Dom, I have seen a lot of hog hunters over there that wear shorts. Are the woods that open? I would love to hunt in that kind of terrain. Our brush all has thorns or stickers on them. Ya'll really have a lot of deadly snakes over there. Do the dogs recover or usually die & I know it depends on the snake. Over here we get our dogs bit a lot by Cottonmouths & Copperheads(both pit vipers) but they usually survive. Not many will survive a rattlesnake bite tho.
Sorry for the late reply Cajun,
Look some of where people might hunt maybe open scrub but there are areas out west and far north Queensland and the Gulf were people and myself have hunted with just shorts on, No shoes and no shirt and that's mainly because of the extremely hot and humid temperature that's out there in the warmer months.
We do have Blackberries which is probably 10 times worse than a rose bush only a patch could be as large as a massive car park, which is generally found to the south. We have stinging nettle which can affect dogs and people in a bad way. To the north we have Stinging needle which sends you crazy in pain and there's wait a while that grabs hold of you and don't let go because of the hooks it has sunk into your flesh. That's just to mention a few undesirables. Most of our snake bites to dogs would be from red belly black snake and our brown snake which is the most aggressive of the two. The brown is likely to chase you. Most of the bites will need anti-venom for dog survival.
Cheers
Dom
