Wear high boots and carry a pistol. Copperheads are bad this time of year. Especially around rocks. When moving stones, use a long metal bar to pry them up first before you reach your hand under them.I remember back in the 1960's, my Dad bought a car from Herbert Jakes in Murfreesboro. It was at Tracy City. We opened up the door on it sitting in a field. We were standing there when a coppehead, as big as a man's arm crawled out and hit the ground from under the front seat. Think if we had got in there to drive it awy !!! Be careful !! Best time is in the winter when all those critters are gone. Kevin
Thanks Kevin, That's some VERY good advice!! I've already seen a couple, just black snakes though. I'm told I have to watch out for the small rattlers up here in my part of the hill also. I'm used to fishing with water moccasins, and seeing copper heads here on the farm, but I believe a rattler would make me [email protected]! :) Thanks again Bobby Lykins
I am thinking of visiting in October if I have enough money to travel. Will the copperheads still be a problem then? Do y'all have moccasins or rattlesnakes, too? - Heather http://surgerysupport.uchicago.edu/hblair/ On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Kevin Morgan wrote: > Wear high boots and carry a pistol. Copperheads are bad this time of year. Especially around rocks. When moving stones, use a long metal bar to pry them up first before you reach your hand under them.I remember back in the 1960's, my Dad bought a car from Herbert Jakes in Murfreesboro. It was at Tracy City. We opened up the door on it sitting in a field. We were standing there when a coppehead, as big as a man's arm crawled out and hit the ground from under the front seat. Think if we had got in there to drive it awy !!! > Be careful !! Best time is in the winter when all those critters are gone. > Kevin > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. > [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe > in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >