Snake season again

[EddieWalker]

Last night, just after it got dark out, Steph and her Mom were driving up our gravel driveway when they saw a snake.

As they aproached in in her Moms car, it coiled up at them. Her Mom freaked and hit the gas pedal, runnig it over. Than she put the car in revers and did it again and again.

Her Mom is a very nice lady who always dresses perfectly, teaches piano to kids and is the music director at church. But when she saw the snake, she totally changed!!!

I went back to see what it was and finish it off with a shovel.

This is the first one of the year for us, so it's now open season.

Eddie

 

[waynokakid]

They are crawling here in Southern Missouri too. I was mowing my lawn yesterday and saw one slithering through the grass trying to get away. Now most of the time I run over them with the mower. Have done several copperheads this way. But when it got to where I could get a good look at him, saw it was a Black Snake. Generally I leave those alone, unless they are threating.

 

[JimR]

Eddie, I'm surprised you haven't killed all the snakes around you by now. I thought you were afraid of those crawly little creatures?

 

[SPIKER]

eddie that is a nice looking snake - the tire tracks of corse /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif too bad it got the shovell treatment. is that a copper head? ohio don't have to many snakes anymore too many old ladies in cars I guess /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif we do however have an overabundance of moles, mice, and every other type of desise carrying rodent. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

mark M

 

[wushaw]

Saw a little rough green snake this morning...cute little bugger.

 

[Tdog]

Yep, it is [was] a copperhead.

 

[Bird]

Interesting timing, Eddie. I haven't seen a snake around here in town, but this evening our little Chihuahua came to the back door with something in her mouth and it was a tiny snake. It had been dead long enough it was dried and shriveled, not much bigger in diameter than a matchstick and no longer than a pencil. I guess summer's here.

 

[txdon]

Eddie, you right they are out! I was just thinking of you and snakes yesterday when I killed a copperhead behind my barn. I sure hate killing snakes but the copperhead is a snake with an attitude and a limb amputating bite. (because of the poison) Mine was about 2' how long was that big one of yours?

 

[EddieWalker]

Hi Don,

Congrats on killing your snake too!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

His back half was a little ground up from Steph's Mom's driving. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif But at the time, I thought it was 2 1/2 feet.

From what little I know about them, that's about as big as they get. I killed one last year with the dozer that was about half the size of this one, and one the year before that on a house I was rebuilding that was half the size of that one.

If I stay true to form, next year I'll have to deal with a five footer!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Eddie

 

[moss2940]

They are out here also. Got this one Saturday morning.It was watching the kid's play basketball when I spotted him in our yard.
Just got another one when I was weed eating this morning. It was not near as big as this one. The rest of the time I was weed eating I think I jumped everytime I saw a stick.