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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:25 am to Walt OReilly
I'm out in God's Country north of downtown St. Amant.
Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:26 am to WhiskeyThrottle
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I have 2.5 acres. Ive never seen a venomous snake. I accredited it to keeping my yard mowed
Maybe so, but I'm a lawn nut and my lawn is always mowed and manicured.
Posted on 9/17/26 at 4:05 pm to TDsngumbo
we have always had snakes, but in 10 years, have never seen a copperhead.
This year I have seen two - about a month apart. Same area.
One of them is still alive, and when you read up on them, it seems they do not travel far from their dens. I hate knowing that there must be some kind of snake apartments somewhere close.
This year I have seen two - about a month apart. Same area.
One of them is still alive, and when you read up on them, it seems they do not travel far from their dens. I hate knowing that there must be some kind of snake apartments somewhere close.
Posted on 9/17/26 at 4:26 pm to Sir Drinksalot
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when you read up on them, it seems they do not travel far from their dens
My first thought was "if there's one baby, there are more and possibly a mom somewhere nearby" but then I kinda settled into the idea of maybe that one baby being a little lost. Now you've just ruined my day knowing that there could be a den of them somewhere pretty close by.
Posted on 9/17/26 at 4:43 pm to TDsngumbo
I looked into buying a sack of kingsnakes, but they won't stick around.
We have hawks and a family of owls, and a neighbors stray cat. Also foxes and coyotes.
Both snakes were out at night - which is even scarier.
I don't go out there anymore without boots and a flashlight.
And I find myself shining that flashlight up in trees and places they probably wouldn't be
We have hawks and a family of owls, and a neighbors stray cat. Also foxes and coyotes.
Both snakes were out at night - which is even scarier.
I don't go out there anymore without boots and a flashlight.
And I find myself shining that flashlight up in trees and places they probably wouldn't be
Posted on 9/17/26 at 4:54 pm to Sir Drinksalot
I'm going on a den hunt after work in a little while. I'm not sharing my property with copperheads!
Posted on 9/17/26 at 5:55 pm to TDsngumbo
they are eating the cicadas. Once they are gone the snakes will be gone. BTW the best way to get bit by a copperhead is to go out looking for them and fricking with them
Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:41 pm to cgrand
Didn’t find them! Maybe the headless baby copperhead I put on display in the back yard scared them away!
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:10 am to TDsngumbo
Eliminate any brush piles for sure. That gives them cover and can be a place that rodents can hang out.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 3:41 pm to TDsngumbo
Seriously, there's not much you can do. I have read up on snakes the past few years, and snakes generally will not be aggressive. However, if you step on them or over them, that is another story. If you live near a canal, wooded area, have mice, frogs, or countless other creatures, they will be present. As another poster stated get cats. My wife (no pics) has over the past two years amassed a collection of thirty-something feral neighborhood cats. The upside, if it lives and breathes in my yard, it dies, and quickly. Haven't seen a snake in quite some time. The downside, those furry rascals eat $100 per week in Blue Buffalo catfood.
This post was edited on 9/19/26 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 9/19/26 at 4:47 pm to Bayou Warrior 64
quote:I’d rather have the snakes
My wife (no pics) has over the past two years amassed a collection of thirty-something feral neighborhood cats.
Posted on 9/20/26 at 9:26 am to TDsngumbo
Blue heeler dog. No more wildlife in yard ever.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 3:32 pm to TDsngumbo
Copperheads are not aggressive because they think you can't see them. Look down as you're walking and if you see one he will freeze. This gives you time to fetch a shovel and walk back to the spot and kill him.
After you kill one or two, their relatives will go elsewhere.
After you kill one or two, their relatives will go elsewhere.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:19 am to Koolazzkat
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Blue heeler dog. No more wildlife in yard ever.
Mine and my daughter, whose spirit animal is this heeler, both calmly watched a snake a few feet from them make its way across my garden and yard a couple weeks ago. The girl knew it was a garter snake, so ok. The dog did NOT. I am disappoint that she let a snake get close to her girl.
Interesting about guineas. Never thought of them as snake defense. Our neighbor at the camp has a flock that spends every morning in our front field. We stopped seeing snakes about four or five years ago. Between guineas (apparently), owls, hawks, and barn cats, our rodent and snake population has dwindled a lot.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:04 pm to Sugarbaker
I had a big copperhead sunning itself by my shed a few years ago. It must have lived under the shed, but this tree root next to it was where it liked to soak up rays. After seeing it there a few times and thinking how to kill it (shot gun in the city, pistol bouncing back off the root etc) I decided to use the shove and just cut it's head off. I put on my boots, got my shovel and went for it. When I hit it the first time, about 20 baby snakes came flooding out of it. I guess the hit forced a premature birth. So now I have a half dead, pissed off mom snake and 20 squirming baby poison suckers to deal with. I still have nightmares. LOL. But I cut off 21 heads that day.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 10:33 am to Dirtysouthdeacon
I would like to unread that please.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:54 pm to Cypressknee
Guineas are so damn loud
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