Snakes

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CountryBoyBob454 said:
speaking of snakes... When I was a kid I used to see green snakes. I haven't seen one of those in a very long time. Anyone seeing green snakes these days?
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Last time I saw one was about 12 years ago. I noticed a drop off in brown snakes in my yard years ago when I was spraying pest control on the lawn. I learned later that stuff eventually poisons snakes as well because they eat the critters that are affected, so I quit spraying. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are fewer common snakes like the green snake due to all the poisons people put in their yards.
 
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davethevol said:
Sad. Those are incredibly beneficial to have around. They keep the disease carrying animals (like mice and rats) at bay.
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I see them all the time in my rural property. I also see a lot of mice nests so I ignore the non-poisonous variety and have yet to see a poisonous snake on my property but have saw more than my share of copperheads around several lakes I frequent quite often and I very much try to kill them. For some reason the copperheads head straight for water right about sundown. Good to carry about a 30" machete nowadays 'round here, (Holston and Unaka Mtns.)
 
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tbones0711 said:
I see them all the time in my rural property. I also see a lot of mice nests so I ignore the non-poisonous variety and have yet to see a poisonous snake on my property but have saw more than my share of copperheads around several lakes I frequent quite often and I very much try to kill them. For some reason the copperheads head straight for water right about sundown. Good to carry about a 30" machete nowadays 'round here, (Holston and Unaka Mtns.)
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You sure it’s not the brown water snake? I attached a picture of one. They look very similar to copperheads.
 

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Plano Vol said:
I was raking the thatch out of my back yard in NC and raked a small black racer onto my foot. I let it slither off. Sure enough, ten minutes later the same thing happened and I had another adrenaline spike. On the third occurrence, I screamed, "Alright you little black m...........g b.....d, I'm going to get my axe and chop off your g.....n head!!!".

At that point, the folks next door having a back yard party became nervous.
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Those black racers can get aggessive when they have their young to protect. They're okay to leave them be by just walking away.
 
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hndog609 said:
While true lethality isn't the only concern. Black Widow or Brown Recluse bites are very seldom fatal but I want no part of being tagged by any of them.

I'm all understanding about not being on a snake jihad, particularly for the non-venomous kinds. I don't want anything to do with venomous snakes being around one's home, especially where they could run into children.
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Correct you are....kill all the venomous kinds you come across. There aren't but 2 types in east tn. and 1 has a rattler on the tail and the other has a triangular shaped head that shines like a new penny. If in doubt lower the boom anyway.
 
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davethevol said:
You sure it’s not the brown water snake? I attached a picture of one. They look very similar to copperheads.
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Nah...I've been around the outdoors all my life and there's no mistaken a copperhead in my area especially after seeing my grandmother and uncle kill them all the time as a youngster. Grandma killed 3 within an hour during a downpour and they all came out of the woodshed where my grand-dad split wood. He was a moon-shiner amongst other things and he passed out in that wood-shed and musta got snake-bit 'cause they found the snake deader than heck lying beside him. Just an old joke but my favorite dogs were all immune cause if that 1st bite didn't kill'em they seemed to develop an immunity against snake bites. And they're good to have close by because a snake is an easy meal and much easier to catch as opposed to a rabbit or squirrell.
 
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Professor Nono said:
That’s a harmless king snake. It’s a constrictor that eats rodents and other snakes - including poisonous snakes like the rattlers and copperheads. Contrary to most of the replies in this thread, you want these snakes around. They really clean up on rodents and other vermin and will kill and eat venomous snakes on your property.
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You’re right about king snakes but the one he killed is a rat snake. There’s a lot of variances/sub species of rat snakes and king snakes.
 
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CountryBoyBob454 said:
speaking of snakes... When I was a kid I used to see green snakes. I haven't seen one of those in a very long time. Anyone seeing green snakes these days?
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I got one on my deck last year. I see one every now and then. I was doing some yard work a couple weeks ago and back up on a slightly smaller version of the exact snake Freak murdered (black at that) and raked up a small red belly snake around my storage building. There’s a river behind my house so I run across a variety of snakes from time to time.

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C-south said:
I got one on my deck last year. I see one every now and then. I was doing some yard work a couple weeks ago and back up on a slightly smaller version of the exact snake Freak murdered (black at that) and raked up a small red belly snake around my storage building. There’s a river behind my house so I run across a variety of snakes from time to time.

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First, second, and fourth picture rat snake. Third picture king snake.
 
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My Dad used to read the paper by the bed and one night we were going to have family prayer and he picked up the paper off the ground so he could kneel down on that spot and there was a small ring-necked snake curled up under it. I know they are harmless but it put the thought in my mind that it could easily be a copperhead or timber rattler. Still haunts my dreams.
 
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Picture #1&2 Corn snake I found on the road going home. Let him go in my backyard.

Picture #3&4 Eastern Hognose Snake.

Picture #5. Blotched water snake.
 

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zooguy said:
Picture #1&2 Corn snake I found on the road going home. Let him go in my backyard.

Picture #3&4 Eastern Hognose Snake.

Picture #5. Blotched water snake.
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Most eastern hognose aren’t that pretty. I have a ton of toads around the house in the summer but I’ve never ran across a hognose.
 
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Our house sits on an acre that was wooded before the house was built 20 years ago - we’re about an hour north of Houston - and we’ve still got a pretty good copperhead population. Couple years ago one of our cats got snakebit and had to have antivenin IV overnight but she made it. About 20 miles further north is my workplace in the woods on 5 acres and we have a good assortment of snakes here. Copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes. Going to look for a picture of a coral snake about 36” long that one of the local felines took care of a few years ago. No doubt rattlers too but I have not seen a rattler yet. A big black nonvenomous snake had made it’s home inside the walls of one of my buildings. Used to see his old skins around the place where he would shed but I think a varmint might have got him last winter.
 
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C-south said:
Most eastern hognose aren’t that pretty. I have a ton of toads around the house in the summer but I’ve never ran across a hognose.
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The hognose is from Texas. That’s where I am originally from. That is an average one in Texas. I’ve seen Texas hognoses that were red and orange, completely maroon, completely albino, and completely black. Around here, they are mainly more yellowish and brownish.
 
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