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Living in constant danger

Discussion in 'Photography, Artwork & Videos' started by AGK, Aug 8, 2019.

  1. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    Eh, I figured the title seemed catchy. Lol

    I found this caterpillar in my backyard today while out raking dog shit. On a tree right about 4 feet from my kennels. I've been hearing people talk about them in my area for about a year now but never seen one before today. It's a white hickory tussock moth caterpillar. Touch and it leaves a blistering type rash. Hairs are hollow and connceted to poison sacs.

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    Contrary to the title, there really isn't one dangerous animal, insect or reptile I have to worry about where I live, myself or the dogs.

    I still thought it was pretty neat to observe and figured I'd share my near death experience here in northern PA this evening :))
     
  2. jstevens

    jstevens Big Dog

    Interesting little critter. I’ll trade with ya. Folks down here got me seeing copperheads everywhere I turn. Never seen one, but I seen plenty lol.
     
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  3. bamaman

    bamaman GRCH Dog

    Friend of mine dad got bit by a copperhead 2 days ago .Baby one ,be careful in the month of August the baby ones are crawling.
     
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  4. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    We have diamondbacks water moccasins and copperheads in the state but I have never seen or heard one in all my years of hunting in the PA woods. I may be too far north for them to be around. I'm kind of glad lol I'm not really a fan of serpents. All I ever seen around here are red belly racers and gardner snakes. Pretty harmless. We do have Black bear here though. Those pictures I posted of my pups and my daughter in the water last week, we were there around 4pm. A black bear was sighted in that same spot we're taking pictures at early that same day. It's pretty rare they come into the city but it does happen from time to time.

    Thats about the only thing I like about where I live. Don't have to worry about the dogs getting bit or killed by much of anything other than mosquitos and the animals who work for Animal control.
     
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  5. bamaman

    bamaman GRCH Dog

    We have black bear , poisonous snakes,poisonous spiders ,alligators ,panthers,cougar and im prob missing something lol
     
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  6. bamaman

    bamaman GRCH Dog

    Bigfoots to lol..I never saw one but lots of folks say they have.Saw a full grown German Shepard thrown onnthe roof of a house by something.Lady said it was big and hairy .Broke the dogs neck what ever it was.
     
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  7. F.W.K.

    F.W.K. CH Dog

    Was once with two Mexicans pouring a concrete floor for a dog kennel in TX, a baby snake wriggled on the floor and I picked it up, and said to the Mexicans, "Look what I got here?" It was very funny to see how those two panicked and went on, the tiny snake I now had in a pair of pliers. After some further teasing I released the snake and found out that it had been a Texas indigo snake.

    I once got into a large ant nest meanwhile feeding the dogs, I got bitten on all sides and jumped on top of a doghouse to take off my clothes while in the meantime I was jumped by an exhausted puppy bred by Fat Bill.
     
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  8. david63

    david63 CH Dog

    Same here.
     
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  9. david63

    david63 CH Dog

    Dam I hate snakes.
     
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  10. Box Bulldog

    Box Bulldog Top Dog

    Not to sound crazy but I am pretty sure I had one fucking around my camp in the rocky mountains on a fly fishing trip. I was trying to sleep in my camper and I could hear this god awful screaming noise and then it sounded like someone chopping wood swings timed perfect. I woke up in the morning and our stuff was chucked everywhere. I went back in the camper to tell my buddy who was still sleeping. He stayed up later than me having a few drinks around the fire with my little dog I had at the time. He told me after I went to bed he could hear something in the bushes moving around our camp from one side then it would be on the other side. My little dog went to the edge of the trees and started barking and growling then came back and hid under my buddys lawn chair scared and shaking so he said enough of this shit and went to bed in the camper. At the time we didn't think much of it then one day years later my same buddy was at my place and we were watching T.V. and one of those bullshit saskquatch shows came on and the started playing the same noises I heard that night and the wood knocking (chopping wood sound I heard) and we just looked at each other and said remember that. We were down a logging road in the middle of nowhere no one around. After that I think there around.
     
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  11. bamaman

    bamaman GRCH Dog

    I went to a nice creek one day and you had to hike in about 1 mile.Me and a buddy were going fishing and we finally get there. It has a very nice white sand bar and we notice these big ass footprints that were very deep.My buddy is 6 ft 5 300 lbs of a man and he took his boot off and walked just to get some kind of a idea how big it was.My buddies foot and weight were no match for what ever leftt these tracks.This was back before cell phones.Its not a popular spot either.Never saw what ever did it..
     
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  12. david63

    david63 CH Dog

    Now I know what to listen -4- and keep a gun close to me. if I'm ever up that way.
     
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  13. david63

    david63 CH Dog

    Bama it's probably good thing you didn't see what it was.
     
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  14. Box Bulldog

    Box Bulldog Top Dog

    I think I had a mossberg 500 12gauge pump with me for bear protection. That piece of shit would of probably just jammed up when you cycled a round. Wont be buying anything mossberg again. As far as cheaper pump scatter guns go 870 Remington is hard to beat in my books. I have came across Two Grizzlys bears in my life and they are way bigger in person. Have come across lots of black bears non ever bothered me much just like a dumb dog. I was always told they are more scared of you than you of them which is a bunch of bull shit they ain't scared of you one bit. I had a few I peppered with bird shot so they would take off.
     
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  15. Box Bulldog

    Box Bulldog Top Dog

    Where you packing?
     
  16. Box Bulldog

    Box Bulldog Top Dog

    I thinks a person is scared of what they are not use to. I think I would love the swampy south but all those snakes would scare the shit out of me. It would take some getting use to that's for sure.
     
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  17. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    I have a Remington 870 express 12ga. and an Ithaca Semi auto 12 ga. that shoots clean AF. I love shooting that gun but it's alot heavier than my 870 is so I haven't hunted with it in years. You can do a lot more mods with the 870.

    Now I want to go shooting. Lol
     
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  18. bamaman

    bamaman GRCH Dog

    2nd shotgun my dad gave me was a 870 and brought it brand new from a store called TG&Y for 100 bucks back in the late 70s Ohhhh how I loved that gun.Got stolen from me.
     
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  19. bamaman

    bamaman GRCH Dog

    Lol man I had a little pea shooter for snakes and such lol.
     
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  20. Box Bulldog

    Box Bulldog Top Dog

    To funny!!!
     
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