Snakes

Coldwood

Coldwood

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Up here in the cool blue north, we get the occasional timber rattler, but they are isolated to a few spots. Garter snakes and corn snakes show up all over the place, but they are kind of rare also. And they are harmless.

Down south, I understand, you get a fair amount of rattlers, cotton mouths, water moccasins and coral snakes. How do you deal with them?
 
Give them room!
It's fight or flight for them, and they would rather get as far away from people as possible. Give them a chance to get away (they eat rodents and other nasty critters).
However if one was chasing me, or tried to follow me home (even after switching taxi cabs several time, to try and loose him) then I know he is trying to kill me:eek:
That is when I take my (insert favorite knife) and cut him up into several pieces, like the "Don't Tread on Me" snake! That'll learn-im!
Seriously, just stay out of their way and don't stick your finger up their cloaca and you should be OK:)
Also, don't walk barefoot in areas were you may run into poisonous critters (that would include areas like the ground).
Just watch your step!
Snake chaps might help, but it gets too hot to wear them over pants: and people will look at you kind of funny if you wear them without pants:eek:
I hope this almost helps:)
 
I live in CO and usually use a shotgun or shovel to deal with them. I will not use a knife because they can strike a lot farther than your knife can reach.
 
S. Brown said:
I live in CO and usually use a shotgun or shovel to deal with them. I will not use a knife because they can strike a lot farther than your knife can reach.
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I was joking about the knife.
A shotgun would work, but is definitly overkill. It is also more dangerous to you, because you could hit a rock or something and could "put your eye out"!
If you walk around with a shovel then that is a smart option.
It depends on where you are. If you are out in the woods or swamp, why kill them? If you are in your own back yard and you see them as a danger then go git your shuvil.
 
Hog Feet said:
I was joking about the knife.
A shotgun would work, but is definitly overkill. It is also more dangerous to you, because you could hit a rock or something and could "put your eye out"!
If you walk around with a shovel then that is a smart option.
It depends on where you are. If you are out in the woods or swamp, why kill them? If you are in your own back yard and you see them as a danger then go git your shuvil.
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I gotcha man, thats good you were joking about the knife, I'm pretty gullible. Ya, I usually encounter them on the 5 acres we own. A shotgun usually works because we really don't have much besides dirt, pine trees, and gamble oak. The shovel is the most commonly used method, I just grab the one on the front porch and go.
 
If I have a knife, I cut a switch, similar to a sjambok.

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I then whack the snake from a safer distance, and roast over my campfire later on.
 
i just knock em out and put em on a plane.....OH NOES WE GOT SNAKES ON THIS MF'IN PLANE
 
We get the occasional copperhead or rattler on our place. Copperheads don't seem to like to come up around the house or the barn, but the rattlers do, looking for rats or mice.

I will usually just scoop them up with a shovel and move them off the property, but if I find them in the barn, they get popped in the head with a Ruger Bearcat .22 loaded with CCI CB Caps. Does the job well, quiet, little chance of a dangerous ricochet.

Andy
 
Hog Feet: Cloaca? What the hell's a cloaca? I hope you don't mean what I think you mean!
 
Coldwood said:
Hog Feet: Cloaca? What the hell's a cloaca? I hope you don't mean what I think you mean!
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the cloaca is where all the magic happens;) it's a vent,or flap that covers the intestinal,urinary,and sexual organs in birds,amphibians,and snakes. on some snakes it can be located by looking for the remnants of rear legs ie. small claws protruding from the sides of what seems to be just another belly scale.
 
Looking for a pussy on a snake has never been on my list of 50 things I want to do before I die, especially if they're venomous. This thread is starting to remind of a girl I used to know.
 
snakes are quick i was fossil hunting and picked up a large rock and there was a rattler and i just threw the rock out of the way and backed up kinda slowly..what can u expect....they prefer not to strick from the ones i have encountered...unless they are moulting...then run!! they get very upset around then...




btw...when on a plan and u see a snake try getting it into the restroom and then send some one in there ...the snake will get to full of one person trust me lol jk
 
Nate, that's just nasty, I'll never go into a public restroom again;)

When I was a little kid I found a rattler in a wood pile and went screaming to my uncle. He came out with a shovel and did it in. (seems to be the preferred tool) My aunt cut the rattles off, we dried them and put them on a piece of string, I wore them around my neck for years.
 
Coldwood said:
How do you deal with them?
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In the woods, unless they're right where I'm camped, I leave them alone. Until recently I tended to kill them indiscriminately, and wherever I found them.
The last two I've killed were both rattlers. One maybe 18" long, and perched in the fork of a tree I was chopping an overhanging limb off of. Chopped its head off while I was at it. It was very docile. That was several years ago. The other was a 4 footer that was out in the street. Someone had run over it right at the rattles, and another guy was sitting in his car looking at it when I drove up. I bashed its head in with a 26" ASP baton(took several tries as it was thrashing around trying to get at me), chopped the head off and threw it away, since I didn't want any kids messing with it.
My neighbor across the street killed a copperhead under his deck yesterday.
My next door neighbor's wife told him it was 6' long and as big as he is:rolleyes:
She may have been a little excited, since she has a 1, 2 and 3yr. old that play outside all the time, and the neighbors with the snake have 3 and 5yr. olds.
Naturally if I find any around here, they're goners.
 
I am impressed with the no nonsense knowledge of snakes here! Basically watch where you put your feet and hands- a number of people get bit in the wilds picking up deadwood for fires- especially if it is lying next to a bush. Copperheads and Timbers will lay next to a log and watch the top of it for squirrels, chipmunks and birds. Copperheads also eat frogs, slamanders and small fish(cousins to water mocs)- so watch rocky streams and avoid large rotten logs.
When picking up a flat rock, use a stick and pick up the opposite edge from your feet- like opening a door that faces away from you- the snake will be looking at the opening and the rock will serve as protection for you feet. Not all bites invenomate- they are called "dry" bites. The Sawyer Extractor and a cell phone are your best medicine if bitten, an Ace bandgae wrapped snug but not tight will help slow the spread of venom.
4 out of 5 venomous bites happen AFTER a person has touched the snake, on purpose or by accident(stepping on them).
Good luck,
Bill
 
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