ATV Florida Forum

we were riding there today and we encountered a huge cottonmouth crusing right by where we stopped on a trail  lots of water out there  so yall be cafeful out  there

Good advice. Gator mating season as well.

thats some scary sh*t. :o thanks for the heads up.

Ah!  Florida!!!

those little bastards will strait up chase you, just ask one of my old dogs that jumped in front of my bro shooting one

I have a pond in my yard. One day my wife comes in and tells me there are some snakes in the yard and they are chasing me. I found a female laying eggs under some rocks where the nest was. They are very aggressive snakes.

and a beautiful specimen   (Good Da Mate)

hey mate do you know their prime mating position?

NO

how big are they?and are they poisioness

Big enough and YES!

It is very difficult for them to mate when they have lead poisioning

lmao, good one

There were quite a few out at holey lands tonight!!!

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/onlineguide.htm


Know your snakes. :)

thanks man. that link is helpful

i ran over like 6 big black snakes that all had there mouth open and like  3 corn snakes

just lovely !! :X

worried about snakes, you should be wearing waders, the snake bite wont penetrate through to your legs.

id be more concerned from the brown recluse spider.. they are everywhere. i got bit last year and i know peep that got bit this year.. snakes you see, the spider you wont.

i know its hot out there, but if you wear protective clothing, you got a better chance of not being bit.

This is a little better link: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/venomsnk.htm#TOP

Them things are scary and everywhere... the last time i went i got stuck in a huge water filled mudhole and got off my quad to float out and one swam right next to me. I nearly passed out!!!  :'(

crazy what will this little spider cause?

Sometimes they do nothing, but sometimes if they get enough venum in you, that can cause what is known as necrosis (which is basically where you skin dies around the area of the bite) if you let it go untreated, the area will just get larger and larger, can cause some serious scarring too.  Other symptoms include iching, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and/or shock.  Symptoms usually start to appear 2 -6 hours after bite.  They are VERY common here in Floirda, and I have seen my fair share of them, from my backyard to the woods, so just be careful.  I was bit several years ago at a ranch, and within a few days I had a problem, went to the dr, gave me shots, and it was all okay.


I will see if I can find a picture and post....

As for the cotton mouth, yea they are pretty little sneaky ones.  I remember ones I was out in the holeylands, stuck, and right under by bike one when swimming on by.  I never lifted my legs up on my bike so fast.  We were all out a Peace River, years ago, about 15 of us hanging down in the river, and one went swimming right by, scared us stiff. 

Also been fishing out in the Lox Road area, and had a top lure, the damn snake started following right to the boat.....

Here's an article on the little ugly creatures.... Ah I hate spiders.....

http://brownreclusespider.com/info.htm

Be forwarned, pics of what bites can look like....

Definitly going to invest in some snake proof boots for holeylands riding this one we saw fathers day was hungry and on the prowl  we were standing in 12 inches of water enjoying a suitible beverage when he ruined our party

 Brown recluse is the worst! Definitely keeping my hands out of dark stump holes.

Yeah.. I don't like spiders.. Plus they are harder to shoot!

I dont find Moccasins that aggresive.  I live on a lake and when we push our boat out there is atleast 2 sitting under it since the crawdads like to go under there.  I just kick them into the water and then they hide under the dock in the algae until we come back.  We once had a litter of babies under the boat, but those just scatter.  I caught one barehanded once and it showed no signs of aggresion.  Maybe its just you "deep" south folk that they dont like ;)

i got bit by one out there..wuz ridin next 2 a levy and i ran ovr its tail and didnt see it..i bit my boot and got f'd up by my peg...but it didnt touch my skin or anything..

Snakes suck!