maxxkatt
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I guess if you metal detect in the south you know all these, but it may be helpful to bring to newbies attention.
Was hunting this past monday in Atlanta and while I was digging I noticed 2-3 Yellow Jackets. One yellow jacket is ok since individuals are just out looking for food. but 2-3 you may be near their nest in the ground. Not good. Sure enough 20 feet way was a yellow jacket nest in the ground. Well I was hunting on a corner of a 1.5 acre lot. I moved to the other areas rather quickly. Remember 1-2 yellow jackets flying low to the ground searching for food is no problem. When you see many of them coming or going to a hole in the ground get the heck away ASAP. They will signal an attack. I have been attacked by a swarm twice in my life and trust me they hurt bad, really bad and they can fly faster than you can run.
we also have two poisonous spiders it the shout. black widows and the brown recluse. We have four poisionous snakes. Copper heads, rattle snakes, water moccasin or known as cottonmouth and coral snake. Coral snakes are the least dangerous since they would have to really chew on your fingers, they don't have fangs.
Never, never reach down in the brush until you have knocked around a little i with your shovel or detector.
We have mosquitos that carry west nile virus. This is not one to fool will. apply your deep woods deet. My neighbor's mom is now brain dead coma from the west nile virus. She walked her dog in a creek behind her house daily. One day she was fine, the next few days she was in a comma.
That is really scary since I am around mosquitos a lot.
Winter is the best time to hunt without all these pests in Georgia. Usually the first hard frost sends all these critters packing to elsewhere.
Was hunting this past monday in Atlanta and while I was digging I noticed 2-3 Yellow Jackets. One yellow jacket is ok since individuals are just out looking for food. but 2-3 you may be near their nest in the ground. Not good. Sure enough 20 feet way was a yellow jacket nest in the ground. Well I was hunting on a corner of a 1.5 acre lot. I moved to the other areas rather quickly. Remember 1-2 yellow jackets flying low to the ground searching for food is no problem. When you see many of them coming or going to a hole in the ground get the heck away ASAP. They will signal an attack. I have been attacked by a swarm twice in my life and trust me they hurt bad, really bad and they can fly faster than you can run.
we also have two poisonous spiders it the shout. black widows and the brown recluse. We have four poisionous snakes. Copper heads, rattle snakes, water moccasin or known as cottonmouth and coral snake. Coral snakes are the least dangerous since they would have to really chew on your fingers, they don't have fangs.
Never, never reach down in the brush until you have knocked around a little i with your shovel or detector.
We have mosquitos that carry west nile virus. This is not one to fool will. apply your deep woods deet. My neighbor's mom is now brain dead coma from the west nile virus. She walked her dog in a creek behind her house daily. One day she was fine, the next few days she was in a comma.
That is really scary since I am around mosquitos a lot.
Winter is the best time to hunt without all these pests in Georgia. Usually the first hard frost sends all these critters packing to elsewhere.
