snake story

[buck12]

My implement storage area (my wife refers to it as the junk area) behind the shop was getting a little over grown so I thought it was time to move everything and cut the grass. When I moved the rotary cutter I found a snake skin. I was careful moving my box blade, plow, PH digger, boom pole, etc. Thought everything was fine and began cutting around the shop when a 3 snake fell out a tree and it my arm. Needless to say he is now headless. My heart only missed a couple of beats. I think the snake was a nonpoisonous water snake.

I don稚 hate snakes but this one was too close for comfort.

I plan to remedy this situation this weekend by creating a gravel parking pad for implements so I don稚 have two feet of grass surrounding seldom used implements.

 

[Thomas]

Folks in the other state would have heard words put together good chance they never heard before if your event happen to me...also foul smell in the air.

 

[TigerfaninAR]

If a snake fell and landed on my arm my wife would be a rich woman. I believe that would have ended it for me.

This is what was in a tree right above where my two young boys play. Normally would have not worried about it but too close to the young ones.

 

[art]

I'm glad I live where I do! Not that we don't have snakes it's just uncommon and you have to look for them to find one.

 

[CrownHawg]

That's a shame. A snake like that will keep all other snakes away, ie copperheads, moccasins, even rattlers. I have about a 6 footer around my place that I leave be, he is the ONLY snake I ever see also.....

 

[two_bit_score]

It took me a while to see the benefits of some snakes, too.

Now I leave the good ones alone and feel happy to have them.

I know, some say no snake is good but that's just not true.

 

[powergod]

yep black snakes and garder snakes have benefits, try to convey that to the wife who is quick with a shovel or hoe, best to leave them all alone if possible they all have a place in the environment I guess

 

[billsh96]

We found a common hog nose snake in our driveway last year. I suited up with welding gloves a shovel and 5 gallon pail to relocate the beast. My wife walked right past me said "You P#$%Y" picked up the snake and let it go out back. There are only four snakes in the world that bother me, ( big ones, little ones, live ones and dead ones,).
Bill

 

[The Dougster]

This thread reminds me of last summer... I was mowing the lawn with my small lawn tractor, and when making a second pass near a large Oak tree about 20-feet from the front door, found what was left of a fair sized rattler that I had inadvertently mowed over on my first pass.... needless to say I have no idea how long he was originally... lol

 

[GBeck]

We found a common hog nose snake in our driveway last year. I suited up with welding gloves a shovel and 5 gallon pail to relocate the beast. My wife walked right past me said "You P#$%Y" picked up the snake and let it go out back. There are only four snakes in the world that bother me, ( big ones, little ones, live ones and dead ones,).
Bill

HAHAHAHA.....that reminds of when I had the simililar story, except it was my then 6 year daughter who walked by and wanted to play with it