LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL 08 !

[Noodle]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Well, some of his trouble could have been avoided if he had just laid down in the ER and moaned.

People do strange things when it comes to snakes, especially men. Women scream and run. Men say, "Hey, look what I got!"

True story. I brought my Yankee husband down here 11 years ago. He hated/hates spiders and snakes to the point of shaking with an encounter. Soooo, one day he says to me (out in the yard), "Hey, look what I got!"

Very calmly I asked him to put it down. He had this very small snake BY THE TAIL! It had been headed across the yard and under the house. He intercepted it. Again, I said, "Step back and drop it."

"Why," he asked. It's just going to go under the house and I don't want it to."

"Because it's a copperhead. See the nice gold head on it? DROP IT AND BACK AWAY. I DON'T CARE IF IT GOES UNDER THE HOUSE. JUST DROP THE DANGED THING!!!"

- Ladies, he's available.

 

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[La Beep]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

If he just would have left the thing along it never would happened.

By that time I have been catching snakes for about 8 Years. Paid for a car and a ski boat out of the swamp. Catfish, turtles, crawfish, snakes, fur bearers, and well just say other creatures (Legal reasons). He been catching for about 3 years, that why it so shocking to hear he throw it. I taught him better then that. The hospital was quick and correct in how they handled it. Several facts about snake bites 1st Not all bite inject venom 2nd almost all snakes in the states have slow acting venom unless there is an allergist reaction you have about 30 - 45 mins to get to a hospital, I have had friends drive them self after being bit. The story was more about people do crazy things under pressure.

Ward

 

[La Beep]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Another Crazy Ward's life stories:

While living in Lafayette me and my best friend Scott wanted to go skiing, but we did not have another person. So we asked my mom if we could take my two brothers 9 and 10 years old. She was not all that crazy about it because we were skiing in the Atchafalaya swamp lot of cypress knees. Finely she said ok but they could not ski. We went skiing and came home and my mother asked my oldest little brother if he skied and he said "no maam I drove the boat while Ward and Scott skied" I got into a lot of hot water for that one. True Story.
Ward

 

[River Rat]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Louisiana Lingo

Chere (Share) - A term of endearment often used in Cajun Country

Gris-Gris (Gree-Gree) A good-luck charm

NOLA - New Orleans

Rue (Roo) - A street. Sounds identical but not to be confused with "roux".

Roux (Roo) - A sauce base made with flour and oil.

Lagniappe (Lanyap) - A little something extra.

 

[River Rat]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Crawfish Tales

Crawfish - don't call them crayfish. In Louisiana, they're crawfish, and at the height of the season, from February to May, they turn up everywhere; in bisque, etouffee or, best of all, boiled with corn and potatoes and piled high on a table.

First-timers should think of them as little lobsters; separate the head from the body, twist to remove the first few sections of the tail, then gently squeeze the rest of the tail to extract the meat. Once you've mastered that, suck the head for a blast of hot, spicy juice.

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[borninok]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

"First-timers should think of them as little lobsters..."

RR......I love lobster tail.... so, can you order crawfish tails? LOL Seems to me it would be a whole lot easier to eat a lobster vice a ton of those little critters....LOL

If you make it to CTH2, you'll have to bring a truck load of those buggers for us....'cause I've tried them before and I just couldn't get the hang of it.
--Mel

borninok

 

[River Rat]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

"Take Me To The River"...I found this in the Louisiana Tour Guide...copied the link, the video is a perfect example of traditional Louisiana...I loved it, hope you do too! 8)

http://neworleansplantationcountry.com/rpt/videos.aspx

 

[warsawdaddy]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Great video,RR! But I still don't want no 'mudbugs'!I love that shrimp tho.

 

[River Rat]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

I found another...this is what I see everyday in my neck of the woods...just watching the video, makes one appreciate the beauty of the swamps. Enjoy!!!

http://www.atchafalaya.org/VideoFiles/Atchafalaya Moods wmv.wmv

 

[warsawdaddy]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Every time I've driven along the interstate across that swamp,I think how beautiful it is and wish I was a part of it.Would love to explore it.Thanks Judie.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Crawfish Tales

Crawfish - don't call them crayfish. In Louisiana, they're crawfish, and at the height of the season, from February to May, they turn up everywhere; in bisque, etouffee or, best of all, boiled with corn and potatoes and piled high on a table.

