for sure. After that I put a tree between us and kept behind it. If you check statistics, Deer kill more people than any other mammal in North America. That is one statistic I believe wholeheartedly... Just from my own limited experiences.
Oh about the Snakes I stepped on...... Ever seen the old Snagglepuss cartoon? I don't have a clue how I did it, but I did a perfect imitation of him jumping up in the air and exiting stage left or right..... I honestly believe all 3 were asleep when stepped on. Either that or I have a Guardian Angel.
"Tell us again, Grandpa, how you whipped that guy that stepped on you!"
"Well, kids, there I was sunnin' minding my own business....."
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I didnt know tics and bobcats could swim ?
Sure they can...well bobcats anyway....
Somebody on a local forum just posted another trail cam pic of a panther, moutain lion/ cougar, etc. in Michigan. It happens every year and they always turn out to be a black cat, or taken from some other part of the world. Supposedly this one's real.
I've come close to being bit by a michigan rattler hunting mushrooms. They seem to like the same places shrooms do. I actually brought a snake in the house which was balled up and hid inside a hen of the woods mushroom. I had it in a paper bag, reach inside to pull it out on the kitchen counter and felt something wiggling. I think if I was hunting shrooms in Florida or Georgia, australia, etc. I'd already be dead.
I believe the whitetail is the wild mammal responsible for more deaths in humans because of impacts with cars. I know that the mammal responsible for the most attacks on humans is the domesticated dog. Though this statistic may have gone down since more and more leash laws have gone into affect.If you check statistics, Deer kill more people than any other mammal in North America. That is one statistic I believe wholeheartedly... Just from my own limited experiences.
Oh about the Snakes I stepped on...... Ever seen the old Snagglepuss cartoon? I don't have a clue how I did it, but I did a perfect imitation of him jumping up in the air and exiting stage left or right..... I honestly believe all 3 were asleep when stepped on. Either that or I have a Guardian Angel.
I stepped on a water moccasin once. I was fishing a lake from the bank. There was tall grass all around the area I was walking. The moccasin was trying to get into the safety of water and ended up slithering right into my path. At least that is the way I reason it to have happened. I ended up stepping on it and when it turned to bite it got caught in the grass. Which stopped it from hitting me.
I thought it was a close call then. But, I had my Rancher boots on and there isn't a single snake in North America that can bite through a pair of leather boots. Had a couple other close encounters with big cotton mouths. But, that was the biggest Oh shift moment with snakes.
Do the water moccasins tend to slither off if you give em warning or do they stand their ground, or come at you?
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