Be warned - it may be a bad year for snakes.

[ToddsPoint]

No poisonous snakes where I live. I'm glad. Thirty miles south and it's a different story. Gary

 

[RustyRelics]

I absolutely love snakes, I won't be bothered one bit.

 

[Ohiogoldfever]

Not many poisonous snakes around here thankfully. If we had them I’d have to be more careful about jumping off the lawnmower to snatch em up and show the kids. Spent many summers at my grandparents in Arkansas, lots of stuff is trying to bite you down there.

 

[ARC]

Got a few black snakes around the yard... i leave em be...

They are fast and stealthy... staying close to things... for if not... BAM... an Opsrey or hawk will nail em.

I also heard and i dont know if it is true... that if you have black snakes then you dont have other snakes... not sure of this is true... perhaps someone here knows.

 

[ticndig]

Got a few black snakes around the yard... i leave em be...

They are fast and stealthy... staying close to things... for if not... BAM... an Opsrey or hawk will nail em.

I also heard and i dont know if it is true... that if you have black snakes then you dont have other snakes... not sure of this is true... perhaps someone here
knows.

[FONT=Work Sans, sans-serif]Snake in general is not really on the menu for black rat snakes. They prefer to stick to warm blooded animals like rats, mice, moles, and other rodents. While they have also been known to eat the occasional bird, insect, or reptile as well.
[/FONT]how they do help keep other snakes away is by reducing the food source available.

 

[Tpmetal]

SUNY-ESF says that copperheads in New York are mainly in the lower Hudson Valley and scattered throughout the Catskills.

Snakes are cool.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

hey thanks, In all my time in ny i have never seen one, now I know why. I don't spend much time out east. snakes are cool, I even had a pet snake at one time. I just dislike having to check places every time I do Something or reach somewhere. That was the worst part when I spent a few summers in western NC.

 

[Mud Hut]

Would you believe in Maryland it is not legal to kill any snake.

That's because all the politicians in Maryland are snakes .. They are looking out for their well being.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

It's never a bad year for snakes. I've never met a snake I didn't like. Including rattlesnakes. I had a bad year last year as I only saw 2 rattlers, but the amount of non-venemous I saw made up for it.

 

[smokeythecat]

Yeah, Maryland is controlled by one side. Not political thread so lets not go into detail.

 

[Mud Hut]

Yeah, Maryland is controlled by one side. Not political thread so lets not go into detail.

good idea!

 

[signal_line]

Since on the subject of snakes, remember half the bites are to the arms or hands. That means look twice before you stick your hand down towards the ground.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

Most of the rattlesnakes bites around here are people who don't know the proper way to pick up a rattler and get bit on their hand or arm. I've been bit by garter snakes that twist their head around real quick, and I thought I had a good hold of them.

 

[smokeythecat]

I ain't picking up no snake!

 

[RustyRelics]

I ain't picking up no snake!

I pick up every snake I see, including Copperheads and Rattlers. I use a special stick for the latter two though.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

I ain't picking up no snake!

Smokey, you have pet birds, what is the singular name for one?

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Oh good gracious!!! Need to keep my lawn mowed!

I was bitten on my right knee by a copperhead when I was aged 12. Got a trip to the hospital out of that, some kinda shots.

I don't really remember any serious issues for me except being very afraid, didn't like the shots, and to date pay attention to the ground around me.

I made it to 72 and am far more afraid of spiders than I am of snakes....

 

[Truth]

Five to one, baby
One in five
No one here gets out alive,

 

[Truth]

Here in Louisiana I grew up by a canal where we caught by hand baby water moccasins, baby copperheads, speckled king snakes and huge alligator snapping turtles. Never got bit thank goodness.

 

[signal_line]

Some friends were out hiking by the river and one guy said to stomp your feet or use a stick to stir up the bushes ahead of you to avoid snake confrontations. So one guy starts walking ahead stomping his feet, hadn't got very far and all primed-up for action and a big bullsnake reared up right in front of him about crotch-high and started hissing at him, sounded a bit like a rattlesnake. I wish I could have seen the look on that guy's face and heard that sound he made.

 

[smokeythecat]

Boids! They is called boids! There names are Mr. Silver Roo, Honey and Buff.