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And River.
 
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What to do for snake bites? Nope I haven't been bit but I figure it will happen to me or someone I am on the trail with while wheeling, hiking or fishing. So what's the best "medicine" for a backwoods snake bite?
dont panic. evacuate. go slow, dont get the heart rate up.
 
What to do for snake bites? Nope I haven't been bit but I figure it will happen to me or someone I am on the trail with while wheeling, hiking or fishing. So what's the best "medicine" for a backwoods snake bite?

Go to the hospital and hope that the medical staff can tell the difference between a venomous and non-venomous snake bite. Take a photo of the snake and post it here and I'll identify it.

The possibility that you will be bitten by a venomous snake is extremely small, infinitesimal. Professionally I work with snakes and my experience with snakes goes back almost 40 years. The individuals that I know that have been bitten by a venomous snake were almost always handling it. That's not to say that encountering a wild snake and being bitten won't happen but in North America the potential is almost non-existent. If bitten go immediately to the hospital, that's the best advice.
 
I am always worried about one of the kids getting bit while we are out hiking and 5-10 miles from a road. I know it takes a long time to die from a north American viper if you stay calm, but it's hard to keep a kid calm while I am running back to the rangers station/car.
 
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I usually dont fall for advertising, but Jim Beam hit a home run on this. This is an older advertisement that originally had a male voice over some bourbon/barrel footage. Kunis nails this piece.
 
Jack Daniels use to sell used barrels in the 50s and 60s. My dad and uncle would dive up to Lynchburg and buy a few barrels fill them half way with rain water and let them sit for a few months, then flip them and let them sit for a few months. The water would take the place of the whiskey in the wood and they would be left with a couple of gallons of Jack.
 
I think it seeps through the wood and slowly would increase the proof of the water. When you make whiskey or bourbon it is clear just like moonshine until it goes into the charred white oak barrels and sits (or in cheaper whiskey, is passed thru charcoal to give it color). After the whiskey sits in the barrel and ages tannins in the wood mix with the whiskey and color it.
 
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I heard Hal likes nasal spray ... Neti pots
 

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