A simple and cheap snake trap for around the house if you have snakes

[dirtlooter]

We now have six of these scattered around the shop, the carport and the house. Why you might ask, well, I live in mid-western Arkansas and we get and have a lot of snakes. We tend to be most concerned with the copperheads and ground rattlers as there seems to be more of them. we have the bigger Timber Rattlers but they are are fewer in numbers these days. I don't live by water so the cottonmouths aren't as common at the house but they too can show up. These cost us $5 apiece at Academy Sports and are well worth it.

They give you the option of a live release or not. Because the tend to have a gap at the joints, I use wire ties to tighten the gaps up because a small snake (ground rattler) can slip out through them. I just purchased 6 more of them to give some to my father and some to my son for his house. My son has two sons, a 3 and a 5 year old and they killed thirty copperheads around the house last year. I am hoping that they will transplant the snakes they catch out into the country.

These are awesome traps, you place them where the snakes may crawl along a wall or similar places and they funnel into them. I usually block the outer edges so they won't crawl around them. Yep, you will also catch mice, shews, lizards, small toads etc. in them. Rather cheap insurance against snake bite around the house. Just make sure that you check them regularly or they can die in the sun.

 

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[GB1]

i use a 22 pistol or rifle or a 20 gauge shotgun with bird shot in it

 

[RustyRelics]

I love snakes!

I'd set out those traps, just so I can handle them later. Non poisonous of course.

 

[GB1]

we got to many cotton mouths at the lake to handle i have had a few try to come and get me. didn't end so well for them

 

[RustyRelics]

Worm snake





Copperhead





These are the only two I photographed last year. I also caught two black snakes (3ft. and 6ft.) a Racer, three ringneck snakes and a Garter snake.

 

[GB1]

man i would of shot the copper head. how close were you when you took the pic

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice solution to your problem!

 

[dirtlooter]

The beauty of these are that they work 24 7 with no maintenance other than emptying when something is in them. and yes, they catch cottonmouths as well

 

[old digger]

That's a really good remedy.

 

[tinpan]

Hi , A trap that you have to manually take apart with a live venomous snake in it. Thats not very smart . Looks like a fish bait trap me. American Copper Head is generally no aggressive and bites are rarely fatal. Garden worm TP

 

[RustyRelics]

man i would of shot the copper head. how close were you when you took the pic

I was within striking distance. It was a little cool that day, so I knew I could get away with it. If it was a few degree's warmer, I'd been toast. We er...dispatched him later.

I was a few inches away from the worm snake.

 

[GB1]

i don't mind grass snakes or garter snakes but copper heads. i don't think so

 

[RustyRelics]

i don't mind grass snakes or garter snakes but copper heads. i don't think so

I don't mind the copperheads. It it was up to me, I would have a snake grabbing device, and box him up and donate him to the local Nature Centers. My mom and dad loathe them, so they often end up in a million pieces, scattered throughout the county, lol!

 

[dognose]

do you bury them some so the opening is at ground level?

 

[tinpan]

I was within striking distance. It was a little cool that day, so I knew I could get away with it. If it was a few degree's warmer, I'd been toast. We er...dispatched him later.

I was a few inches away from the worm snake.

Hi Agkistrodon Contortrix is a GARDEN WORM when compared to Austrelaps Superbus Both have the common name CopperHead but only one is killer. TP

 

[Madmox]

You could get a mongoose. They are pretty cute to boot.

 

[huntsman53]

Hi , A trap that you have to manually take apart with a live venomous snake in it. Thats not very smart . Looks like a fish bait trap me. American Copper Head is generally no aggressive and bites are rarely fatal. Garden worm TP

Other than looking up the scientific names of snakes on the web and posting them here, you apparently know very little about Copperheads! They are the most aggressive venomous snake in North America because they are territorial unlike Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths and Coral snakes which are just as afraid of you as you are of them. The latter three will try to get away or find a place to coil up and stand it's ground against harm. However, if you disturb a Copperhead in it's core territory, it will pursue you with no remorse. If like you, it is just passing through and trying to feed, it will likely move away from you as long as you do not approach to close to it.

 

[Paleo_joe]

Around here (Arkansas), the copperheads are docile and the water moccasins (cottonmouths) will flat out chase you away. I’ve seen people grab a copperhead by the tail and pop it like a whip to kill it. Not so with a cottonmouth as large as your arm and angry.

 

[tinpan]

Other than looking up the scientific names of snakes on the web and posting them here, you apparently know very little about Copperheads! They are the most aggressive venomous snake in North America because they are territorial unlike Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths and Coral snakes which are just as afraid of you as you are of them. The latter three will try to get away or find a place to coil up and stand it's ground against harm. However, if you disturb a Copperhead in it's core territory, it will pursue you with no remorse. If like you, it is just passing through and trying to feed, it will likely move away from you as long as you do not approach to close to it.

Really, The CopperHead i speak of comes from the Elapid Family of Snake . Another species from this family is the Taipan and Tigersnakes , Eastern Brown Snake , Mulgia snake. These snakes make up 5 of top 10 venomous land snake in the world. TP

 

[boogeyman]

Ok idea, but I'm not to hep on trying to open up a bait trap with a snake in it. Plus my dumb dogs wouldn't leave it alone till they got the toy out.