First-timers should think of them as little lobsters; separate the head from the body, twist to remove the first few sections of the tail, then gently squeeze the rest of the tail to extract the meat. Once you've mastered that, suck the head for a blast of hot, spicy juice.

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sorry over here in the real gator swampland country we call em crawdads and feed them to larger items of the food chain like catfish lol

 

[GrayCloud]

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Sorry, but I have to disagree about those little lizards yaw call gators down there in Florida. I use to be a license gator buyer and know a little about the history of gators caught in the US. The largest gators ever documented and recorded were caught in south Louisiana in 1915. Two were measured in excess of twenty-three feet. The trapper stated he caught one in excess of twenty-five feet a few years before. The largest I have ever seen was 15ft-4inch,and weigh in at fifteen hundred pounds. The largest I have ever cleaned (process) was 14ft-6inch. At the time I worked for Julian Steinberg of New Orleans, who was the largest alligator/fur dealer in the world. Upon his death, Richard Domain or Houma became the largest dealer. Back in the 60's/70s George Yarbrough of Peck, La. was the kingpin of all fur trade. Peck is about forty miles South of Noodle. Tensas and I use to trap gators. He has photos and may post one picture of a 14ft gator a friend of his caught last year. If there is a ditch in La., chances are there is a gator close by. DONT WORRY, US OLD SWAMP BOYS WILL PROTECT YAW, least ways till yaw find all the goodies.

 

[GrayCloud]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Just spoke to Tensas, he has left the office for the day. He will post gator photos Monday.

 

[Nana40]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Yer making Nana awefully nervous there Gray! All's I have are snake chaps! Do they make alligator chaps?!

me~

 

[GrayCloud]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Nana, our gators don't like Alabama dirt fishermen, but if you have a cute little puppy dog, you will make their day. Did I mention that the big old bull gators have been known to walk miles from one water hole to another. The Catahoula Gazette had a photo of a 14 footer shaking a pickup truck by the bumper. This was in the middle of a thousand acre field. Them old Sandy Lake boys were having a lot of fun ( drinking and playing with that old gator ) till the locale game warden gave them a ticket. GATOR HARRASMENT.

 

[Juanmoretime]

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Subject: Cajun Smarts
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, California scientists dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: 'California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.'
One week later, 'The Daily Advertiser', a local newspaper in Lafayette reported the following:
'After digging as deep as 30 feet in rice fields near Forked Island , Boudreaux, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Boudreaux has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Louisiana had already gone wireless.'

I just had to throw this joke in the mix, all that gator talk is making me hungry!!!

Steve

 

[La Beep]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Yer making Nana awefully nervous there Gray! All's I have are snake chaps! Do they make alligator chaps?!


me~

Why do you need alligator chaps for, everybody knows they only eat yankies. We could make you a good pair of alligator shoes

 

[stoney56]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Yer making Nana awefully nervous there Gray! All's I have are snake chaps! Do they make alligator chaps?!


me~

Why do you need alligator chaps for, everybody knows they only eat yankies. We could make you a good pair of alligator shoes

Maybe Nana and Evy can both get a set. LOL

 

[Noodle]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

HELLOOOOOO ... YOU GUYS!!! Quit that!!

Never seen a gator in my neck of the woods! HONEST!!! 10 miles north, yes. 10 miles west, yes. 30 miles east, yes. NOTHING HERE, I PROMISE!!!

Don't you go creepin' out my guests!!! The bayou here is too shallow; dries almost up in August. No gators!

(but keep your eyes peeled!!) 8)

Noodle

 

[Juanmoretime]

Re: LOUISIANA BAYOU HUNT - DATE SET - APRIL '08 !

Noodle,

RickyP, fonfixer and myself are bringing gators with us when we come. Our dogs won't leave home without their pets!
And we'll bring REAL coffee which brings up a joke I'll leave you with......

A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about Churches around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working east from there.

Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes.

He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read 'Calls: $10,000 a minute.'

Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to
heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to God.

The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued
to visit churches in Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Louisiana. Upon entering a cathedral in Baton Rouge he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read 'Calls: .35 cents.'

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, but as it happened the bishop was available. 'Bishop Boudreaux, I have been in cities all
across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I
could talk to God, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only .35 cents a call.

Why?

The priest, smiling benignly, replied: "Son, you're in Baton Rouge, Louisiana now, home of the # 1 ranked National Champions LSU Tigers, Community Coffee and the best cooking this side of heaven."

You're in God's Country, It's a local call.


Noodle, its gonna be fun!!!!