MacJig Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 So I was out fishing on a beautiful Early Autumn day. It was a bit windy, somewhat cool but a great day to be out. As I was making my way around the pond, having caught one already I decided to try a new spot at the same pond. It looked favorable. So I put a few casts in, felt like I got some attention and decided to stay. As I was putting down my gear I felt a bite. I thought maybe a black fly. Continued to fish and then another bite and another sting and yet another. Oh no! I must have put my gear on a hornets or a wasps or a bees or something's nest. They were all over me. I felt like a human pin cushion. I left my gear and ran for my life. At least as fast as an old man can move. I say ran but it was more like a brisk walk. When all was said and done I must have had 20 to 30 stings over my body. In reflection it was a nice day but it wasn't worth it! Have you ever had an experience like that? In retrospect, it sounds a little funny but some of the dangers of fishing can be quite serious. Caution is always a good rule to live by! 3 6 Quote
KSanford33 Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 In all seriousness you’re lucky you’re not allergic to bee stings, otherwise this story might have a very different ending. 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 27, 2022 Global Moderator Posted September 27, 2022 I nearly killed over when I got into a hornets nest when I was 8. Scary. And epipen costs way too much glad you got away from those things 1 Quote
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 this story almost broke me out in hives. the fastest i have ever run in my life was from some wasp. i was a blur. and i'm slow!! 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 I had ground hornets work me over good twice . Once while mowing grass and the other when I uncovered their lair by moving a landscape timber . 2 Quote
Super User TOXIC Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 Personally, I’ve never had them come after me but had them swarm around my head. My 87 year old mother in law got 30+ stings and ended up in the hospital this summer. Between me and my neighbors house we had a huge paper wasp nest on a utility pole and they never bothered me but they stung my neighbor every time he mowed so he had the utility company come out and remove the hive. Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 The pain sucks, but it fades within the hour. It's the itching that makes me insane 2 Quote
Super User gim Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 3:38 PM, scaleface said: I had ground hornets work me over good twice . Once while mowing grass Expand This happened to me at my last house several years ago too. I was mowing the lawn in September and I had what felt like a pebble hit me in the ankle near the corner of the yard. I didn't really think anything of it at time and thought maybe the mower had spit something out at me. I kept on mowing. It started to really itch later too. A week later, I'm mowing the same area and the exact same incident occurs. Well this time I saw what actually happened. It was a yellow jacket that had come out of a ground nest and stung me in the same area of my leg. I shut off the mower and realized that one had stung my dog in the face too, right above one of her eyes. The area above her eye had swollen. She had sprinted to the back yard after she got stung and normally she is relatively close to me when I'm working in the yard. I took care of that hornets nest when it got dark. I poured some gasoline down that hole, lit a small stick on fire, shoved it down there, and burned those scoundrels out. Then I shoved a small rock over the hole so they suffocated. That took care of them. I never saw them again living at that property lol. 2 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 Drifted by this nest on the river Sunday. Didn't notice it until I was on it. Gratefully they were not aggressive. First Paper hornet nest I've ever seen outside of a museum. Notice the entrance hole at the bottom. This was a very busy nest. These hornets had white heads. Took this picture and reached for the trolling motor throttle! Didn't drift this stretch again. The worst ones in my area are the orange paper wasps. Big, mean, and ugly! And the sting lives with you for days! On 9/27/2022 at 3:30 PM, Darth-Baiter said: this story almost broke me out in hives. the fastest i have ever run in my life was from some wasp. i was a blur. and i'm slow!! Expand That reminds me of a joke.....Turtle calls the cops......says he got beat up by a bunch of snails! Cop asked him exactly what happened and the turtle replies, "Gee I don't remember. It Happened so fast!" I run pretty slow too. Except when there's wasps involved! 1 Quote
Super User GreenPig Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 Had a hornet tag me on the right shoulder while fishing in the black of night. It must of been as big as a Fruit Bat because my whole arm went numb for half an hour. Pretty sure it hit a nerve and the bone with it's stinger.? 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 27, 2022 Global Moderator Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 6:10 PM, Blue Raider Bob said: Drifted by this nest on the river Sunday. Didn't notice it until I was on it. Gratefully they were not aggressive. First Paper hornet nest I've ever seen outside of a museum. Notice the entrance hole at the bottom. This was a very busy nest. These hornets had white heads. Took this picture and reached for the trolling motor throttle! Didn't drift this stretch again. The worst ones in my area are the orange paper wasps. Big, mean, and ugly! And the sting lives with you for days! That reminds me of a joke.....Turtle calls the cops......says he got beat up by a bunch of snails! Cop asked him exactly what happened and the turtle replies, "Gee I don't remember. It Happened so fast!" I run pretty slow too. Except when there's wasps involved! Expand First you’ve ever seen??? Lucky……. Hahaha. Gosh I see them all the time, occasionally even hanging from peoples soffit Quote
thediscochef Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 I had a big dumb idiot water moccasin chase a swimbait out of a pond and onto my foot, striking my boot. We both ran. Lesson learned, stand back a few feet. Thank you boot, very cool! 1 Quote
