Posted: 8/6/2011 2:02:43 PM EDT
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Ive heard of using a thick rope laid around your tent to use as a barrier from snakes.
Any truth to this? Any particular type of rope/thickness I should look for if this does work? It would beat using a shovel on the rattlesnake when it crawls under your car |
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If its a concern, get yourself a tent with a bottom and zipper door, a rope simply isn't going to cut it.
There's a place my son and use to camp in the mountains, its just a haven for timber rattlers. There's literally hundreds of them the next valley over but that's where the park service mandates camping off this hiking trail.  Though I like the place a lot, its on high ground, up in altitude so nice cold nights even this time of year, and a nice stream of water right there, I wouldn't dream of sleeping out in the open there on the ground. That same nice sleeping bag cold but yet mid-summer, means a good likelihood, you'd get an unwelcome bed partner.
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Dear AzB - I have personally seen one diamondback rattler in Texas climb a tree...seen a water moccasin up on a kitchen window ledge( 15 feet up) of a brick home in North Carolina (near a pond) and have seen water moccasins in many bushs on many sections of rivers in North Carolina (Yadkin, Dan, etc.)...
so, have a nice sleep in your hammock..... 
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Well, that's the second most common snake MYTH. Oh, and if someone tells you to spread the ashes of a fire around your camp, they are expounding on the third most common snake MYTH. Keep you tent closed, urinate and deficate before dark, and always, always wear your boots, even if you are just stepping outside for a smoke.
Good snake. 
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Quoted: Quoted: Ok, Ill stick to trusty Mr Shotgun and Ms. Shovel then This... HTR. along with common woods sense..goes a long way ive found. respect nature and watch were you sit step shit sleep and you will prolly never have an issue....  oh and im a tarp camper....i dont use tents.....and my state has more snakes , and biting insects than most places...  |
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Ok, Ill stick to trusty Mr Shotgun and Ms. Shovel then This... HTR. along with common woods sense..goes a long way ive found. respect nature and watch were you sit step shit sleep and you will prolly never have an issue....
oh and im a tarp camper....i dont use tents.....and my state has more snakes , and biting insects than most places...
Have you ever camped in Flamingo or Chokoloskee? Even in the winter the deer flies, noseeums and skeeters are insane. |
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Deer fence/snow fence didn't work for me. Had a ridiculous encounter with a western diamondback two days ago. We were both trying to share the same living space. Chucking fire wood at it wasn't very effective. I didn't get bit, but he didn't die. I have a large woodpile to clear out, and I'm sure that pissed off rattler and his friends ain't gonna be pleased. Carrying a shotgun all the time while working isn't practical, and I don't have a revolver for snakeshot. Anyone tried pepperspray or similar sprays on adult snakes? |
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yeah, we got timber rattlers here too. just keep the tent zipped at all times and wear some boots. watch where youre stepping. if you come across one, leave it alone and he will leave. he dislikes you more than you dislike him. http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt329/ANeilSmith/JEEP/Camp%20Commander%202009/IMG_6948.jpg Wanna bet?
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If its a concern, get yourself a tent with a bottom and zipper door, a rope simply isn't going to cut it. There's a place my son and use to camp in the mountains, its just a haven for timber rattlers. There's literally hundreds of them the next valley over but that's where the park service mandates camping off this hiking trail. Though I like the place a lot, its on high ground, up in altitude so nice cold nights even this time of year, and a nice stream of water right there, I wouldn't dream of sleeping out in the open there on the ground. That same nice sleeping bag cold but yet mid-summer, means a good likelihood, you'd get an unwelcome bed partner.
Tj I know what im dreaming about tonight. 
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Have you ever camped in Flamingo or Chokoloskee? Even in the winter the deer flies, noseeums and skeeters are insane. Camped a lot at Collier-Seminole State Park not far from there. Spent a lot of time even further out in the 'glades at remote locations. My experience mirrors yours. 
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Just put up some signs. "LAWYERS KEEP OUT" WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!! 
Seriously, ignore em and keep your tent zipped up. Always keep your boots in your bag, or the opening of your boots under your bag. PLUS, always, always, always turn your boots upside down and bang them out before putting them on. Snakes are the least of your worries. Depending on your locations, you have spiders and scorpions to worry about. I had a Copperhead slither right across my boot while laying in the prone. He probably thought I was an ugly, smelly kind of tree.
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