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Don't mess with the South

We have creeks and lakes and swamp and woods all around us, complete with 2 varieties of rattlesnakes, Copperheads, and Coral snakes. The things that slither around there at night will give you the Heebie Geebies. Housecats that live around the house are a great help in keeping rodents away, giving the snakes less reason to approach. We have had a dog bitten by a Diamondback, and a stray cat bitten by a Cottonmouth. A neighbor had a horse die from a Diamondback bite on the nose. Keeping the grass mowed helps keep the snakes away. We have also discovered that when there is a big tropical weather system approaching, the snakes seem to respond to changes in the barometer and move toward higher ground. When the creeks and rivers flood, we also see more snakes. Thank goodness for the black snakes and rat snakes we have on the property. With 9 grandkids and prized dogs on the property, the key to venomous snake's survival around here is to stay the heck away from the house. I agree that Cottonmouths have a terrible attitude. My son is holding one example that I nearly stepped on while putting up hurricane shutters. Snake Charmer with .410 bird shot is just the medicine for them.
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Bassbob said:
I like snakes. Just don’t want venomous ones near my house. I like spiders too. I have a spider outside my front door between the porch light and the beam right now. I tell him good morning every day. I call him Harry.
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Harry appreciates your porch light bringing in a smorgasbord of bugs every night.

We have a good friend who is a spider biologist mostly studying medically significant spiders. He came up a couple years ago and spent several days on the farm looking for populations of Brown Recluse and Widows. He left with about 50 specimens but found no Brown Recluse. If you are an arachnophobe, you would not be happy here.
 
HayesGreener said:
Harry appreciates your porch light bringing in a smorgasbord of bugs every night.

We have a good friend who is a spider biologist mostly studying medically significant spiders. He came up a couple years ago and spent several days on the farm looking for populations of Brown Recluse and Widows. He left with about 50 specimens but found no Brown Recluse. If you are an arachnophobe, you would not be happy here.
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We have Brown Recluse all over here. My wife has bad reactions to being bit by them. They barely make my skin red though. But a red hornet stung me on the head last summer and I went into anaphylaxis.
 
HayesGreener said:
I have some of those for my .44mag. When I fire one round the plastic cups back out of the other live rounds a bit from recoil and bind the cylinder. So I have a single shot .44 mag snake revolver. Make the first one count!
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I never carry more than two rounds in the cylinder at a time for that very reason, but when I going hiking throught the woods I do carry a big stick! Always have a backup.
 
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