Are you ready for
a shotgun/rifle/pistol yet? After you see the potential damages from one of
these it’ll make you think. The hog problem has them not rattling like they used
to .
Check out
the pic's at the bottom of this post
Ya'll need to
forget about those itty, bitty snake-proof boots and
find yourself
a full snake-proof SUIT.., AND HAT!!!
My fellow
friends and family,
We have
killed 57 rattlesnakes on two separate ranches this year. 24 @South bend &
33 @ Murray , since mid May. Not one has buzzed!
We provoked
one fair sized boy with a stick and he coiled & struck at the stick a couple
of times before he buzzed up and rattled. The purpose
of this
explanation is that I have been hearing the same from fellow ranchers and
hunters in regards to the lack of warning with rattlesnakes.
I had lunch
with a friend today and he offered a theory about the fact that these buggers
aren't rattling anymore He raised pigs for years and
reported that
when he would hear a rattlesnake buzzing in the sow pen, the sows would bee line
to it and fight over the snake. For the uninformed,
pigs love to
eat rattlesnakes. Therefore, the theory is they are ceasing to rattle to avoid
detection, since there are plenty of pigs roaming the
countryside.
I have a neighbor ranching lady who was bitten 3 weeks ago 2 times by the same
snake without any warning....she spent 5 days in
ICU, after 22
vials of anti-venom she is back at the ranch and still may lose her foot or
worse yet her lower leg. The days
of perceived warning
are over.
Keep your boots on and use a light when out and about. As you all know, one can
pop up just about anywhere! You may wish to
forward this
to anyone that would be interested.
The ranch
where this big rattler was killed is outside the city of Coleman which is
located in ( West Texas )
near Abilene
. Oh, for reference, the guy stands 6'-2". Seems there's been a boom in the
snake population there.
[b]Story of a
Rattlesnake Bite Suffered near Yosemite[/b]
On July 21, just after my
13th birthday, I was bitten by a Northern Pacific rattlesnake (the snake was
originally
identified
as a Western Diamondback rattlesnake but that species is not found
nearYosemite ). I was on a
trail
in a hiking
area near Yosemite National Park , California . The bite occurred when I was
sitting on a small boulder
at a
distance of 4.5 miles from the trail head with my cabin group at camp.
I had
my arms dangling at my side and a five foot long rattlesnake bit me in the
middle of my left palm. From this
point, an
amazing rescue took place, taking four hours to transport me the 4.5 miles to
the trail head. The camp director had previously called
the hospital and a helicopter was waiting at the trail head. During the 30
minute helicopter ride I was going in
and out of
consciousness, having trouble keeping my eyes open.
We arrived at the
Modesto hospital, where the doctor in the emergency room decided that my case
was too severe to treat at that medical center.
He told me
this, which was the last thing I heard before going unconscious.
Although I was unconscious for approximately the next 24 hours, I have
heard about the following events from my parents.
I was taken from the
Modesto hospital to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento , the trauma
center for Northern California . My snake bite was
determined
to be too severe for Modesto to deal with. At the UC Davis hospital I underwent
a fasciotomy, which involved the doctors cutting open my
arm from
the palm up to about the middle of my biceps. This was to relieve the extreme
pressure that had built up in my arm from the rattlesnake venom,
making my
arm as hard as a rock until the fasciotomy.
I spent the next 35 days in
the UC Davis hospital, had eight surgeries performed for cleaning out the dead
tissue from my arm, and finally had a skin graft
from my leg
to close up my arm, which had remained open for 30 days after the fasciotomy
until the skin graft surgery. That is 10 surgeries in total at UC Davis.
I was released from the hospital on August 24, had four months of
intense physical therapy, and flew to Duke University Medical Center in North
Carolina
for a
follow-up surgery. This was a vascular flap surgery, during which they took a
chunk of skin and muscle from my back, attached its blood vessels to the
ones in my
arm using microsurgery, and then stitched it to my arm. Although 2 emergency
surgeries were required within 24 hours on account of blood loss,
the
vascular flap was a success, and after six more months of physical therapy, my
hand had a significant improvement in mobility from when I left UC Davis
and could
move each finger only 2-3 millimetres.
My hand now has full mobility and
is about 80% as strong as it was before, thanks to my Dad and I resuming our
rock climbing after a one year break due
to the lack
of strength in my left hand. I use it for about 90% of the things I used to do
with my left hand (I am right handed). 13 surgeries, $700,000 worth
of
helicopter flights, surgeries, and hospital stays (paid by my insurance), and 20
months later, I am very happy with the outcome of this experience and my
good
fortune of getting through all this without any significant loss.
This is the
reason you don't ever want to be bitten by a rattlesnake!
a shotgun/rifle/pistol yet? After you see the potential damages from one of
these it’ll make you think. The hog problem has them not rattling like they used
to .
