The year of the snake

GONOVRIT said:
Coming from someone that owned a snake for several years, WTF is the point of letting a copperhead live? I have snakes on my property and have no problem with it, but those little bastards get the the shovel. They're mostly nocturnal and poisonous. If you didn't step foot outside or weren't active on your own property then what the hay but thats not me:popcorn:
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You owned a snake for years?? Someone give this man a cookie.
First of all, copperheads aren't poisonous, they are venomous. You won't get sick if you eat one.
Secondly, they are diurnal, and are only nocturnal during the hottest weeks of summer.
I know my argument is futile, but if you keep your grass mowed and look where you are walking at night you will not have a problem. Most people share your opinion, however, which is sad.
What do you think copperheads eat?
 
Nissan11 said:
You owned a snake for years?? Someone give this man a cookie.
First of all, copperheads aren't poisonous, they are venomous. You won't get sick if you eat one.
Secondly, they are diurnal, and are only nocturnal during the hottest weeks of summer.
I know my argument is futile, but if you keep your grass mowed and look where you are walking at night you will not have a problem. Most people share your opinion, however, which is sad.
What do you think copperheads eat?
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PEOPLE!!!:flipoff2:

I was simply stating that I don't have a problem with most snakes, unlike alot of people that don't understand their place & think they all need to die. Don't get your panties in a wad bud:lol:
 
I will say this and I don't care who I offend. If it poisonous or venomous it will die, a brutal bloody death. It will be beaten with the closest thing I can find.
If you could tell the snake that my grandchildren are young and only playing, they will not hurt the snake. It shouldn't bite them, and I guess it's OK if it does because it shouldn't kill them,only make them sick.

For all the spider lovers out there,they are worse, I will kill them if they are poisonous or not.

If it makes anyone feel better, I throw the fish back in the pond.
 
We have a 5 foot long black snake that we brought home from the scrap yard a couple years back. Haven't seen another snake in the yard since. My next door neighbor has a 3 foot blacksnake in his garden that we are very careful to not harm when out hoeing and tilling. A copperhead however I will kill in a heartbeat if I see one.
 
transman731 said:
I will say this and I don't care who I offend. If it poisonous or venomous it will die, a brutal bloody death. It will be beaten with the closest thing I can find.
If you could tell the snake that my grandchildren are young and only playing, they will not hurt the snake. It shouldn't bite them, and I guess it's OK if it does because it shouldn't kill them,only make them sick.
For all the spider lovers out there,they are worse, I will kill them if they are poisonous or not.
If it makes anyone feel better, I throw the fish back in the pond.
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Nobody is going to get offended, this is an internet discussion.

But, for a group of people that love an outdoor hobby, you sure are scared of nature. Take the time to learn a thing or two about the animals you are killing and you might be surprised. Every species plays an important role in our ecosystem.
 
You are correct,everything has an important role in our ecosystem.
I have 11 acres at my house, 6 acres are wooded, all creatures are allowed to live freely in those 6 acres, when they cross into the 5 acres that I occupy, they have become an open target in my ecosystem.
If I were riding my fourwheeler in the woods and come across a snake, I would leave it alone, I am in his habitat,but once that bastard hits my lawn,he is done.
 
But, for a group of people that love an outdoor hobby, you sure are scared of nature. Take the time to learn a thing or two about the animals you are killing and you might be surprised.
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I think it's just an old way of thinking. When my sister-in-law was bit a couple weeks ago they rushed to the hospital and she was being treated within 30 minutes. They did not give her antivenin, but they pumped her full of some opiate derivative and everybody had a good laugh because she thought the pain had gone away when in fact she would be in excruciating pain if it weren't for the drugs. They were in a controlled environment where antivenin was an option and death wasn't really a consideration.

If the same thing had happened to my mother growing up on a farm in Eastern NC she would have suffered pretty badly for the past two weeks. For my grandparent's generation it would have been far worse as you couldn't just hop in the car and drive to the hospital. It would have been two weeks of excruciating pain, little to no sleep for the first week because of the pain, and all the combined effects from such an extended trauma. And that's all assuming the bite was on an arm or leg where it really isn't life threatening.

I used to think my mother passed on an irrational fear of snakes to me, but I have come to realize it really wasn't that irrational for someone of her generation.
 
i dont care if copperheads turned so rare they go endangered. i'm going to kill it
 
Wonder if a copperhead would like bacon... they are ok because they look cool, cotton mouths are a problem where i live, they dont look very cool = death.
 
Cottonmouths are way more aggressive than a copperhead, won't think twice about killing a cottonmouth, in the woods or not.
 
Killed my first copperhead of the season last night laying on a drain outside of my work, figure the warehouse probably has some mice and thats what lures them, because honestly there aren't enough woods even relatively close to make sense for snakes in a business park.
 
Here is a timber rattlesnake that I carefully removed from a location where I was working last week.


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