MacJig Posted September 27, 2022 Author Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 3:30 PM, Darth-Baiter said: this story almost broke me out in hives. the fastest i have ever run in my life was from some wasp. i was a blur. and i'm slow!! Expand And they are deceptively fast. They can move with you stride for stride. On 9/27/2022 at 7:46 PM, thediscochef said: I had a big dumb idiot water moccasin chase a swimbait out of a pond and onto my foot, striking my boot. We both ran. Lesson learned, stand back a few feet. Thank you boot, very cool! Expand Ouch. Not a pleasant sight to see. Quote
fin Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 5:20 PM, gimruis said: I took care of that hornets nest when it got dark. I poured some gasoline down that hole, lit a small stick on fire, shoved it down there, and burned those scoundrels out. Then I shoved a small rock over the hole so they suffocated. That took care of them. I never saw them again living at that property lol. Expand Yellow jackets usually have more than one entrance to the hive within a few feet. Watch your six when dealing with them. You did the right thing blocking the hole - they can come back next year and nest in the same place, but you want to find the other entrance before you deal with them so you can seal it too. I've gotten stung by them cutting grass a few different times, and I've gotten stung by them fishing at least two different times when standing on their hive without knowing it. I've seen lots of wasps nests along the bank, but I've been more fortunate with them. Yellow Jackets feel like someone put a lit cigarette against my skin when I get stung. 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 27, 2022 Global Moderator Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 8:08 PM, fin said: Yellow jackets usually have more than one entrance to the hive within a few feet. Watch your six when dealing with them. You did the right thing blocking the hole - they can come back next year and nest in the same place, but you want to find the other entrance before you deal with them so you can seal it too. I've gotten stung by them cutting grass a few different times, and I've gotten stung by them fishing at least two different times when standing on their hive without knowing it. I've seen lots of wasps nests along the bank, but I've been more fortunate with them. Yellow Jackets feel like someone put a lit cigarette against my skin when I get stung. Expand And they come by the hundreds not the dozens Quote
Super User gim Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 8:08 PM, fin said: they can come back next year and nest in the same place, but you want to find the other entrance before you deal with them so you can seal it too Expand I'll keep that in mind if I encounter them again. I moved in May so hopefully that problem doesn't follow me lol 2 Quote
fin Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 8:10 PM, TnRiver46 said: And they come by the hundreds not the dozens Expand You mean when you mess with the hive itself? I don't even want to think about that. Every time they've come after me, it's just been like 1-3 of them. Quote
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted September 27, 2022 Super User Posted September 27, 2022 great, just great. now i know what the theme of tonight's nightmare will be about. 1 Quote
fin Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 9:11 PM, Darth-Baiter said: great, just great. now i know what the theme of tonight's nightmare will be about. Expand It's better than snakes, at least. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted September 27, 2022 Global Moderator Posted September 27, 2022 I stepped on a ground hornet nest when I was night fishing once and got lit up. Had no idea where I was running but I was getting there fast. 1 2 Quote
Jmilburn76 Posted September 27, 2022 Posted September 27, 2022 Several years ago my neighbor had a small wasp nest at the edge of his house on the soffit, after getting stung a few times he asked me for help. We devised a plan for him to get in the very back of his 4-runner with the hatch window rolled down. I was going to back it up to his house and he was going to spray them with a can in each hand. We agreed that when he said go I hammered on the gas to get us away. I backed up, he sprayed and screamed go,go,go I purposely waited a bit Lol. We were always messing with each other and talking smack, he cussed me for weeks after that one. 1 1 Quote
Super User new2BC4bass Posted September 28, 2022 Super User Posted September 28, 2022 One of my cousins is very allergic to bee stings. If it had been him, I doubt he would have made it back to the car after being stung that many times. Glad you didn't suffer any more than you did. 1 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted September 28, 2022 Super User Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 7:44 PM, TnRiver46 said: First you’ve ever seen??? Lucky……. Hahaha. Gosh I see them all the time, occasionally even hanging from peoples soffit Expand Those things are nearly on every house here. I’ve actually got a call tomorrow for them… I’ve been stung by Wasps, yellow jackets , hornets, deer flies , stinging black flies, yellow flies, fire ants, bit by a snake, bit by dogs, bit by turtles , bit by a spider, ticks, and ALMOST got stung by a scorpion… so yes , I’ve had some experience with that…? 3 Quote
MacJig Posted September 28, 2022 Author Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/28/2022 at 12:18 AM, new2BC4bass said: One of my cousins is very allergic to bee stings. If it had been him, I doubt he would have made it back to the car after being stung that many times. Glad you didn't suffer any more than you did. Expand Yeah thanks. There is little you can do once they hone in on you ! Quote
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted September 28, 2022 Super User Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/28/2022 at 12:18 AM, new2BC4bass said: One of my cousins is very allergic to bee stings. If it had been him, I doubt he would have made it back to the car after being stung that many times. Glad you didn't suffer any more than you did. Expand I imagine that "first time" is a doozy. you won't even KNOW you're allergic. just going thru life happy and ignorant to the fact that a sting can end you. so scary. I have yet to be stung by a wasp or bee. like I said, I am FAST!! hahah. I would have swam across that lake underwater like Aquaman!! Quote
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