I took down a blind a couple of weeks ago and had a whompin' stick in hand when I walked up to it to shake, rattle and poke before taking up the stakes. I just knew a 12-foot CopperMoccaRattlehead with Fred's disposition was lurking in there. Fortunately, not.

Last November in Kansas in a blind on an afternoon sit a flicker of motion got my eye. Caught a little baby corn snake. All I could think of for the next 4ish hours was that if it was there mama might be lurking, too. Fortunately, not.