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Slidell, LA
US
Edited Date/Time
1/16/2012 11:46pm
Visited the in-laws for Easter. If there are woods in sight I always have to take a look around, and I got lucky and ran across this little guy. Snatched him up and brought him home. I REALLY wanted to keep him in a nice aquarium in my gameroom, but my wife was having a fit. She said I could keep the wife or the snake. I thought, "Damn, after all these years, that's all it would have taken to get rid of you?" In the end, since I've got an 11 yr. old kid in the house, the wife stayed and I relocated the snake today. I've been waiting to free-hand a copperhead for a long time - first time I've seen one in over 30 years. I hated to see him go. Of course when I caught him, the whole family there wanted to chop his head off, but no way that was happening on my watch, lol.
He must have shed recently.
I've caught quite a few snakes over the years, including a rattler or three, and have brought home gopher snakes, king snakes, garter snakes, rosy boas...
The venomous guys are strictly catch and release.
Unless they're hanging out in the neighborhood. Then they're catch, kill, and grill.
The Shop
"How the heck did I get here? Where's my home dang it?"
Ever wonder if animals even realize "we're not in Kansas anymore" when they are moved from one place to another?
My youngest son catches snakes all the time. He caught a damn 4-5 foot alligator a couple months ago. Freaks me out a little from time to time.
I would prefer to relocate all, but, if they are residing in my circle, we've got an issue.
I did relocate a non-poisonous snake the other day using a pvc pipe and rope. Didn't seem to hurt him, but, I'll probably make an improved version soon. I don't like to hurt/kill snakes if I don't believe it's a necessity.
I also don't like to handle them. Poisonous or not, they can bit and do some damage.
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