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Saturday, May 7. 2011

Life is good in the South, to amuse Capt. Tom

I went fishing this morning, but after a short time I ran out of worms.
Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth.
"Frogs are good bass bait" I thought to myself.





Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his  mouth, I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket.


Just then, I realized I had a problem, how was I going to release the snake without getting bit? So, I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in its mouth. The snakes eyes rolled back and he went limp. I released him into the lake without incident and carried on fishing using the frog.



A little later, I felt a nudge at my foot.
There was that same snake with two more frogs in his mouth.
Life is good in the South




Posted by Gwynnie in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 15:27 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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That is funny.

Back in the day when I used to fish with my Dad, we had on more than on occasion when cottonmouths would attack our little boat. (They were probably pissed about the Michigan Winters)

Now that I am down South (NC), I might try that little trick. I've seen alligators while paddling in my kayak, no cottonmouths though.
#1 Ron Snyder on 2011-05-07 15:54 (Reply)
No Cottonmouths in Michigan.
Common Water Snake, probably. Quite harmless.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2011-05-07 17:29 (Reply)
What's the next step if you catch a skunk in your raccoon hav-a-hart trap?
#2 rhhardin (Link) on 2011-05-07 17:23 (Reply)
My mother provided the answer for that. When I was 8 years old, a skunk was caught in a live trap in our garden. My father was out of town on a business trip, so my mother took charge. She shot and buried the skunk herself. Pioneer Mama!

I don't remember being asked to help.
#2.1 Gringo on 2011-05-07 21:04 (Reply)
When we caught a skunk, we had to call an animal control guy to release to the tune of $150.

However, he did tell us that you throw and old blanket over the trap so he can't see you and then you can haul him away that way. The other thing I heard was that if you have a barrel of water, you can just drop the whole trap down in it.
#3 Deb on 2011-05-07 17:33 (Reply)
It's not moving the skunk that's the problem, but releasing him.
#3.1 rhhardin (Link) on 2011-05-07 19:56 (Reply)
So a skunk is just fine with a human walking up to it while it is in a trap, as long as the human is carrying a blanket? I'll have to get my nephew to try that.
#3.2 Anonymous on 2011-05-07 23:29 (Reply)
Just goes to show that good fishing and drinking buddies come in all shapes and sizes.
#4 twolaneflash on 2011-05-07 18:02 (Reply)
I much prefer the OTHER pix of Gwynnie's fishing buddies.
#5 Sam L. on 2011-05-07 21:17 (Reply)

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