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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1366747" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Sky, had one that was over 4 feet determined to get in the rake, two different times when I hit the same general area on my rounds with the old H and a side delivery rake. Finally the third time I saw him again, I got off the tractor and stepped right about on his head, picked him up and took him about 50 yards to the woods and turned him loose. He was working his way into the field and into each swath I was turning up into a windrow.....dummy. My son has a fit when I go out of my way to move a snake, but as a kid I worked at a museum type place that had animal exhibits, and I have always had a great deal of respect for snakes and raised garter snakes in ct. as a science project. YES I am very careful to identify what kind they are and will not touch one that I even have the slightest question about. But they eat more mice and small rodents, and yes occasionally eggs out of the chicken coops, and I won't kill them unless I just don't see them or they have a death wish like the one you got did.</p><p>Our black snakes here average 3-4 feet when we see them. Found a skin that was over 5 1/2 feet in the barn when we were cleaning out to put new square bales in. There had been a big mouse/rat problem when we rented it, but it soon wasn't a concern. Thank you mr snake!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1366747, member: 25884"] Sky, had one that was over 4 feet determined to get in the rake, two different times when I hit the same general area on my rounds with the old H and a side delivery rake. Finally the third time I saw him again, I got off the tractor and stepped right about on his head, picked him up and took him about 50 yards to the woods and turned him loose. He was working his way into the field and into each swath I was turning up into a windrow.....dummy. My son has a fit when I go out of my way to move a snake, but as a kid I worked at a museum type place that had animal exhibits, and I have always had a great deal of respect for snakes and raised garter snakes in ct. as a science project. YES I am very careful to identify what kind they are and will not touch one that I even have the slightest question about. But they eat more mice and small rodents, and yes occasionally eggs out of the chicken coops, and I won't kill them unless I just don't see them or they have a death wish like the one you got did. Our black snakes here average 3-4 feet when we see them. Found a skin that was over 5 1/2 feet in the barn when we were cleaning out to put new square bales in. There had been a big mouse/rat problem when we rented it, but it soon wasn't a concern. Thank you mr snake!! [/QUOTE]
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