Stick a hook in him and throw him in Fork then hold on

I take pictures of all the snakes I catch and let them go. I have tons of Gray Rat Snakes by my house. I liked this one 'cause his colors were clear.

This is my Royal (ball) Python, Paris. She has been my baby for about 5 years now. The boy is still a bit nervous of holding her!

Never kill bulls, racers, or grass. Rattle snakes die. That snake... hmmm never seen one.

If we didn't have the snakes..............you would all be gripping about the rats and mice!! All for 'em!!!!

I seriously doubt it was a copperhead, if that's what you're saying. Most people misidentify rat/bull/chicken snakes and all their variations for copperheads. You'll rarely ever see a copperhead longer than 3 feet. In fact, 3 feet is a huge copperhead. This snake doesn't at all look like a copperhead. A copperhead's color can be anything from tan to almost red to dark brown. Sometimes they have very pronounced striping and sometimes they appear to be almost a solid color. Some have an iridescence bluish color to them. Instead of color, pay attention to a heart/triangle shaped head and a blunt tail.

As far as a cottonmouth is concerned, you're usually looking at a diamondback water snake, the most common water snake in Texas. You can usually smell them before you see them, unless one is just swimming by I guess.

And as far as killing them, the more non-poisonous beneficial snakes you kill the more non-beneficial poisonous snakes you're going to have.

I had one of those little Rat Snakes fall on me when I opened my front door one morning to head out to work. I grabed him and tossed him back into the front bushes of my house. The only thing I don't like about the snakes is that he was probably trying to get to the barn swallows that nest under my front porch. The snakes on my property really like to get into the bird houses I have around after baby birds in the spring.
I had one snake last year that took some research to figure out what it was and it turned out to be a Mud snake. Not too common around these parts that I know of. Really a great looking red colored snake. He burrowed around the bottom of my foundation and would stick his head out. I haven't seen that snake this year.
Like others have said, give me a snake any day over rats and rodents.

Snakes, na Ya'll can have em.

Keep em away from me cause I'll shoot em!

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