Massbaycolonist
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We have rattle snakes in New England. So I'm thinking I should carry a first aid kit that has a snake bite treatment. What about snake bite kits or treatments? A waste of time and money, or a practical thing to carry?
Allways best Espically Me being from mass all my life wood rattlers are the worst Allways Carry one I got to carry an Eppi Pen I am Highly Allegeric to Bees and wasps
brokenarrow said:The tree thing you need in snake country 1.snake proof boots or chaps
2.A fully charged cell phone and a GPS to give your exact position
3.Minstrels advise.
NHbenz said:I'm speaking specifically to MA/NH/ME residends when I say "yes, a snake bite kit would be waste of money". The incidence of bites (or even sightings) is so low that it's really a non-issue, no matter where you trek. Of course carry a cell phone if you you really have a fear of this in our area. For more information: http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/timber.html
Massbaycolonist said:brokenarrow said:The tree thing you need in snake country 1.snake proof boots or chaps
2.A fully charged cell phone and a GPS to give your exact position
3.Minstrels advise.
Ummm.....What's a Minstrel?
Hello again Kevin. Another thing to keep in mind about Timber Rattlers is that they can control the amount of venom injected in a bite. If you are not intentionally irritating them (or taking them by surprise) they may even bite without any venom at all. Happily this is just too remote of a problem to worry about in the NorthEast.Massbaycolonist said:NHbenz said:I'm speaking specifically to MA/NH/ME residends when I say "yes, a snake bite kit would be waste of money". The incidence of bites (or even sightings) is so low that it's really a non-issue, no matter where you trek. Of course carry a cell phone if you you really have a fear of this in our area. For more information: http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/timber.html
Hi NHbenz. A cell phone aint much use in many of the places I go. And I don't see hardly any other folks out there either, which may explain the low number of bites reported.
Great to hear, Ben. Now how about them water moccasins/cotton mouths? As you probably know, they are from the pit viper family. We have them too!NHbenz said:Hello again Kevin. Another thing to keep in mind about Timber Rattlers is that they can control the amount of venom injected in a bite. If you are not intentionally irritating them (or taking them by surprise) they may even bite without any venom at all. Happily this is just too remote of a problem to worry about in the NorthEast.Massbaycolonist said:NHbenz said:I'm speaking specifically to MA/NH/ME residends when I say "yes, a snake bite kit would be waste of money". The incidence of bites (or even sightings) is so low that it's really a non-issue, no matter where you trek. Of course carry a cell phone if you you really have a fear of this in our area. For more information: http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/timber.html
Hi NHbenz. A cell phone aint much use in many of the places I go. And I don't see hardly any other folks out there either, which may explain the low number of bites reported.
Best Regards. -Ben