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As Parnassia said, trail cams are very easy to disguise when they're attached to trees and branches and in underbrush. Did you research ANY of this stuff before you moved to a your area? Or did you just envision the property as a place to fulfill your fantasy of being a "woodland witch" and a nature goddess without considering any of the actual realities of rural life? Because it sounds like pretty much all of the everyday details of country living in your area are proving to be a big surprise (i.e., challenge) to you now.
Oh, no....I went out during a full moon, made my pentagram, summoned the nymph of Diana for that region, stripped before her, and we joined so we could know all the secrets of the ranch together.
I did visual land surveys, over flights, got enough land to have my well without it being metered (5 acres), enough land to be able to shoot on it (10 acres), got my well drilled, my septic field built, my house built, etc, etc, etc.
Oh, no....I went out during a full moon, made my pentagram, summoned the nymph of Diana for that region, stripped before her, and we joined so we could know all the secrets of the ranch together.
I did visual land surveys, over flights, got enough land to have my well without it being metered (5 acres), enough land to be able to shoot on it (10 acres), got my well drilled, my septic field built, my house built, etc, etc, etc.
Ha ha. Noted. While those are typical processes for buying any piece of land and building a house on it, they don't take into account the details of living with varied flora and fauna in the area; the distance from shopping (although I suspect it's not as far as you make it seem); the necessity for having back-up heat and power if the primary sources are out; etc. Recent posts suggest that you didn't consider a lot of those details before moving. I'm happy to be wrong, but you're the one who's apprehensive about going out onto her own acreage. And 10 acres is not a huge spread by any means.
Ha ha. Noted. While those are typical processes for buying any piece of land and building a house on it, they don't take into account the details of living with varied flora and fauna in the area; the distance from shopping (although I suspect it's not as far as you make it seem); the necessity for having back-up heat and power if the primary sources are out; etc. Recent posts suggest that you didn't consider a lot of those details before moving. I'm happy to be wrong, but you're the one who's apprehensive about going out onto her own acreage. And 10 acres is not a huge spread by any means.
Developers here call 10 acres "farmettes". Maybe it's a "ranchette" in Texas.
Ha ha. Noted. While those are typical processes for buying any piece of land and building a house on it, they don't take into account the details of living with varied flora and fauna in the area; the distance from shopping (although I suspect it's not as far as you make it seem); the necessity for having back-up heat and power if the primary sources are out; etc. Recent posts suggest that you didn't consider a lot of those details before moving. I'm happy to be wrong, but you're the one who's apprehensive about going out onto her own acreage. And 10 acres is not a huge spread by any means.
Solar powered well, main grid power, outside natural gas tank for the stove and water heater, emergency power circuit for an emergency diesel generator capable of conducting farm irrigation.......
Only 10? Here I was imagining at least 100! Re-calibrating now...
FWIW 10 acres won't take much time to get familiar with, to post or monitor at all OP even if it is rough. How long have you owned this property? Get some decent resolution aerial photography/topo maps for your parcel and ground truth them. You don't need to set foot on every square inch of it. Start with the line of sight perimeter surrounding your house and work your way out from there. Just go do it! Ten acres also means trespassers can get pretty close to home, so if this will be an issue for you, consider the downsides of doing nothing. If you really had a huge undeveloped buffer around you maybe you could ignore more uninvited activity.
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American campers and fisherman carry thousands of dollars in antivenin along with a cooler (it starts to degrade at 98°F), injectable saline, and syringes?
Seems like the right boots and leggings would weigh less and provide more protection.
It depends on which species of poisonous snake lives in your area, & how serious a bite will be if your by yourself when bite occurs. Or if you get multiple bites, would you be able to get to a hospital before you die.
I read that Copperhead & Cottonmouth antivenom costs under $100 or a little above.
I was raised an Army brat. Growing up we lived in:
Fort Riley, Kansas
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Columbia, S.C.
Fort Jackson, S.C.
ST. Louis, MO
Ben Franklin Village, Mannheim, Germany
Fort Huachuca, AZ
Fort Ord, CA
I was in the Boy Scouts. We went to summer camp in South Carolina. They stocked antivenom at camp. There were many Cottonmouth around. We wore high boots & sometimes leggings.
Be Safe.
It depends on which species of poisonous snake lives in your area, & how serious a bite will be if your by yourself when bite occurs. Or if you get multiple bites, would you be able to get to a hospital before you die.
I read that Copperhead & Cottonmouth antivenom costs under $100 or a little above.
I was raised an Army brat. Growing up we lived in:
Fort Riley, Kansas
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Columbia, S.C.
Fort Jackson, S.C.
ST. Louis, MO
Ben Franklin Village, Mannheim, Germany
Fort Huachuca, AZ
Fort Ord, CA
I was in the Boy Scouts. We went to summer camp in South Carolina. They stocked antivenom at camp. There were many Cottonmouth around. We wore high boots & sometimes leggings.
Be Safe.
AKA puttees. There are some interesting stories about puttee use in the tropics and during battle.
The least expensive treatment is +$1K per dose (1 vial = 1 dose, one bite might require a dozen doses)
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Originally Posted by Hawk J
It depends on which species of poisonous snake lives in your area, & how serious a bite will be if your by yourself when bite occurs. Or if you get multiple bites, would you be able to get to a hospital before you die.
There are two brands of antivenom available in the USA which are each effective across the Crotalinae subfamily including rattlesnakes, water moccasins (cottonmouths), and copperheads.
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Originally Posted by Hawk J
They stocked antivenom at camp. There were many Cottonmouth around.
That makes more sense than carrying it in the field, assuming a camp with a refrigerator, saline, and trained medical personnel, considering that a single bite requires anywhere from 4-12 vials, and the vials must be stored refrigerated (never frozen).
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Originally Posted by Hawk J
I read that Copperhead & Cottonmouth antivenom costs under $100 or a little above.
$100 in Mexico.
Prices start at ten times that in the US.... that's wholesale, not the hospital rate.
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While those are typical processes for buying any piece of land and building a house on it, they don't take into account the details of living with varied flora and fauna in the area; the distance from shopping (although I suspect it's not as far as you make it seem); the necessity for having back-up heat and power if the primary sources are out; etc. Recent posts suggest that you didn't consider a lot of those details before moving. I'm happy to be wrong, but you're the one who's apprehensive about going out onto her own acreage. And 10 acres is not a huge spread by any means. 
Only 10? Here I was imagining at least 100! Re-calibrating now...
The least expensive treatment is +$1K per dose (1 vial = 1 dose, one bite might require a dozen doses)
