Snake Season

Remember to be careful this season, I just caught this little guy next to my front door...Caught it and took it to a nice place to release, but it was a nice little reminder for all of us who work outdoors in our gardens. .............. .................................... And a video of it rattling.... .... ............... And video of releasing it...You know Animal Control and the Fire department would have just killed it...I picked it's ass up with a rake and a hoe, and dropped it in a garbage can...lol

Ur nuts! Cool n all to let go but it would be cut in half by my shovel.

I would have ran the fuck away man, im not trying to pick that bitch up with a rake and hoe haha

Haha...it was a lot easier that it sounds. Just pinned it's head with the flat end of the rake, slipped the hoe under it, and dropped it in a garbage can. I hate killin' stuff if I can avoid it.

Really nice coloration...looks like a healthy young western diamondback. No need to kill, they're harmless as long as you show some respect...not to mention they'll help keep the rodent population down in your garden

I'd rather have non-venomous snakes in my garden, thanks. I found a little guy like that right on the threshold of my front door one evening about a week ago...almost stepped on it in the low light.

I like snakes of all kinds and will shoo them off the road when I find them so they don't get squished, even rattlers, but the exception is venomous snakes near the house. I brained that rattler by my door with a shovel.

Here's a 5ft+ gopher snake that was under my car not long ago:
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It's pretty cool to see those, striped racers, garter snakes, king snakes, rosy boas, and coachwhips around the yard.

757growin said:

Ur nuts! Cool n all to let go but it would be cut in half by my shovel.

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If you're going to kill one, don't cut it in half. That's a slow, inhumane death. Instead, aim right behind the head. After everything has stopped moving, take the head and put it in a bag or container or something and put in the trash; it's still dangerous. I've heard of people accidentally poking themselves on the loose fangs shed from pet vipers and having to get snakebite treatment as a result.

Right on with the catch and release, good on ya.

That thing looks nasty , I was lookin at some new grow spots the other day and was 2m from a large king brown snake (Australia) , if I didn't spot him I would of tread on him , would of been dead in half an hour

I'll stick to blizzards.....you guys can have the venomous snakes and furry fast spiders!! some of the nastiest spiders I have ever seen were in Canada.locals called them dock spiders....I dunno,I think they ate turtles and birds.you would walk out on the dock and they scoot underneath,heebie jeebies!!