Help!!! Snake!!!!

[JINMA224XR]

<font color="blue"> I went ahead and refilled the pond and will keep a watch on it. I think I may try the minnow trap idea and see if the sneaky SOB comes back. I would prefer to have a corpse. </font>

Hey Sailor Bob,

Have your implements of distruction close at hand, so that when you see him next time, you can take action.

One thing that you don't want to do is play with him. Use the BlitzKrieg strategy. Make it Swift, quick and cut the Head off.

Then throw him out on the road to be smashed into smitherines & back into dust.

Get your TRactors Running &
Have a nice day,
Joe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Iplayfarmer]

<font color="blue"> I would prefer to have a corpse.
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I agree with the "finality" associated with seeing the remains, but I have to join the list of posts admonishing caution. I'm from rattlesnake country, and around here there are lots of stories about kids who kill a snake and then get bit by the head days later. The snake's not alive days later, but there's still some energy left in the nervous system that can cause odd things to happen.

I liked Joe's suggestion to throw the body out in the road and let it get smashed up beyond recognition. Of course, now you get into the realm of causing panic in the streets.

 

[ford15005]

sounds like you received a number of good suggestions. a little late but, next time use the yellow pages; under "rent a mongoose" /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[riptides]

Just yesterday I took a black snake bite on my finger.

Thought I had it trapped, head to ground, holding it tight with a broom handle.

NOT

Darn thing moved quickly and struck WAY FAST.

Needless to say, instead of holding on, instinct took over and he went one way, and I went the other.

The place he dwells, is called the "Snake house". No one goes in there but me. Hint, hint.....

Unfortunate, that I must relocate him while I "reconstruct" his house.

Soooooo..... just when you THINK you know what your doing.... get an expert.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[beenthere]

As a young lad, we would catch rattlesnakes and skin them. One we caught was particularly big, so we decided to drown this one, and then skin it with the head on for a better mount.
We had it pretty tired from striking at a stick, so thought it was near its end of 'energy'. Tied a large rock onto it's head end and put him in a large garbage can filled with water.
About an hour later, I chased a foul ball that rolled up to the can and while on one knee, removed the lid to see how this 'dead' snake was doing. I looked at it, eyeball to eyeball at about 10" distance. Nearly died seeing that snakes mouth open wide and expected the worst. Fortunately for me, the rock was still tied to the head, but the snake had lifted the rock to the top for air. Never want to be looking eyeball to eyeball at a snake that way again. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Hope this one is dispatched or at least chased away.

 

[Redfox]

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I went ahead and refilled the pond and will keep a watch on it. I think I may try the minnow trap idea and see if the sneaky SOB comes back. I would prefer to have a corpse.

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I'd leave the pond dry for a week or so. No food, no water, no water snake. Then, after filling it, I'd try some of that snake repellent around the pond. Additionally, Snakes and Dogs don't get along too well, so a reasonably sized pet dog for the grand kids would help keep snakes out of the yard.

I found this Link that has some species information on snakes in your area.

 

[SailorBob]

<font color="blue"> </font> I found this Link that has some species information on snakes in your area.

<font color="black"> </font> I Harris County, Texas the Houston area? If so we have similar geography and conditions. That was an interesting website. I can see how easy it would be to identify a snake without a really good look at it. I still believe it to be a cotton mouth because of it's bright white inside of his mouth and the markings on the outside.

 

[Phred]

I know that a lot of people prefer to kill them on sight.
But all I will add is that if you kill off the snakes you will be eat up with mice.
And if you ever have a mouse/rat make a nest under the hood or your car/truck you will wish for that snake.
One rat/mouse can destroy an engine wiring harness in days.

But if you feel the need to kill it a stick to the back of the head is all that it usually requies.


Bob: for you just make it a long stick.
Fred

 

[goodoleboy]

A shovel has been handy last few times ive encountered snakes.
A buddy likes to run to the house grab his gun and shoot at them with his neighbors only a half acre away on his rocky terrain.Bullets ricochet and continue to travel until something stops it. Either Air resistance or someone elses property. If you were to use a gun a shotgun type pellet would be my choice.
Of course there are many here on TBN with much more experience than me.

 

[froggy]

Here is a link for DFW:

snakes