I found a reral nicen copper today ...

[creskol]

...copperhead that is. Since I was in his territory, I retreated and let him go on his merry way. Scared the crap out me for a moment or two!

 

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[BLK HOLE]

Glad to hear you both reached an mutual non-aggression accord! I have been working on moving my woodpile into a shed and I am just waiting to stumble across one as I have seen one in there before, hopefully we can reach the same accord as you and your friend!

 

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[HIGHSTRUNG]

YIKES!

 

[Reanm8er]

Dear BLK HOLE,

The threat in our area these days is not so much snakes as spiders! I live about 60 miles from "Mordor" and have enough spider varieties to make a field guide! Black widows out the wazoo! When you transfer your wood into the shed rake it out onto the ground first and tumble it over. That gives the spiders and snakes a chance to run off. I hope you're not in great falls, you might see anything!

Best wishes!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Dear BLK HOLE,

The threat in our area these days is not so much snakes as spiders! I live about 60 miles from "Mordor" and have enough spider varieties to make a field guide! Black widows out the wazoo! When you transfer your wood into the shed rake it out onto the ground first and tumble it over. That gives the spiders and snakes a chance to run off. I hope you're not in great falls, you might see anything!

Best wishes!

Roger all! There are all sorts of spiders and such in there so I will definitely heed your advice about using a rake. I am about 15 miles from Great Falls and Mordor so I will keep my eyes peeled for Black Widows and Orcs

 

[Reanm8er]

Sometimes it's hard to recognize an Orc in a three piece suit with a flag pin, LOL!

 

[Underwonder]

I am glad I don’t see these in New England. Glad you are both OK. Happy hunting creskol!

 

[huntsman53]

Copperheads often aspirate the smell of cucumbers.

That and the smell that Copper pennies give off when rubbed between your' hands. I think it is one smell for females and the other for males.

 

[huntsman53]

Sometimes it's hard to recognize an Orc in a three piece suit with a flag pin, LOL!

Yep and you never know when you are going to come across a Troll or any of the Uruk-hai, Olog-hai and Nazgûl.

 

[A2coins]

Did it ring up like a copper penny lol

 

[sandchip]

A few times in getting the land ready for my daughter, I'd be out there past dark working down in the woods with headlamp. Started noticing hundreds of what looked like tiny jewels everywhere my light shone. I'm thinking that there's no way the dew had fallen that early, so I walked toward one until I could see it up close. Spider eyes. Little jokers were everywhere in the leaves. Now I know.

 

[Reanm8er]

I used to work at the C&O Canal NHP on the Maryland side of the Potomac. One morning the grounds keepers found a young boy along the tow path convulsing and foaming from the mouth. They called for an ambulance and we understood he made it but he had picked up a handful of Copperhead hatchlings and put them in his pocket for bait. Unsafe at any age!