Check out
the pic's at the bottom of this post
Ya'll need to
forget about those itty, bitty snake-proof boots and
find yourself
a full snake-proof SUIT.., AND HAT!!!
My fellow
friends and family,
We have
killed 57 rattlesnakes on two separate ranches this year. 24 @South bend &
33 @ Murray , since mid May. Not one has buzzed!
We provoked
one fair sized boy with a stick and he coiled & struck at the stick a couple
of times before he buzzed up and rattled. The purpose
of this
explanation is that I have been hearing the same from fellow ranchers and
hunters in regards to the lack of warning with rattlesnakes.
I had lunch
with a friend today and he offered a theory about the fact that these buggers
aren't rattling anymore He raised pigs for years and
reported that
when he would hear a rattlesnake buzzing in the sow pen, the sows would bee line
to it and fight over the snake. For the uninformed,
pigs love to
eat rattlesnakes. Therefore, the theory is they are ceasing to rattle to avoid
detection, since there are plenty of pigs roaming the
countryside.
I have a neighbor ranching lady who was bitten 3 weeks ago 2 times by the same
snake without any warning....she spent 5 days in
ICU, after 22
vials of anti-venom she is back at the ranch and still may lose her foot or
worse yet her lower leg. The days
of perceived warning
are over.
Keep your boots on and use a light when out and about. As you all know, one can
pop up just about anywhere! You may wish to
forward this
to anyone that would be interested.
The ranch
where this big rattler was killed is outside the city of Coleman which is
located in ( West Texas )
near Abilene
. Oh, for reference, the guy stands 6'-2". Seems there's been a boom in the
snake population there.
[b]Story of a
Rattlesnake Bite Suffered near Yosemite[/b]
13th birthday, I was bitten by a Northern Pacific rattlesnake (the snake was
originally
identified
as a Western Diamondback rattlesnake but that species is not found
nearYosemite ). I was on a
trail
in a hiking
area near Yosemite National Park , California . The bite occurred when I was
sitting on a small boulder
at a
distance of 4.5 miles from the trail head with my cabin group at camp.
I had
my arms dangling at my side and a five foot long rattlesnake bit me in the
middle of my left palm. From this
point, an
amazing rescue took place, taking four hours to transport me the 4.5 miles to
the trail head. The camp director had previously called
the hospital and a helicopter was waiting at the trail head. During the 30
minute helicopter ride I was going in
and out of
consciousness, having trouble keeping my eyes open.
We arrived at the
Modesto hospital, where the doctor in the emergency room decided that my case
was too severe to treat at that medical center.
He told me
this, which was the last thing I heard before going unconscious.
Although I was unconscious for approximately the next 24 hours, I have
heard about the following events from my parents.
I was taken from the
Modesto hospital to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento , the trauma
center for Northern California . My snake bite was
determined
to be too severe for Modesto to deal with. At the UC Davis hospital I underwent
a fasciotomy, which involved the doctors cutting open my
arm from
the palm up to about the middle of my biceps. This was to relieve the extreme
pressure that had built up in my arm from the rattlesnake venom,
making my
arm as hard as a rock until the fasciotomy.
I spent the next 35 days in
the UC Davis hospital, had eight surgeries performed for cleaning out the dead
tissue from my arm, and finally had a skin graft
from my leg
to close up my arm, which had remained open for 30 days after the fasciotomy
until the skin graft surgery. That is 10 surgeries in total at UC Davis.
I was released from the hospital on August 24, had four months of
intense physical therapy, and flew to Duke University Medical Center in North
Carolina
for a
follow-up surgery. This was a vascular flap surgery, during which they took a
chunk of skin and muscle from my back, attached its blood vessels to the
ones in my
arm using microsurgery, and then stitched it to my arm. Although 2 emergency
surgeries were required within 24 hours on account of blood loss,
the
vascular flap was a success, and after six more months of physical therapy, my
hand had a significant improvement in mobility from when I left UC Davis
and could
move each finger only 2-3 millimetres.
My hand now has full mobility and
is about 80% as strong as it was before, thanks to my Dad and I resuming our
rock climbing after a one year break due
to the lack
of strength in my left hand. I use it for about 90% of the things I used to do
with my left hand (I am right handed). 13 surgeries, $700,000 worth
of
helicopter flights, surgeries, and hospital stays (paid by my insurance), and 20
months later, I am very happy with the outcome of this experience and my
good
fortune of getting through all this without any significant loss.
This is the
reason you don't ever want to be bitten by a rattlesnake!
Let God lead the way!
Give a man a fish he eats for one day, teach him to fish he eats forever!
Give a man a fish he eats for one day, teach him to fish he eats forever!
