Well I never met any of my grandparents so I missed out on that lesson.

I'll kill rats, mice, snakes if they cross my path and don't flee...now so far I haven't been successful in killing one because the things are damn hard to shoot, but I'm going to catch one slipping at some point.

If you did not kill the snakes you would not see as many rats or mice.

What would you do if you saw BigFoot or mistook seeing a squatch in a kayak?

Well Dan, some of on here are trying to pass on the wisdom from our grandparents hoping you'll get the message. Don't know about your upbringing but that is no excuse for killing something that can't hurt you. Some adult should have taught you this but just because you're grown doesn't mean you are too old to still learn and modify your morals.

Now rats and mice in your house are destructive and could be dangerous. Not saying these critters shouldn't be considered being gotten rid of. Water snakes are harmless and beneficial to nature. These folks saying all snakes are bad snakes are just relaying a phobia ... an irrational phobia.

Phobias by definition are typically irrational.

I appreciate sharing the wisdom and all, but I'm going to bag me a water snake if they give me the chance!

Wasn't it a snake that tempted Eve? Cost us paradise did it not?? It was not a deer that did that, it was a snake.

I'll murk one soon enough.

The snake in that story was really, well you know, it looks like a snake, but only has one eye.
And the apple wasn’t an apple, but sort of looks like one.

Apples are native to Central Asia, China. So unless Eve was central Asian, it wasn’t an actual apple.

Just for the record .... there's only ever been one (1) talking snake.

Kaa from jungle book?

Try fishing from a float tube in snake country. That's where the real action is.

Lol..... I have done a lot of time in a float tube. Me and Brother fished Muatang before Fork filled enough to launch ....... I fear a beaver more than a banded water snake BTW.

Don’t fear the beaver!