burrhead
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'Tis the season. My first Western Diamondback of the year. Normally get 3-4 a year in the outbuildings; last year I had 8!! A 40 year record.
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tightgroup tiger
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Man I'm glad their not commom around here.
WestKentucky
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Buzzworms are not friendly. How big was it? I saw the first copperhead of the year on Wednesday, so they are awake and probably hungry.
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burrhead
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They are absolutely hungry and certainly active in the day because of the temp. We're getting into 80s now. Same thing happens in the fall. Too hot during the day in the summer so they go to the night shift. Length about 30" but fat.
red rick
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I agree with tiger , I’m glad we don’t have them . I have rabbit beagles and run them most of the year . We have copperheads , but they usually don’t kill a dog . A rattlesnake usually does . I know people that live in the mountains that have beagles and rattlesnakes and they don’t run them once it gets warm . I wouldn’t either .
nettlle
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Glad we don't have them around here. Snakes are stupid in this weather here. It's just warm enough for them to crawl out in the sun but not warm enough for them to crawl away when you are getting ready to step on them if you don't see them.
Patocazador
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My wife came across a coral snake and a Pygmy rattlesnake while gardening last week.
She hates snakes and would kill every one so we worked out a compromise. She pins It down and calls me then I identify it and kill it if it’s a dangerous one.
She hates snakes and would kill every one so we worked out a compromise. She pins It down and calls me then I identify it and kill it if it’s a dangerous one.
Rubone
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Prairie Rattlers for us. They haven't appeared yet but will in the next couple weeks, especially with the unusually warm weather this year. Several of our dogs get rattlesnake shots as an annual preventative.
Shanghai McCoy
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We can have both copperheads and rattlesnakes here in NE Kansass. 
.308 Norma
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Curious - what did you use to kill that thing? What do you usually use?
dh1633pm
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The last time I saw a rattler in New York? Never. Thanks for the picture. I am sure the wife would very happy to have one of these in the back yard.
Rubone
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Entrance to a den...
hutch51
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Work site in middle of Nowhere Nevada had diamondbacks and sidewinders and a few others.
You didn't kill them because they kept the vermin down. Mice & rats carried Bubonic Plague (the fleas) and Hantavirus (droppings) and probably a few other goodies I didn't know about.
Snakebite usually just make you sick. Hantavirus and Plague can kill you.
Helluva Choice. I appreciated the snakes.
You didn't kill them because they kept the vermin down. Mice & rats carried Bubonic Plague (the fleas) and Hantavirus (droppings) and probably a few other goodies I didn't know about.
Snakebite usually just make you sick. Hantavirus and Plague can kill you.
Helluva Choice. I appreciated the snakes.
RetiredUSNChief
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That's a right purdy snek, though.
Freudianfloyd
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For the first 11 years of my life I grew up in southern California in the desert, and my parents would let me go flip rocks and catch whatever I wanted and bring it home, and to this day I can't believe they never once said to watch out for rattlesnakes. I used to catch lizards everyday and bring them home. Not one time did I flip a rock and find a rattlesnake. I always wanted to find one though.
Years later, my wife and I were in Louisiana, and I looked in every still water, creek, river, etc. hoping to see a gator, and not one time did I find one of those either. So I am either the worst hunter of dangerous game, or the luckiest.
Years later, my wife and I were in Louisiana, and I looked in every still water, creek, river, etc. hoping to see a gator, and not one time did I find one of those either. So I am either the worst hunter of dangerous game, or the luckiest.
Pistolay
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The only venomous snake in New Hampshire is the timber rattlesnake, and there aren't very many of them. That works for me.
The Night Rider
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Great Plains Rat Snake
They're not aggressive. They're great for rodent control and they eat Rattlesnakes get a few for your property and you won't have any problems with Rattlesnakes.
Patocazador
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King snakes and indigos are good too.
They are immune to pit viper venom and and can kill rattlers.
They are immune to pit viper venom and and can kill rattlers.
Speedo66
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We were overrun with chipmunks a year or two ago.
One day a 5’ black snake showed up and went right down their holes.
Problem eliminated. Fortunately, no venomous creatures around here. Saw in the papers a Colorado man was just killed by a pet Gila Monster. Latched onto and chewed on his hand for 4 minutes. Something like the only death by one of them in a century.
One day a 5’ black snake showed up and went right down their holes.
Problem eliminated. Fortunately, no venomous creatures around here. Saw in the papers a Colorado man was just killed by a pet Gila Monster. Latched onto and chewed on his hand for 4 minutes. Something like the only death by one of them in a century.
Choctaw
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My son killed a copperhead in our garage last weekend. Watch those creeks.
2ndtimer
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Hmmm, surprised it wasn’t “Florida man”.
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RetiredUSNChief
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I live in Simpsonville, SC.
We see the occasional copperhead here. Wasn't all that long ago we killed a two footer in the street in front of our house.
We see the occasional copperhead here. Wasn't all that long ago we killed a two footer in the street in front of our house.
FL-NC
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I've been in NW Fl for almost 7 years and spent lots of time in the woods. In fact, I'm surrounded by them. I've seen lots of snakes but only 2 rattlers. My friend who works at Fl Ranger camp just south of me spends lots of time in the swamps and he sees cotton mouths all the time and the occassional rattler. What I find interesting about that is that Ranger students are all pretty much running on autopilot with poor situational awareness due to lack of food and sleep (not to mention being known to make bad decisions due to fatigue) but snakebites rarely if ever happen out there.
I had a lot of copperheads in my yard in AR. Neighbors dogs got bit a few times. Moved to MS and had moccasins in my yard a lot. Moved to KY and no poisonous snakes in the yard but had a ball of garder snakes in my yard. I know they are “good” but that was to much. Killed 17 one day and they are still all over.
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They are protected here in Wisconsin.....and for good reason. Fear of snakes makes so scardy cats kill every snake they see, even those that are no threat. While their bite can be painful, odds are you are more threatened by deer ticks. It is worth noting that there have only been two verified deaths in Wisconsin due to a rattlesnake bite since 1900, and on average, only one bite occurs every four years in the whole state.
