Travlr
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I usually save snakes I find and throw them across a neighbor's fence. Anyone want to give me their address?
I thought that looked like a copperhead but I have never seen one that big and didn't know they could get that big. I bet if that one bit someone. They wouldn't live long. It would have to deliver a lot of venom when it bites. Is it common for copper heads to get that big in Kansas ?One of my neighbors said she looked pregnant. Maybe? I prefer to not get close enough to a copperhead to find out.
@SBMF, we all need to take a look at your quote with each of your posts here: "Never fear them, but always respect them" The snakes, (I'm including the copperheads and timber rattlers here) actually do a lot of benefit for us by controlling the mice and other small critters (grasshoppers as well) much better than we ever could with our pesticides on a long term (forever) basis. They can and do cause damage, but virtually everything does. Its when things get out of balance that true problems arise. Thai is the case with the pythons. I have no love for them and every dead one in Florida I hear of is a good thing in my book.Nope, nada, NO WAY.
I only get close enough to kill them
The ones I see generally aren't that big. Or at least they don't seem to be that big because I usually only see them in the lake. Here's a better view:I thought that looked like a copperhead but I have never seen one that big and didn't know they could get that big. I bet if that one bit someone. They wouldn't live long. It would have to deliver a lot of venom when it bites. Is it common for copper heads to get that big in Kansas ?
Well, it was at a frat party. Alcohol may have been involved. Guy that owned her (her name was Phyllis) said she tried to bite him a few weeks later and he donated her to the Sedgwick County Zoo.I held one like that once in Key West. I do want to emphasize, ONCE!
That's in reference to cattle."Never fear them, but always respect them"
Understood, but it works for snakes and a whole lot of other things as well.That's in reference to cattle.
Are you talking about the girl or snake or bothWell, it was at a frat party. Alcohol may have been involved. Guy that owned her (her name was Phyllis) said she tried to bite him a few weeks later and he donated her to the Sedgwick County Zoo.
I would have chose a 2 or 3 iron ; longer shaft !I killed one with a 9 iron. Couldn't get a real golf shot without being in range of the snake so used it like a hoe. Took a lot of chops to finally hit it right. Wife was laughing pretty hard at me because I did look stupid, but I finally got it.
Non venomous get a free pass ; with grandkids around ; especially 2 under 3 years old I'm killing all rattlers And copperheads .@SBMF, we all need to take a look at your quote with each of your posts here: "Never fear them, but always respect them" The snakes, (I'm including the copperheads and timber rattlers here) actually do a lot of benefit for us by controlling the mice and other small critters (grasshoppers as well) much better than we ever could with our pesticides on a long term (forever) basis. They can and do cause damage, but virtually everything does. Its when things get out of balance that true problems arise. Thai is the case with the pythons. I have no love for them and every dead one in Florida I hear of is a good thing in my book.
With grandkids around, I get that. I rarely kill any snake unless it enters our domain. Then, all bets are off! We used to have a garage cat that was a prolific snake hunter. I don't know what possessed her, but she'd kill venomous & nonvenomous snakes. Which she subsequently brought back to the garage to show off, proceed to eat it, and hark it up a few hours later.Non venomous get a free pass ; with grandkids around ; especially 2 under 3 years old I'm killing all rattlers And copperheads .
I haven't ever seen a copper head that big before. It does look like it might have swallowed some mice or something that it hadn't digested yet. Those darn copper heads are really camouflaged good.The ones I see generally aren't that big. Or at least they don't seem to be that big because I usually only see them in the lake. Here's a better view:
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You see them swimming in the lake ? Have only seen water moccasins swimming in water. We have water moccasins, rattlesnakes some timber rattlesnakes, copper heads, black snakes, grass snakes and I guess that's it.The ones I see generally aren't that big. Or at least they don't seem to be that big because I usually only see them in the lake. Here's a better view:
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Oh yeah! We have a watershed lake that's fully stocked. Fishing from the bank is when we usually see them. And for those brave enough to fish from the overflow, they're all over.You see them swimming in the lake ? Have only seen water moccasins swimming in water. We have water moccasins, rattlesnakes some timber rattlesnakes, copper heads, black snakes, grass snakes and I guess that's it.