An Hour Out With My Son Hunting Charlie

[hutchey 147]

Tonight I'd promised my son he could lamp for me so we donned our cammo clothing and went out with the Howa 243.

Headed straight down to my 2nd high seat - against a tree and it's covered in false widows! Great!

So there we stood, me squeaking and son lamping on and off.

Saw Charlie but he was being cautious!

Had a conversation going with Charlie and he kept moving. We weren't the wrong side of the wind but someone on another field was banging off shots.

Spotted Charlie again so gave another squeak to which my boy says"dad, what do you sound like a duck?"

Well at that moment he had a point but still Charlie went further round on us, being cagey!

We moved position and squeaked again, a proper one came out this time!

Charlie had moved so we headed to my 1st seat near the stable (no horses in it) but it too had a load of false widows on it. I'm arachnophobic so that was a no no!

Some more squeaks but Charlie wasn't budging so we gave it a few minutes.

Starting yo rain now and my son had been late to bed the last few nights so in we came.

Saw a rabbit but really wasn't going to hit it with a 243 85 grain object from 50 yards!

Another night and we'll get Charlie.

It was nice to be out with my son, who find a great job lamping for me!

Back in the warmth and he's had great delight in telling "mum" that I had a conversation with a fox in duck speak!

Ho hum!

[sussex 5,777]

You got that .243 shooting straight H ?

[hutchey 147]

Yup, sure have sir

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Flase widow spiders you would have been fine they are harmless

[Alsone 789]

Flase widow spiders you would have been fine they are harmless

 

Not quite:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130975/Woman-loses-hand-bitten-false-widow-spider.html

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/more-sightings-of-the-false-widow-spider-as-britains-most-venomous-arachnid-with-orange-legs-and-white-skull-markings-spotted-in-essex-8837092.html

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2434855/Spider-bite-nearly-cost-leg-Basingstoke-carer-feared-amputation-leg-turned-black.html

 

They don't seem to be fatal unless your allergic but they do seem to be reported as producing some bad reactions locally in some people. Probably best avoided and if you find a nest destroy it.

Edited September 29, 2013 by Alsone

[maktayla 50]

Ouch!!!! Yet again if we worry about these spiders, ticks, wasps and also bee stings we'd never go out the door Ticks i seem to worry about more maybe its me.

Never mind winters coming. It has its good points I suppose

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

That's just the media scaring folks again? like it's been said if you listen to these folks you wouldn't go out?

Now don't get me talking about nat/mosquito bites drive me fecking mad with the itching I literately rip my skin off ??

[alan81 110]

I fcukin hate them nats.

[Alsone 789]

That's just the media scaring folks again like it's been said if you listen to these folks you wouldn't go out

Now don't get me talking about nat/mosquito bites drive me fecking mad with the itching I literately rip my skin off

 

False widows - nothing a blow torch wouldn't solve, no need to be scared, just cautious.

[hutchey 147]

blow torch, i'd end up burning my new home made high seats, the woodland and probably the house if i went to get those ones on the guttering too.

[sussex 5,777]

Them horse flies are my pet hate ....them bas tards really get stuck in.... .

[Craig83 52]

 

 

Flase widow spiders you would have been fine they are harmless

Not quite:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130975/Woman-loses-hand-bitten-false-widow-spider.html

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/more-sightings-of-the-false-widow-spider-as-britains-most-venomous-arachnid-with-orange-legs-and-white-skull-markings-spotted-in-essex-8837092.html

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2434855/Spider-bite-nearly-cost-leg-Basingstoke-carer-feared-amputation-leg-turned-black.html

 

They don't seem to be fatal unless your allergic but they do seem to be reported as producing some bad reactions locally in some people. Probably best avoided and if you find a nest destroy it.

I'm working in a country with more camel spiders than people.

 

Iv had to deal with 6 today.

 

That said also stupid amounts of scorpions!

 

Think yourselves lucky lol

[hutchey 147]

Yuk

[hutchey 147]

 

Flase widow spiders you would have been fine they are harmless

 

Not quite:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130975/Woman-loses-hand-bitten-false-widow-spider.html

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/more-sightings-of-the-false-widow-spider-as-britains-most-venomous-arachnid-with-orange-legs-and-white-skull-markings-spotted-in-essex-8837092.html

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2434855/Spider-bite-nearly-cost-leg-Basingstoke-carer-feared-amputation-leg-turned-black.html

 

They don't seem to be fatal unless your allergic but they do seem to be reported as producing some bad reactions locally in some people. Probably best avoided and if you find a nest destroy it.

 

For sure they are potentially extremely dangerous. Wait until they mate with something bigger that we have and if they become an aggressive species.

http://uknw.co.uk/the-false-widow-spider-which-is-running-amok-in-britain-nearly-cost-a-decorator-his-leg/

[Alsone 789]

Ouch!

 

Imagine what would have happened if the OP had sat on the nest!