Just saw this posted on "Gettin Outdoors Show With Big Daddy Lawler" FB page. We all know to watch out for snakes when the weather warms up, especially those who turkey hunt, but this is just another reminder as to why you should ALWAYS be on alert. I can't stand a damn snake...this had to suck!



The post:

"Chad just got out of the hospital today, this happen Sunday in Montgomery County Alabama:

To all my friends who hunt, camp, or spend time in the woods:

The pic below is of my left leg after being struck by a 6ft timber rattler today while turkey hunting. The snake bit through my hunting pants and Muck Boots (I usually wear snake boots when turkey hunting, but could not locate them this morning). The initial bite felt like being hit in the calf by a baseball bat at full swing followed by excruciating pain radiating out from the bite wounds. Fortunately, I carry a snake bite extractor kit in my turkey vest, and was able to remove the majority (I guestimated 3-4 cups) of the venom contaminated blood. Following the instructions from the kit, I kept my heart rate down as best I could, and slowly limped the 200 yds to my vehicle, and was able to drive myself to the hospital which, thank the good Lord, was about 20 min away. Once there, I was administered the anti-venom, antibiotics, ect. The ER Doc told me that, based on the distance between the two fang punctures and their diameter and depth, if I had not used the venom extractor kit, I would have died before I ever made it to my truck. So, if you do not already own one, I want you to go to a sporting goods store and purchase a venom extractor kit ASAP. I bought mine at academy and it was around $10.00. I would urge you to buy a couple. Put one in each vehicle in your household, in your hunting or hiking pack, and especially your B.O.B. ect,,,,they are about the size of a bar of soap and can literally save your life or someone you love. Please don't blow this off. Do it tomorrow!!!!
I am spending one night (hopefully) in the hospital, and may require some minor surgery to remove any damaged tissue from the poison, but that is a far cry from losing my leg or passing through the pearly gates!!!!

Respectfully, Your Friend,
Chad Cross"

Good Info Never think about it till its to late.

Damn! I hope he killed the fukin snake

That's what I want to know, what the hell happened to the snake after it bit his ass?

I would have hit him with that turkey shot

I will send our youngest daughter a pic of his leg, she just moved to a ranch in SE Okla. with a twelve and two year old, where there is every type of poisonous snake there is. Hope everything is well. They have a 50 yard sq. mowed around their home and have six cattle dogs roaming the area all the time. They keep moving the horses around the house so they keep the grass mowed down past the mowed area.

I will have her get a couple of venom kits.

I've always heard they hit hard.

I stepped on a cottonmouth once fishing a pond when I was a kid, fortunately it was a little cool that morning and he was slow. I'll have to invest in a venom kit.

X2 on getting a venom kit

This was waiting for us near the back door the other day. I'm glad the kids or the dog didn't get hit. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1367167598.038352.jpg

their on the south shore too, ive personally seen em in NO east and hopedale/delacroix area.

i hate those MOFO's too. montgomery co. is about 45 minutes south of me. i have a big timber rattler in the freezer cleaned and ready to fry up with some turtle and catfish. do any of you eat rattlesnakes?

never tried snake. probably taste like chicken

Looked at on my phone briefly definitely not what I thought it was. Yea all over my neck of the woods. Yep I feel like a jackass now....

Damn I hate snakes!!!

Snake venom kits are about as worth as shit as snake oil.

Best thing you can do if you get bit is call the ER and let them know your on the way, what kind of snake bit you, keep your ass calm, and go to the ER immediately. Try not to run...if you have someone with you have them carry you to your truck if its feasible. Snake bite kits are bullshit and do more harm than any good.

Really...So just let the venom travel threw ur blood? Isn't the kit jus something that sucks the venom out? How does that harm you?

This is the same thing several doctors have told me. I had a buddy that got bit in the ass by a moccassin. Luckily it was small an didn't penetrate all the way through the 5mm neoprene Waders. If sucking the blood out is a cure ny buddy would have been shit out of luck.
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Don't know what kind it was. I was getting wood of my log pile and he was coiIed up in there. I was always told if it had a diamond shaped head it was poisonous. Which it did but I blew its head of with my 9mm. the only kind of good snake to me is a dead one.

My wife took a picture of a small garden snake that was sunning itself on the cement of our machine shed. They like the warmth of the floor in there, and I hate to kill them when they aren't poisonous, so I picked it up and carried it up to the house so I could hear her squeal. The snake got even with me though.

Is there anyone on here that knows what the most up-to-date proper medical treatment is?

Marsh Chicken wrote: Best thing you can do if you get bit is call the ER and let them know your on the way, what kind of snake bit you, keep your ass calm, and go to the ER immediately. Try not to run...if you have someone with you have them carry you to your truck if its feasible.

That is probably the best advise to do, if you are near a hospital. But the further away and longer it takes a person to get medical attention, then the proscribed treatment would change.

Does running possibly dilute the poison in the blood stream more? Can someone explain this. I would think this is not the smart thing to do.

From what I have read, if you encounter a snake, don't try to kill it as a large number of people are bitten trying to kill them. This does not apply to us who carry a scatter gun with us.

The suction device in the kits can destroy your tissue surrounding the bite. So can tying off a tourniquet. Letting all the toxic venom pool up in one spot is worse than letting it disperse itself a bit. But that's getting technical. I think some of you have the idea that the fangs of a snake are like an iv cathether and go straight into your veins and the venom flows through you in a matter of minutes. Thats not the way it exactly works. The snake bite kits will remove a tiny amount of venom at best. The time you spend fucking around with that could be spent driving your ass to a hospital. You will need antivenom and antibiotics either way. Running speeds up your heart beat, which speeds up your circulatory system, which spreads the toxin faster.

Good advise but the tuff part is not to rush or panic