Leo Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 My neighbors are always killing snakes and telling me they are cottonmouths. I've seen a lot of dead garter snakes and plain bellied water snakes. This one really is a cottonmouth. He was in my driveway this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 You made Jason proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Well done...a little close to the house for comfort. This morning a friend and I went on a good mountain bike ride...happened along a technical section and a black snake was up in a tree around head height...the world is now rid of a cottonmouth & a black snake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Rem I am deeply deeply ashamed of you......... I let most all of them go unless they pose a danger by being too close to the house and my family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 one less snake.. a pretty big one and so close to the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted July 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 one less snake.. a pretty big one and so close to the house. Real close to the house! He was hiding under my wife's car 5 ft from the garage door (which was open! yikes!). I screamed at my wife to close the garage door before he slithered in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 The only good kind of snake is a dead snake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 That's no good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 The only good kind of snake is a dead snake! Well said Shaun!!! I kill every snake I come across Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Granted some people are very afraid of snakes but they all have a purpose here. As far as poisinous snakes I will leave them alone unless they pose a drirect threat to my kids around the house, other wise I leave them alone. Black snakes especially, they are more beneficial alive than dead. They not onl eat other snakes but rats and other critters as well and they can't do that dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 The only good kind of snake is a dead snake! +1 And that's from someone who has no fear of them. Used to go catching them as a kid. I just don't like to look at them. Granted, a black snake will eat a barn rat every other week or so. But he is about as effective at keeping a barn free of rodents as a spoon is at keeping Lake Erie free of water. I'll set a rat trap or box of Decon and whack the snake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Black racers eat venomous snakes like copperheads and cottonmouths. They are good to have around. We get em close around the house here from time to time too Leo. Have had a few copperheads in the garage. Had a 3 ft long water moccasin under my mower about 3 weeks ago. Mower was in the shed where the kids had been earlier on that day, oldest had just fed the animals and had been all around the mower in flip flops. Usually I grease all the fittings prior to mowing but was in a hurry and skipped it that afternoon, had I greased the mower gage wheels my hands would have been right there where he was laying. Funny how things go sometimes. Moth balls seem to work for helping keep the snakes away from the house and shed, never put any out this spring here this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Granted some people are very afraid of snakes but they all have a purpose here. As far as poisinous snakes I will leave them alone unless they pose a drirect threat to my kids around the house, other wise I leave them alone. Black snakes especially, they are more beneficial alive than dead. They not onl eat other snakes but rats and other critters as well and they can't do that dead. That's the situation here. All of my direct neighbors have young children and they they play in my front yard almost daily. I am not a blood thirsty snake killer. Here is a black snake I found in the back yard. I don't mind having these around at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 You're a good man Leo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 I'm glad the biggest problem I have around here is chipmunks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmaster Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Holy Crap! thats a big snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom wayman Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 u made sky feel bettere lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Black racers eat venomous snakes like copperheads and cottonmouths. They are good to have around. ........ Have had a few copperheads in the garage. Had a 3 ft long water moccasin under my mower about 3 weeks ago. ........Moth balls seem to work for helping keep the snakes away from the house and shed, never put any out this spring here this year. Sounds like you need to have a pep talk with them black racers, eh William?? I've found that a .44 shotshell is at least as effective as the black racer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 A 9mm shotshell works good to!!!!!! I haven't seen any copperheads in awhile, but on that note, I will soon as I get home!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 RIP little fella.:bummed: Probably never bit no one and now he's famous for it,lol:camera: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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