Slamfire
Veteran Member
Ain't you moved to Lawrenceburg yet, who's gonna be my guide at the tractor pulls this summer?
We lived in rural CA while I worked in a hydro electric plant. One day there was a fresh hatched Pacific Rattler on the sidewalk at the base of the front steps. Cute little bugger, but the kids were all in the single digit age bracket, so I beaned him with a square point shovel. Beheaded him and gave the snake to the bravest kid. The head I launced into the tules along side the creek.
My youngest was just startin to crawl then and I knew I needed some help. About a week later I spotted a mountain king snake on the way home from work. They are colored like a safety rope and you can't miss 'em in the headlights. I picked him up and took him home. He stuck around most of the summer, livin in the dry laid rock at the bottom of the fence around the yard. I know he got a couple of garter snakes outa the creek, and we didn't see another rattler. I wouldn't mind havin' one around here but the wolf pack won't tolerate snakes, coyotes, etc., and they do a pretty good job of mousin', groundhoggin', grousin' and turkey clearin' too. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
We lived in rural CA while I worked in a hydro electric plant. One day there was a fresh hatched Pacific Rattler on the sidewalk at the base of the front steps. Cute little bugger, but the kids were all in the single digit age bracket, so I beaned him with a square point shovel. Beheaded him and gave the snake to the bravest kid. The head I launced into the tules along side the creek.
My youngest was just startin to crawl then and I knew I needed some help. About a week later I spotted a mountain king snake on the way home from work. They are colored like a safety rope and you can't miss 'em in the headlights. I picked him up and took him home. He stuck around most of the summer, livin in the dry laid rock at the bottom of the fence around the yard. I know he got a couple of garter snakes outa the creek, and we didn't see another rattler. I wouldn't mind havin' one around here but the wolf pack won't tolerate snakes, coyotes, etc., and they do a pretty good job of mousin', groundhoggin', grousin' and turkey clearin' too. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif