Snake
 

Hey DuckButter, banded water snake right???

yes sir

cool
 

thought so just wanted to run it by the expert(s), friend of mine thought it might have been a moccasin

should be a dead snake

If its in the water swimming towards me, its a dead snake!!

Ah, the copycat tough guy. Caught a banded water snake back when I was taking a vertebrate zoology class in undergrad. That sucker acted all big and bad.....til I threw his azz in the freezer. They get by by mimicking cottonmouths, both look and behavior.

^wish there were a way to do away with this misplaced fear of snakes, but I think we are in toodeep (see what I did there). They really are one of the most beneficial animals you can have around, and if you respect them, you've got no problem.

I mean, snakes don't go out of their way to attack people. At least no more than any other animal does. And yet so many people fear them, because they were taught to. I love snakes. They keep the mice away. Nothing beats a good kingsnake.

Sorry, I'll get off the soapbox.

I trust snakes more than politicians if that helps. they are not like other animals where you see them 10-15 ft away. you are normally fixing to step on them. they just scare the crap out of you.

just started trying to catch pine snakes this week and this was from today all ratsnakes and coachwhips. One has a rat in it with a ratsnake

Man, nice shirt


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Got costas on too but can't see em:rotfl:

I've grown to like and identify kingsnakes, we have a lot of copperheads and mocassins where I deer hunt so I pass on killing the kings in hopes of them lowering my chances of being snagged my one of the other two...

Been too close too many times. Western diamondbacks in west texas while dove hunting and cotton mouths while fixing brush on my blind in teal season. Screw a snake. I'll take a king snake any day, but other than that i'll kill em all and i don't see any downfall in people killing the snakes they run into.

Well, respectfully agree to disagree. I apply that philosophy to hogs and coyotes, but other than that, I prefer to let things be. If the snake isn't harming me, I'll let him go about his business.

I agree with smalls. My 9 year old daughter enjoys catching snakes (under my supervision to make sure she isn't grabbing venomous snakes). So basically, if you're so fearful that you think you have to kill every snake you see, you've got a smaller set than a 9 year old girl :D. Seriously though, snakes are great pest control. I don't kill venomous snakes either, I encounter cottonmouth's and copperheads quite a bit and they mind their own business and tend to quietly move away if I don't mess with them.

The one curled up watched us for a bit, then quietly slid the other way. I was about 10 feet away using a long lens. The one stretched out I almost stepped on. I spotted him just before putting my foot down. Stopped, took a picture with my phone, then he just slid away.

Crazy Pentecostals:*****:

That's Funny
 

*****, soo wrong but right.

If I were there for that second pic, I would be dead from heart attack. They don't even have to bite me...

If I go to the aquarium and see them in tanks it makes me gag, no lie.

I hate snakes, stinging insects and blue cheese.

MMMM cut up battered deep fried snake smothered in Blue cheese dressing with extra blue cheese crumbles :D oh and wrapped with a jalapeno and bruschetta

Are both those snakes pictured cottonmouths?

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