Hunt cut short

[Joe-Dirt]

Soooo, I was back in one of my favorite parks taking advantage of the heavy rain we got last night. I was just swinging along, minding my own bidness, doing ok, got a deep wheat, a beautiful buffalo and some clad and crapola when all of a sudden BOOM the deep, beautiful repeatable 26-28 signal. The Nox was telling me it was 6 to 8 inches deep, so I squarely plant my feet, check it from all angles, line it up like a million dollar putt, put my gloves on and started muttering something about a tree coin. I grab a hold of my faculties, compose myself, grab my handy deep woods shovel and plunge it deep into the earth. It was at this time I began to hear someone screaming profanities that would make a british sailor blush. That screaming was me, running from the several hundred REALLY pissed off yellow jackets and those little m***** ******s chased me for a quarter mile, and stung me about 5 or 6 times ruining my hunt. But I’ll get’m tomorrow!!! And I’ll go back to that really really nice signal in November.

The strange thing is that the same thing happened to my diggin’ buddy on Tuesday so be careful out there🤕

 

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[Toecutter]

Pfft Ida kept diggin....

 

[djqix]

Wait till dark. Get a can of carb cleaner, fill that hole with it, and light it up. Cook those little *******s.

 

[cudamark]

I wouldn't be able to wait that long to see what the target is!......Even if I had to get a bee keeper suit!

 

[smokeythecat]

A pint of gasoline after dark will do it and it evaporates quickly. You do NOT have to light it on fire. The fumes get them.

And from now on carry Benadryl. After I got stung 5 times by those creeps, the next year I got stung once and wound up in the ER. Getting stung is how you become allergic.

 

[A2coins]

That happened to me 2 years ago I looked like forest gump in a hurricane running with all my gear they stayed with me for a long way the stinger leaves a scent that bees know to attack I was running 50 bees chasing me poop flying every where. Mine dude that sucked at least your not allergic. I hope

 

[Joe-Dirt]

A pint of gasoline after dark will do it and it evaporates quickly. You do NOT have to light it on fire. The fumes get them.

And from now on carry Benadryl. After I got stung 5 times by those creeps, the next year I got stung once and wound up in the ER. Getting stung is how you become allergic.

Carrying Benadryl is a great idea,I’ll put some in my bag from now on. Thanks Smokey

 

[grasshopper]

This happened to me 2 weeks ago. Got a nice signal and dug straight down into a wasps nest. Stung 6 times. It was even more difficult in that my detector and shovel were on the ground and I had to wait for them to calm down before retrieving my stuff.

 

[worldtalker]

White Faced Hornets feel like a red hot ice pick....and my arm swelled red hot like a sausage ready to split.

Nice readable date on that Buffalo. That irretrievable target may just be well worth the pain.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!! Stupid Bees!!!

 

[Doug H]

Bee stings can be painful, and for people who are allergic to the bee's venom, they can be deadly. But a new study from Yale School of Medicine finds that the key toxic component in bee venom — the major allergen — can actually induce immunity and protect against future allergic reactions to the toxin.Oct 24, 2013

That's Yale University talking, not me

 

[Doug H]

https://news.yale.edu/2013/10/24/bee-sting-venom-can-help-develop-immunity-bee-stings

Oh...and heres the link for those interested

 

[dougolf2]

Nice Buffalo Nickel, and your story is a great lesson for me. I've not run into any bees, hornets, or biting ants...yet.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Doin' the yellow jacket slap dance. I hate it when you step on the nest, and they already cover your leg before the first sting. Glad you survived.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Doin' the yellow jacket slap dance. I hate it when you step on the nest, and they already cover your leg before the first sting. Glad you survived.

Wasn’t much of a dance, more like “ steppin’ and fetchin’ then a series of hundred yard dashes. I must have stuffed my shovel right in their living room.

 

[washingtonian]

I think animals are the only thing that can slow you down. You just gotta go back in a bee keepers outfit. Where is your commitment man? [emoji23]

 

[ToddsPoint]

After high school a friend and I rented a house. I was cleaning up the yard and picked up a small roll of old carpet. Out came the yellow jackets and nailed me. I told my roommate I'd get even on the coldest day of the year. Jan. came, snow a foot deep, 20°F with lots of wind. I bundled up and went out and grabbed the carpet and unrolled it. A slew of yellow jackets rolled out and I watched them as the wind swept them away across the top of the snow. Revenge was mine! Gary

 

[Joe-Dirt]

After high school a friend and I rented a house. I was cleaning up the yard and picked up a small roll of old carpet. Out came the yellow jackets and nailed me. I told my roommate I'd get even on the coldest day of the year. Jan. came, snow a foot deep, 20°F with lots of wind. I bundled up and went out and grabbed the carpet and unrolled it. A slew of yellow jackets rolled out and I watched them as the wind swept them away across the top of the snow. Revenge was mine! Gary

I think I’m going back with a snuff can full of FFFG black powder and a really long fuse and of course I’ll be in my sneakers instead of my 10 pound boots. (;

 

[Hawks88]

I can’t decide which story is funnier. Joe running a quarter mile dash or Tommy running like Forest Gump. That happened to my brother last year at crystal beach near Fort Erie. He was on his knees digging a target when I heard him screen like a girl, as I looked over I saw him jump over a small stream trying not to get wet. Well he cleared the steam but did a face plant in the sand. Was so funny at the time but he now walks with a cane because he did something to his hip. Not a good thing to do when your 70 yrs. old. Nice finds Joe. That signal would bug me until I could get back and find out what it really was that the bees liked so much. You know they like the colour yellow. Let’s hope it’s gold. Good luck and be careful when you return.

 

[smallfoot]

Guys and girls I have found that being stung can reduce future problems. When I was a kid I had severe reactions to stings. Still got stings. As I got older I got over the reactions and now they just leave a bump. I used to swell so bad people would think the skin would split before the swelling stopped. Never had so many multiple stings as in later years. I worked for the phone co. Always up in the air on poles and you would run into all kinds of stinging creatures going into terminals. Nothing like being aloft on hooks, face to face when they rush you by the hundreds. They liked to get behind the box where they couldn't be seen until aroused. Last time I remember, 31 stings. I got down, went to the office to sit down and got some benadryl in me. No reaction so I went back out. Now it's not so worrisome to me. The ground nests are always a problem around here. Insects do not pose as much of a threat as opening one of those boxes, 15 or 20 feet above the ground and when you open the box you're staring at a poised pygmy rattler staring you eye to eye..