A friend and fellow turkey hunter I know killed these two monsters Tuesday the 19th. He said they were fighting inside his barn. He heard a ruckus, went to check it out, and found them going at it pretty good. He lives about 5 miles from me. Another buddy who logs for a living, killed a big one last week too about ten miles from where I live. I have yet to see a venomous snake this year and it is not because I am not out of doors. I am this way about snakes. If I can see one, they don't worry me too much, but when I amble up on one, there is a heart-a-stroke in the making!
Barn Snakes
Logwoods snake
Logwoods snake
Venomous snakes, they inject venom. they don't kill you if you eat them, so they're not poisonous.
ReplyDeleteHad about a 5' copperhead in front of the garage door the other day, I didn't bother it.
ReplyDeleteJust watched it for awhile.
Noticed something.
On a gravel driveway snakes don't do the ziggy zaggy thing, guess the gravel is too harsh.
It some how moved forward, slowly, without zigging.
They all have a purpose and as long as they don't bother me I'll do likewise.
You don’t want to eat them if they bite themselves while you are dispatching them from this life. Always cut the head off quickly and bury it so you don’t lose a dog.
ReplyDeleteCharlie Pride! Great CW artist. Highest paid artist for a very long time. Excellent song choice. Kent
ReplyDeleteOne reason I keep a lot of 12 Ga. birdshot on hand.
ReplyDeleteI usually carry a NAA 5-shot revolver in my front pocket in a leather holster when I am outside in the warmer months. The first two rounds of .22 WMA are shotshells. I learned that trick from one of my neighbors who killed over a 100 snakes (I forget the actual number, but he kept count) with the same rig before he lost his little gun in the lake.
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