Dead Pest of the Day

[Back_Roads]

 So happy venomous critters are rare in WI , and not many non venomous snakes around here either.  I have seen a Timber Rattler, but it was caged at a park in SW WI

[avator]

So happy venomous critters are rare in WI , and not many non venomous snakes around here either.  I have seen a Timber Rattler, but it was caged at a park in SW WI

They certainly heighten awareness. 

[Hoosier Daddy]

...They tend to stand their ground where other snakes will run.

Am I the only one who found this odd?

[Sqrl Klr]

That 3ft long non venomous snake in my home awhile back had no "run" in him. When I turned him loose in the woods with the grab tool he slithered toward me with head raised high and puffed out like a cobra quickly tilting his head left and right. I admired his hutspah while leaving him be.

[avator]

I was reading up on the copperheads known to our area and found something interesting...
If you catch and relocate them they will search until they return to a familiar area.
Young adults also go back to their place of birth to breed and bare their young. They bare 2 to 18 live babies each time depending on the size of the female. Breeding times are spring and fall.
They don't like strong smelling plants such as Marigolds, onion and garlic. Or liquids such as ammonia and vinegar.

[Back_Roads]

...They tend to stand their ground where other snakes will run.

Am I the only one who found this odd?

More of a freak of nature, now a Salmon run that is tasty ;0

[Back_Roads]

I was reading up on the copperheads known to our area and found something interesting...
If you catch and relocate them they will search until they return to a familiar area.
Young adults also go back to their place of birth to breed and bare their young. They bare 2 to 18 live babies each time depending on the size of the female. Breeding times are spring and fall.
They don't like strong smelling plants such as Marigolds, onion and garlic. Or liquids such as ammonia and vinegar.

They may not like the smell of moth balls either, but it will take many of them




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[Blowpipe Sam]

Fact:  Venomous snakes rarely bite people.

Fact:  Venomous snakes eat a lot of rodents

Fact:  Rodents are a bigger threat to public health than venomous snakes.

Fact:  Homo Sapiens have a genetic hatred of snakes and kill every one they see.

Go figure.

[kbstingwing]

Vines.... Raining so no critters, but dead calm out, so I decided to shoot some vines off the trees and the target stand, started at the target stand, had an Ivy vine growing up it, 25 yards away, shot with cross hairs dead on the 1/4" vine, split it in 2, first shot, continued to cut it shorter with each shot till I got tired of shooting it, moved to 35 yard Vines hanging from the tree, 1/2" vines here, had to shoot twice to cut the vines, but no problemo, dead on the crosshairs.... moved to 65 yards across the creek to the very back of my yard, 1/4" Vines growing in the trees, gave it 1 mildot of hold over, split the vine in 2 with the first shot dead on the first mildot, conclusion, Umarex Zelos .25 with Benjamin .25 pellets are absolutely dead on accurate. 
Oooo, I just heard some Crows outside..... 

[Sqrl Klr]

Sam a Karen went out of their way to run a small one over on the road today. Was sad to see the non venomous critter killed by a Karen to stay safe in her car where it was no threat to her anyway yet she felt she did a good deed for humanity.

Kill em all kb let God sort em out!

[Xraycer]

One fat nutter with the Pinty bullpup. Off-hand shot from about 40ft. Behind the right eye, DRT.

[kbstingwing]

I like snakes, use to catch lots of snakes when I was a kid, mostly gopher snakes and king snakes, occasionally a Rattler, best snake was a Rosie boa, it was so tame, we let it go the next day after feeding it a fat mouse.... 

[avator]

I like snakes, use to catch lots of snakes when I was a kid, mostly gopher snakes and king snakes, occasionally a Rattler, best snake was a Rosie boa, it was so tame, we let it go the next day after feeding it a fat mouse.... 

Come on down and take as many home as you want.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I’m a herp enthusiast but I’ve lost a dog to a rattler and I know a couple of neighbors have lost pets to venomous snakes too. I live on a riverfront road and my neighbors give me a big wave when they see me walk by with an air rifle.  I occasionally get asked to shoot a cotton mouth off someone’s dock.  I didn’t think it was possible but I have eradicated cotton mouths near my house.  It took me five years to do it but I haven’t shot a snake on my property or my permissions in over three years.  The squirrels avoid my place now.  I haven’t seen an armadillo since I bagged one about three months back.  Rabbits are scarce.  The pesting around here has gotten down right sorry!

[avator]

I would be more than happy just shooting paper if the unwanted critters stayed away. I don't thrill kill.

[Sqrl Klr]

Sam it sounds like you have some other dudes or kids pesting in your hood too. Meanwhile I have a mating pair of skunks foraging around in my yard at night. Great....

[Blowpipe Sam]

A neighbor took a shot at a bear this morning with a shotgun.  The memsahib saw a young bear about a mile toward town this afternoon so we probably have a youngster nosing around.  I’ll leave the air rifle in the corner for that fellow and load a bean bag in the shotgun.

[martrage]

I took Ghog # 50 today. I sent the photo to Ranchibi , then about 20 minutes later I took # 51. No photo of that one ,just a mess of blood down the dark hole. Man those .25 pellets put a BIG hole in 'em that induces a lot of blood flow!

[Xraycer]

I took Ghog # 50 today. I sent the photo to Ranchibi , then about 20 minutes later I took # 51. No photo of that one ,just a mess of blood down the dark hole. Man those .25 pellets put a BIG hole in 'em that induces a lot of blood flow!

Dang, that's a lot of Ghogs! And, they seem to just keep on coming.

[airgunaut]

I was reading up on the copperheads known to our area and found something interesting...
If you catch and relocate them they will search until they return to a familiar area.
Young adults also go back to their place of birth to breed and bare their young. They bare 2 to 18 live babies each time depending on the size of the female. Breeding times are spring and fall.
They don't like strong smelling plants such as Marigolds, onion and garlic. Or liquids such as ammonia and vinegar.

My only copperhead encounter was in Belmont, MA, a long way from their normal turf, which extends into a tiny piece of SW MA. Habitat was correct. I was running on the hospital's par course trail, when I felt a sudden hard smack on the top of my leather shoe's padded collar. Looked down and saw the big snake coiled and ready to strike again. No Internet then, so I drove to the library to ID it.

I suspect that the weirdo who lived next to the trail and trained his German Shepherd dogs with a silent whistle to attack unsuspecting trail users (a whole other story) had put the snake there. May he rot of both dog and snake bite infection.