Originally Posted By: GLS
Originally Posted By: Lloyd3
You folks in the South seem to have a number of challanges added to your bird hunts that we Northerners don't generally have to consider. I've never really appreciated that before now. I'll bet it keeps things exciting?


Snakes and gators are problems that I try to avoid by hunting in cool temps. Not for me, but for my dog. I know more than a handful of folks who have lost dogs to both.


I have never had a dog snake bit during season but I have seen rattlesnakes out during season. I have had three dogs bitten by rattlesnakes during the offseason. In all three bite incidents I was just exercising them.

I can't imagine watching my dog get taken by a 'gator. Fortunately we don't have them in this part of Texas.


I am glad to be here.