I was born and raised in New Braunfels, and once when I was grown and visiting my parents, one evening after dinner the lady across the street screamed, "Snake," and I went over to see what the commotion was. It was a huge coral snake slowly crawling in her St Augustine grass. I ran back to my parents' garage, got a hoe, ran back, and killed the sucker. It measured 39" nose to tail - still the biggest coral snake I've ever heard of...and yes, red touched yellow. I felt no guilt then, and I still don't.

My 4yr old daughter knows more about being an outdoorsman than you.

I have a couple of ranches that have a good many rattlers, we kill them when we see them, period.

THIS!!!

Say what you want. Natural selection reaches up and grabs idiots every day. Nobody should've known more than Steve Irwin, and look at what happened to him. Just think of it as a cost/benefit analysis: you're right and you get to hold a snake; you're wrong and you die. Even if you're confident, it's not worth it.

On the other hand, cute little girl. Mine just turned 4 last week:

Cute little girl and that is a nice size fish. Perfect for the pan.

SOB look like a cottonmouth to me.

Thanks and yours is cute as well. As a biology and ecology teacher, I'm aware of natural selection reaching and grabbing idiots. Thankfully, unlike Irwin, I don't qualify. I can ID every species of snake in our hemisphere and never free handle venomous species.
I appreciate your mild response to my abrasive comment. I get tired of supposed outdoorsman who know only fishing and hunting while remaining oblivious to the systems they enjoy. It's not an excuse for my hostility.

I fished a few hours today at a pond. Saw three snakes but only one of them got close to me. I smashed it with a rock. It looked like the one pictured.regardless I was in thick reeds so I'd rather get him before I step on and piss it off.

You don't fish -_-

Catching*

I only kill animals (mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians) if I either plan on eating them or they are attacking me or someone else. I have seen several moccasins this year on the lake, none are bothering me, so i just leave them alone, if there is one in an my yard or an area that could endanger children, I would just relocate it.

If there was a moccasin in my yard, I would relocate it to snake heaven.

I understand