TN Bucknasty Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Is there any state where it is legal to take a cottonmouth? I know here in TN they are protected. I ran over one the other day and called the TWRA to see if I could legally preserve the skin and they told me that the possession of any non game species living or dead is illegal. I was just wondering about other states. I know in Texas we could take rattlesnakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Legal all over Oklahoma and I assume Texas too. They are everywhere down here. Come take all you want... I kill several every year. If you go to one of our ponds during the summer they are swimming everywhere. I also have a creek through the middle of my place. They love the creek and the crawfish that live in the ground nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Whether it was legal or not I am not sure, but had a neighbor in Florida who had a rattlesnake skin from one he killed in his yard mounted on a ripped piece of plywood. Nope, not legal here to kill snakes, but heard from a person we know about a pest control company of sorts having to be called in to kill copperheads from his pasture after the floods earlier this year, kinda had me questioning whether the state gives permission to those companies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterwebb Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 in ms you must have small game permit to kill a snake and you must let it lay (that real smart law) YA OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I love catching snakes. Perfected it as a kid. i would catch the snake and then take it to the house and get the book to ID it if I didn't know what it was. Caught a young cottonmouth once and also caught a little pygmie rattler. I hate killing snakes. Most of them are very good. However, any cottonmouths get decapitated around my property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I'm with you on the "let 'em crawl" policy Todd. Very few I kill these days, mostly poisonous ones that are too close to my house/kids. A lady got mad at me last year because I picked up a young copperhead in her yard and through it across the road, lol. I would also say that a cottonmouth is definitely the lowest one on my list. Too many close encounters with them, and they're just plain ugly to boot Used to love playing with hognose snakes but haven't seen one in years. Fire ants have all but eradicated many of our snake species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 You can kill all the cottonback rattle moccasins you want around these parts........and I do take full advantage of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Anyone that picks up a living snake is just plain CRAZY! They had a hognose at the prison the other day, first they thought it was a pygmy rattler. Anyways, it was to close to where I was... I had this weird feeling come over me.... I dam near left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Jason my friend, get ahold of yourself. Snakes are good my friend, snakes are very good..... You need therapy. Go to a zoo and pet a snake. :bat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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