I HATE SPIDERS

We encountered some huge spiders on our safari. The region we hunted for bushbuck had what I thought was a really cool looking one. I called it the Steelers spider but the real name is Golden Orb Spider. To me it seemed massive as far as spiders go. It sported a sleak shiny black body and legs with bright gold markings. When hunting the river bottoms in the evenings, we drove down some very over grown narrow roads with thick brush just teaming with spiders and their webs. Stretched across the roads were hundreds, maybe thousands of strands of webbing. In the right lighting, it looked like a kids fishing trip gone really bad, as the thick tangled web strands danced in the sun. During daylight hours the web strands were a pain. But, at least you could dodge or move most of them. Near dusk and after dark they took on an entirely new type of creepiness. As you drove along  the spider webs would constantly hit your face and arms. It drove me nuts but that is the price you have to pay to hunt bushbuck and nyala. Huge spiders make some pretty darn strong webs too. Frikkie commmented, "With three strands I think you could bind a guy." Thank god my wife decided to ride up front with Marco in the safari truck instead of in back on this hunt. She would have flipped out with her well known love of spiders...LOL!

GO STEELERS!