Thread: Snake ID Part Deux

Y'all still beating this dead snake, I mean horse! Haha!

Where do I start.......

Ok, so if my cattle is threatened in TN I can kill a snake, but not my child?!?! I guess if that officer shows up at my door I'll just take my lick. We use to use a saying in the military, " I rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6". As I said before, try teaching a 2 yr old to ID a snake. She see something, she's picking it up, bottom line.

I totally understand what y'all are getting at about killing them in the wild for no reason but I choose to keep them out of my yard, atleast try to.

Originally Posted by Dave

Sorry, I never bothered to delve into the psyche of a snake.

Now, I don't care who you are - that's funny.

Originally Posted by PurpleNGold

Y'all still beating this dead snake, I mean horse! Haha!

Where do I start.......

Ok, so if my cattle is threatened in TN I can kill a snake, but not my child?!?! I guess if that officer shows up at my door I'll just take my lick. We use to use a saying in the military, " I rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6". As I said before, try teaching a 2 yr old to ID a snake. She see something, she's picking it up, bottom line.

I totally understand what y'all are getting at about killing them in the wild for no reason but I choose to keep them out of my yard, atleast try to.

For the record, I'm not anti-snake killing. I have no need to kill them to fill a specific reward. Whether the reward is food, a monetary gain or the comfort you get from the sense of protecting what means something to you. You can't eat or buy comfort, sometimes you've got take action. Even if how you got the comfort wasn't necessarily gotten the right way, its effect it has on you is real. So, just as many say about fishing one way or another; keep on with what makes you comfortable. Also don't stop posting your postmortem snakes. Before long we'll have you able to identify the good guys from the bad.

Personally, I think that is exactly what we should do, have a snake index with pics of the snake and maby a little short paragraph about the snake and have them titled under venomous or non-venomous

Originally Posted by PurpleNGold

I got another one, he crawled up on me as I was grilling Wahoo! What y'all call this kind?

Page 1. Name: Dead
Threat: Harmless

Joseph, you're spot on!

No threat at all!

Wow. That is a beautiful snake. Snake identification is quick and easy; but it does require at least an effort to learn. I have handled and kept non-venomous snakes since I was 8 or 9. Now in my 60's, I just watch them and see what they are up to.

Ever since I read the bible and I came away with the thought that snakes were bad, I don't care if a man wants to kill a snake! Anyone that has anything to say to the contrary has no idea what it is like to live in the south and have to deal with these dang things. +1 to you purp, the only good snake is a dead snake!

I don't go looking for snakes just to kill them, however if I see one in my yard then it will go be with Sams snakes. (reason a young child and pets)

There is a recent example of the misunderstanding of snakes. Just in case anyone didn't spot it.