OH LORD, I've been hit!!

shotgunner11

shotgunner11

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Pure evil I tells ya, pure evil.

Inspecting a sprinkler head this morning, wasn't working, and I leaned down and planted my hand right on a fire ant mound that was hidden by the grass.

My problem is that I get these phantom pains alot and I guess they feel like fire ant stings because it took me a while to react.

My whole arm is red and on FIRE!

One got me right in the armpit. The ones between my fingers kinda suck too.
 
Wow..that sucks Bro. I sat on an ant hill in Temple one time years ago..I was about to play paint ball...you have never seen a man run through the woods stripping naked so fast...man that hurt...I took a couple in the crack, if you know what I mean...it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about that awful moment.
Nice avatar!
 
Holy crap, I better stay in the house today. Between you and RescueRiley someone else is bound to make the third disaster..

Hope you heal up quickly.

I low crawled through a fire ant hill in training once down in Texas. Everyone else thought it was funny when I jumped up and started stripping down, I didn't think it was all that funny. Then I got yelled out for breaking formation and not sucking it up... Good times.
 
I was walking through a pasture once wearing open toed, strap on sandals. I didn't see the big mound until my foot was in it, spilling the dirt and ants into my sandal.

Fire ants don't lose any time biting, I couldn't get that sandal off fast enough!

Hate those buggers!

Thankfully, not so many of them where we live now.

Andy
 
Cracks me up how small they are and how bad they hurt.

It's like, "hey there little guy, your so cute, watcha doing crawling on my........


OH MY GOD!!
 
Dude that sucks!

Hope you feel better soon.

I thought you were receiving sniper fire from the title of this thread.
 
Maybe this Spike Milligan poem will ease the pain....

Said a tiny ant to an elephant " mind how you tread in this clearing !" but alas cruel fate he was crushed by the weight of an elephant hard of hearing !!!!
 
shotgunner11 said:
Cracks me up how small they are and how bad they hurt.

It's like, "hey there little guy, your so cute, watcha doing crawling on my........


OH MY GOD!!
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That's just funny right there.

Almost up there with "It's only a little rabbit!" :D
 
cmdr249 said:
That's just funny right there.

Almost up there with "It's only a little rabbit!" :D
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haha that reminds me of the Stungun story...
I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked
to one side as to say, "don't do it stupid," reasoning that a one-
second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that
bad. I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for heck of it.
I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button and...

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!

I'm pretty sure Hulk Hogan ran in through the side door, picked
me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over
and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the
fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples
on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under
my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs!
The cat was standing over me making meowing sounds I had never
heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, "Do it
again, stupid, do it again!"
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thankfully I've never been bit by a fireant, and i sure don't plan on it.
 
I stepped in a couple of nests last week at work. I was concentrating on troweling a deck topping on the far side of a rock wall and didn't notice the buggers until it was too late. Somehow, they had gone up my pants legs and inside my shirt before the sargent sounded the bugle and they all stung at once. I did a quickie version of the "fireant dance", ran to a nearby utility room and stripped, then picked the stragglers from my shoes and socks while a worker brought me my spare clothes from my service truck. The nests drank poison before the day was out. I hate 'em!

Codger
 
Ya know...when I have been bitten by these mini spawn of Satan, I prefer to welcome them to the neighborhood and we share a drink and a smoke. Of course, while I am drinking bourbon and smoking a cigar, they are drinking diesel and, once I light it, they are smoking...
 
Yet another reason why I love Alaska! I only have to worry about bears... One of which I ran into a day ago - bear cub fishing in a stream. Got the heart pumping : |

-David
 
dougo83 said:
Ya know...when I have been bitten by these mini spawn of Satan, I prefer to welcome them to the neighborhood and we share a drink and a smoke. Of course, while I am drinking bourbon and smoking a cigar, they are drinking diesel and, once I light it, they are smoking...
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The battle never ends! Forgot to mention the Texas fireants shotgunner11:D Last hike we did, I somehow disturbed a mount and didn't realize until a few dozen were on my lower leg/foot...the little demons synchronized their attack perfectly! I had several bits last almost a week...little bastards:mad: Actually, they aren't too bad as long as you both keep your distance, but once disturbed, look out:eek:

ROCK6
 
They grow huge mounds in Louisianna, and I've even heard of them killing cows.
 
Oh yeah, meant to warn you about those too. The good news is that after a few run ins with them you'll tend to become very good at watching for them. I've not had more that a stray bite or two in years. Kids are the ones you have to watch out for. They seem to have a real knack for standing in a mound until the ants are covering them to their waist -- then yelling for dad.

Baits like Amdro are good against them and you can also soak the mound with orange oil diluted in a sprinkler can.

Honest, after a few days you'll start to see the bites as part of life's richness :-).
 
I laid on a mound at FT Benning doin training once. It was bad. Real bad!

Nothin like strippin and dumpin canteens all over yourself while yellin.... Priceless.
 
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