The American Beagler Forum

DEAD SNAKE!!!

All jokes aside, the only snakes I kill are poisonous ones. This copperhead measured 41 ½” and was curled back in striking position 10" from one of my little B&T gyps. I don't know how the other 2 made it past the copperhead b/c they walked right where it was, but I'm glad nonetheless. I just happened to look down and it was curled back about to nail her on her side. I only had a split second to whack it & thank god I had my Tally-Ho stick w/ me!

This would have been the 2nd time in less than a year a dog of mine was bitten by a copperhead.

I sure am glad we don't have them up here in Michigan!

that sucker is huge!!!

thanks man needed that, reminds me why i keep my dogs out of the woods during the summer, i hate snakes got one bit a few weeks back it was by a big rattler though

Yeah summer running in the south can BITE! I try to stay out of areas that I know have a heavy snake population. Sometimes, they just can't be avoided. Here is the gift I unwrapped on Memorial Day.


Over 4 1/2 feet and 16 rattles!

BeagleRun

That is one of the biggest copperheads I have evers seen! Around here they run between 2 and 3 feet. A copperhead bigger than 36 inches is huge! Imagine the amount of venom it could inject. Even though copperhead venom is less lethal than rattlesnake, that one could have put a serious hurtin' on a hound, or a man, scares me to death to think of that thing hitting one of my young'uns.

It's the smaller younger snakes that do more damage. They tend to inject more venom than needed. The older larger snakes only inject what is needed. Now I don't know any of this for sure, this is just the research I have read. I don't ever want to find out.

BeagleRun

KIll Em ALL!!!

I had a job offer years agog in Charlotte and I told the person recruitting me I had 3 reasons why I could not take the job. the are as follows
1. SNAKES
2. TICKS
3. CHIGGERS

Tom

How do you southern hunters deal with those things? Do you carry anti venom? When do the hole up in the fall? Do you lose a lot of dogs?

Bob-Michigan

Can lose a hound to a big rattler, you can see snakes year round here, just not as many during the colder months.

i never seen a copperhead that big that thing is huge

thats the main reason i like living in the north...we have garter snakes like 10 inches long im talking huge and man do they leave nice sucker bites....as amatter of fact i dont think ive even seen one this year

Beaglerun, I will take your word for that and I agree, I hope I never have to find out AND I am not going to go around trying to test that theory. Guys, in my area we try to run hounds early in the morning before the snakes warm up enough to be active. Still, it is a gamble, we just try to keep the odds in our favor. I don't run hounds at all mid-July through mid-August except after rains if it cools enough, just too risky for me. Still, we get one bitten every now and then.

How does a bite from a rattler or copperhead effect the dog....do you loose them everytime?? what can you do for them??

BEEN RUNNING DOGS ALL MY LIFE AINT NEVER HAD A DOG BITTEN SO FAR , AND I LOVE THE SOUTH. YOU YANKS CAN KEEP THAT COLD UP THERE. usen rebs dont like it ner a bit ..aint even seen but maybe 10 poision snakes in all my life i am sure i been by more than that tho!