Watch Where You Walk

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Watch Where You Walk

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Found this sleeping between the bird bath and the statuary in the back yard. About 3 feet long with five to six rattles. My granny always said watch where you walk so I do.

I placed the rattler by the garden hoe for length comparison purposes only.

Dispatched this rattler with my Smith and Wesson Governor pistol using .410 round with no. 9 shot at a distance of about 8 to 10 feet away.
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Wheres it’s head? :mrgreen:
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The Annoyed Man wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:03 pm Wheres it’s head? :mrgreen:
The head is out in the back yard somewhere. I looked for it and could not find it as I like to bury those heads so they cannot do any damage. I assume the raccoons will get it tonight along with the rest of the snake.
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Fixins for a heck of a cool and one of a kind holster.
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That is the best kind of snake!
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I always watch where I walk especially in my backyard, 3 Chihuahuas leave a lot of poop. :lol:

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I don't kill them around my house unless venomous. This guy meandered in the other day and I hope he eats lots of mice and rats.
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I was shuffling my kayaks around the other day and found a couple of earth snakes a couple of weekends ago. Spooked me at first, as I thought they were baby cotton mouths as hey had short fat bodies and were only a few inches long. I realized that there are no bodies of water around where I'm at except for the apartment pools but a little google-foo saved the little critters. They're free to slither around and eat roaches or feed the birds, either way they left my hands free.

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striker55 wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:31 pm I always watch where I walk especially in my backyard, 3 Chihuahuas leave a lot of poop. :lol:
Lol, just imagine 3 Labradors, smallest is about 60lbs
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kayt00 wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:18 pm I was shuffling my kayaks around the other day and found a couple of earth snakes a couple of weekends ago. Spooked me at first, as I thought they were baby cotton mouths as hey had short fat bodies and were only a few inches long. I realized that there are no bodies of water around where I'm at except for the apartment pools but a little google-foo saved the little critters. They're free to slither around and eat roaches or feed the birds, either way they left my hands free.

http://dfwurbanwildlife.com/2012/06/27/ ... yard-work/
Worm snakes. Great to play with.

I don't mind snakes but biguns around the house tend to frighten SWMBO so they must be dealt with severely. Out in the yard I'm pretty tolerant except for moccasins.
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I don’t tolerate any snakes. Job well done!
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crazy2medic wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:02 pm
striker55 wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:31 pm I always watch where I walk especially in my backyard, 3 Chihuahuas leave a lot of poop. :lol:
Lol, just imagine 3 Labradors, smallest is about 60lbs
Or a 100 lb boxer, and a 55 lb boxador. We are fortunate to have a large back yard, but I fear that it just makes it harder to find it all. :shock:
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I tend to just leave em be, if I can verify it's non-venomous I'll probably try to catch it but usually I just leave em be. They're here for a reason and it's not to hunt me down and slay me in my sleep...intentionaly. I treat spiders the same way but I fear disease spread by rodents and some insects more than the creapy crawlies.
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We have no venomous snakes at my place, just Bull snakes. I just pick them up and relocate them so they don’t startle my wife.

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A couple weeks ago my buddy was pulling some wood out of his wood pile and was greeted by a Coral snake. He killed it with a 4' long shovel. There is no way I'd have gotten that close!
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