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I had let the dog out late at night and he started growling and would jump back. He repeated this a few times and then I saw what he was excited about. Looked like a copperhead was slithering across the ground next to the house. I thought about shooting it but didn't have my pistol handy with bird shot in it and it slithered away pretty quick anyway. I thought well where there is one there usually is another around also.
So today I was mowing some high grass near my shed and the mower hit something so I pulled it back. Holy smokes there was a big dang snake. I put the mower right on top of it and it finally got chunked up by the mower blades. This was maybe a 3" diameter snake. If I hadn't pulled back I would probably have stepped right on it as I went on by with the mower. Oh that scares me walking in flip flops. I guess I need wear some high top boots when using the push mower.
This is why I try not letting the grass get to deep because then you have bigger chances of snakes using the high grass for cover. We have had so much rain it has been to wet to mow thus the grass got tall. IMO only good snake is a dead snake if it is poisonous. I mostly consider all snakes poisonous as I don't take the time to get close to check out his head shape.
So today I was mowing some high grass near my shed and the mower hit something so I pulled it back. Holy smokes there was a big dang snake. I put the mower right on top of it and it finally got chunked up by the mower blades. This was maybe a 3" diameter snake. If I hadn't pulled back I would probably have stepped right on it as I went on by with the mower. Oh that scares me walking in flip flops. I guess I need wear some high top boots when using the push mower.
This is why I try not letting the grass get to deep because then you have bigger chances of snakes using the high grass for cover. We have had so much rain it has been to wet to mow thus the grass got tall. IMO only good snake is a dead snake if it is poisonous. I mostly consider all snakes poisonous as I don't take the time to get close to check out his head shape.