Did I tell ya?

LOL ....... I'll send my mother-in-law out to rid you of your infestation. She hates them also, but aint afraid of em. She carries a small garden hoe with the handle cut off at about 4' and keeps sharp as a razor. Working in her garden or out around the house when she sees one it like one of those chiefs on TV choppin up veggies ........ She goes after em, not many get away.

 

Yep, those no-shouldered son-of-a-guns! I don't like being around one when I know he's there much less when its a surprise. This is the time of year when they can get bad with the temperature swings from warm to cool.

 

I hate them I had one short out my central air unit. The dumb ass snake crawled in there and fried itself

 

Kinda funny to me that so many fear the slithering reptiles Don't kill non-venomous snakes for the pest removal services they provide, but I'm not into playing with them or keeping one as a pet as our son does. Cotton mouths...I waylayed a bunch of them the 12 years we lived in Louisiana. Bellworms (rattlesnakes) do bother me a tad. Got struck at twice with one managing to hang a fang in my jeans for a few seconds. Treat 'em respectfully, dispatch and might enjoy a tasty meal from those sonofaguns!

How's everyone on the 8-legged pests? The mere mention makes my wife very anxious and jumpy! Fear..."nothing but" my backside...her super-human feats to spring out of their way should make any man fearful of getting trampled! Oh the joys of life...

 

If my wife sees a snake, I haveta kill it or she has nightmares. So I killem.

 

Snakes & Spousal Duties

The fears of your wife with snakes is on par with mine and spiders

 

The bawana came up with a rat snake the other day weed eating. It was about 2' long, a little one. They get BIG here and contrary to their name mainly eat birds. A big one will put the CLAMPS on ya if you Pi$$ him off. Not poisonous as are King snakes either which eat other snakes. I don't kill any of them unless they are around the house and venomous. An odd law in Missouri, its against the law to kill snakes ......

None of the grandkids are afraid of any snake, lizard or other critter. But let a spider be on the property ....... THEY SCATTER ........ My daughter has a fear of Crickets ..... don't know where that came from.

 

Lol.... I see quite a few Eastern King and Black Racer snakes where I hunt. They're not poisonous, so they get a pass. They also eat poisonous snakes. Funny how I've never seen a poisonous snake out there....

 

I seen some bigguns back at FT Leonardwood,Misery, I can concurr with SWO1

 

I'm OK with snakes but I like to know when they are around. My wife has a serious fear of them. She can't even look at one on TV.
We have 3 poisonous snakes in OHIO and they are seldom seen. Timber Rattlers, Water Moccasin & Coral Snakes.
However, I DON'T LIKE SPIDERS.
Don't know about your area but this has been a good year for spiders around here. They are everywhere, and big ones to boot. We have Brown Recluse and Black Widow spiders to be concerned about.

 

Reptiles any kind

 

We have had a bad year for Black Widow spiders this year as well. I always put my leather gloves on when doing anything outside - better to be safe than sorry. You never know when your fingers and a Black Widow will try to occupy the same space. Y'all be careful out there......

 

We killed a Copperhead in the women's bathroom at work this morning! Kinda broke the same old routine up for a change.

 

I used to travel Highway 7 between Hot Springs and Russellville when I was going to Arkansas Tech University. About this time of the year you could see literally thousands of tarantulas (big ones) crossing the highway in their annual migration. Never figured out where they were going - they would be going in each direction......

 

I don't like snakes - especially water snakes! The summer when I was 12 yrs old, it was particularly hot and humid and it seemed that their population absolutely boomed along the run we liked to fish. The were fat, aggressive, and just plain nasty. They had no fear of us, had a nasty bite, and seemed to take great offense when came down to fish. It got so bad, nobody would go down to the creek without their .22s. Regarding spiders, this summer seems to be real good for them here in Maryland with more black widows and brown recluses in places they used to be pretty rare.

 

Shooter...just for you and others that need a uplift on this subject

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You haven't lived until you get a cotton mouth caught up in a trolling motor prop. Definitely adds to their already bad disposition....