I hunt big blocks of public ground in the Ozarks. It's rough, steep, and remote, and there is minimal cell service. I am often 3-5 miles from my truck, and if done properly, I will not see another hunter in the woods. We have bears, and we have hogs, but my biggest fear is to get zapped by a rattlesnake way back in the timber by myself. While we have cottonmouths, I am only around them when fishing. It's the rattlesnake and copperhead that I have to be on the lookout for. The snake I worry about is the one that crawls up to you from behind, that you can't see and won't hear it, and then when you put your hand down, the snake zaps you. Alone and with no cell service, it is a long way back to the truck in the rough up-and-down country while trying not to panic after being struck by a big timber rattlesnake.
