company at some lunchtime fishin
Jan 15, 2020 16:26:49 #
BankStalker
Loc: Friendswood TX
a small drainage is right outside my work parking area. I fish it sometimes at lunch. Went out today w/ a trout magnet got 2 hits , no catches, but then noticed company. I feel like I know our local snakes pretty good , and from the thickness compared to length ,pretty sure its a moccassin.
Jan 15, 2020 16:27:40 #
Jan 15, 2020 16:44:04 #
I'd say it looks like one but I can't enlarge it on my comp. so can't say for sure.
Jan 15, 2020 17:01:59 #
In the same boat. The picture is too small...but...what I see makes me say Cottonmouth...but...maybe not.
Jan 15, 2020 17:04:45 #
BankStalker: Well, the mantra in Texas is a dead snake is a good snake. I dont know what your regulations are, whether you are inside a city and bound by their ordinances, or not. But the best cure for water moccassins, copper heads, and rattle snakes is a .22 long rifle. Perfect range for a pistol!
Now that I've past three score and ten, I do give reprieve to king and black snakes as well as harmless grass snakes. However, I don't care what kind of "do-gooder" regulations, if it is venomous, I will kill it!RJS
Now that I've past three score and ten, I do give reprieve to king and black snakes as well as harmless grass snakes. However, I don't care what kind of "do-gooder" regulations, if it is venomous, I will kill it!RJS
Jan 15, 2020 17:09:04 #
If I killed every rattlesnake I saw while I'm out fishing I wouldn't get any fishing done. My rule - you don't mess with me and I won't mess with you. Ya just gotta be aware that they're out there and be careful. And that looks like a cottonmouth to me. What else could it be?
Jan 15, 2020 17:16:36 #
BankStalker
Loc: Friendswood TX
Robert J Samples wrote:
BankStalker: Well, the mantra in Texas is a dead ... (show quote)
I dont subscribe to that. W only have 3 to worry about and they are pretty recognizable. What we have the most of in my area in copper heads. Ive killed 4 in one night camping, when Id gone in and out of my site at night. Killed a few moccassins with a walking stick more copperheads. Ive never seen a rattler in the wild, I would like to and get his rattle. I usually just leave them alone as Ive gotten older. Used to look for them and chop em lol, after hitting with a stick lol Doing that at night one time , I had a guy come close saying we were in "their" territory.And I should leave them alone. Then he evidently saw my shadow outline w/ machete in hand , he said good night no harm meant , it was funny. Up at Cold Springs , nope double lake sorry
Jan 15, 2020 17:18:16 #
Brown water snake is almost identical. They are here but no cottonmouth in DE that I'm aware of.
Jan 15, 2020 17:18:45 #
Brown water snake is almost identical. They are here but no cottonmouth in DE that I'm aware of.
Jan 15, 2020 17:19:25 #
Jan 15, 2020 17:30:17 #
If it's out in the middle of nowhere so as not to be around people much, I try to leave them alone. If it's at a place where someone else is likely to come in contact with it, specially kids, then I would prolly kill it.
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Jan 15, 2020 18:18:18 #
Ron620DVS
Loc: Guntersville Alabama
In my opinion most people don’t know how to handle a snake 🐍 properly. Most won’t cause you trouble if you leave them alone. Many try to harass them and then they become a problem. It’s best to be afraid of them and leave the area.
Jan 15, 2020 18:40:26 #
Rubyfish wrote:
I don't kill snakes or anything on purpose
I confess that in my day, I killed Jim Beam a few times.
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