That sounds like Southern squirrels.

^^Fr..Fab watch out for those spiders.
I killed a big one last night.

I've had encounters with southern squirrels. Once, I was at Disney World and had gotten into Epcot one morning via the International Gateway (it's a entrance at the World Showcase for the park that people at the Epcot area resorts use). As me and my parents (yeah, they're Disney fanatics) were rushing through the yet-to-be-opened World Showcase so we could get to Soarin' before it got too crowded, a squirrel came darting out of the bushes. What followed was a stand-off between me and the squirrel, and the squirrel won. Seriously.

Had to bump this thread cause I thought iamnotafraid might appreciate this




Fall break for the kiddies was last week so my girl midget spent some quality time with her grandpa...in backwood Alabama obviously. The snake was in the birdfeeder and had a bird half way down it's throat, but not for long! Grandpa gave it a swat and out went the bird. Then the midget shot it with a BB gun. Then they took this picture. It makes me cringe a little.

Please tell Little-M that she's my new hero.
Great picture. You two can go snake hunting with
me anytime. She can even bring her Daisy BB gun,
they're so much fun.

I'll tell her. We're not running out of snakes around here anytime soon so I don't think we can help you out much.

The hunting day was not over for them after the snake. They also shot a couple squirrels. Guess what was for dinner? Nice and crunchy "chicken." Kids always think its chicken. ha ha. In general though anything that gets killed (within reason and you know snakes are within reason) get's cooked and ate.

Ya know, I was raised on hunting and fishing and doing all the other things you do when you're raised by a dad. I couldn't wait to move away from there and be as girly as possible. I didn't eat meat for several years. Now that I"m back around I really do appreciate it and am glad my little lady gets to kill stuff with grandpa...but she also gets to be girly with me.

I don't think I've ever ate squirrel. So you've got me beat on that one.

I have a skunk...
 

that has taken up residence near my trash bin. It must've sprayed the trees because I could smell the scent when I was outside playing with a green praying mantis the other day. I love praying mantis', they kill those damn annoying crickets in my yard.

I haven't seen any scorpions as of late :( but I did catch myself a millipede earlier, I placed it near some dead leaves so it should have its own 'all you can eat' buffet.

And my 'black widow' still has her nest up on the South side of the house, she's my fave!

Praying Mantis...cool!
Had no idea they ate
crickets.

If you'll believe it, I had a spider crawling on my leg a couple of weeks ago when I was in, of all places, the shower! :shocked: After being stunned for a few minutes (let alone worried it had already bit me) I brushed it off onto the bathmat and later captured it in a jam jar. The day after I took it to college to be identified, but I ultimately never bothered, as it didn't seem to have bitten me, so I instead disturbed a few friends by showing it to them. After arriving home from college I threw it in the backyard. :)

You're much more nice than I.

Two more snakes bit the dust this week.
One on the back porch, one under a fig tree.

There seems to be two Biblical references
there. Intentional?

And not for the faint of heart (animal lovers),
because there was a reason for killing this creature.
I killed a huge alligator snaping turtle this past week.
Of all places, he was coming up my driveway. He must
have thought he'd take a shortcut to one of our ponds.
I changed his mind.

Killing reptiles is not cool, im sure a snake catcher in your area would be happy to relocate your unwelcome visitors...
Im curious so what was your reason for killing 2 snakes and 1 snapping turtle:shrug:, it better be a good one, eg: like they were going to kill then eat you first:D

On Tuesday...
 

I was out at the lake (Ft.Cobb State Park) and saw a water moccasin with a dead shad in its mouth - took a small round rock and nailed it off the top of the snakes head! Didn't kill the snake but it was rather amusing to watch it swim off...Around the first of the month I was at the lake in my usual spot (Picnic Table #5 at Caddo Hill) and saw a baby water moccasin swim up between my feet and it fled away when I moved. :thumbsup:



Haven't seen any Praying Mantis' lately, but about a week ago I played with a female scorpion on my porch - I let her live since it was obvious she would be having lil' stingers very soon. :D

Oh, I don't think it's cool. The snapping turtle was killed because
they get in our ponds and eat the fish. Especially one the size of
ole' al. Water Moccasins are very poisonous and need to be
killed. Other non-poisonous snakes just need to stay out of my
yard if they want to live longer. And Alabama would need an
army of snake catcher/wranglers to keep up with all the snakes
around here. Plus I can't imagine waiting on a wrangler to show
up.

Estranged4life, quit playing with those scorpions. I haven't seen
a praying mantis in awhile.

This thread makes me really sad, honestly. I understand feeling the need to potentially kill venomous snakes for your own safety (although if it was not a detrimental situation, you could always call and have it relocated), but it always disturbs me to see people basking in the glory of killing harmless animals.

Sorry. Snakes aren't evil. Honestly, we should respect them - they manage to survive and thrive in almost every part of the world without any arms or legs... pretty awesome if you ask me.

^^^I understand your point.

I was raised to live in sheer terror of them, and I'm still deathly afraid of them. I do kill them, but less frequently than I used to. I've seen 4 so far this summer, and haven't killed one, yet. I almost feel like I'm getting used to seeing them, and it's not quite the heart attack it used to be!

But I still HATE them. All of them.

I was out at the lake...
 

again yesterday, playing with snakes in the water - My older sis told to "not mess with them, I could be bit"...

I responded to her "There's cute girls out here, I hope one of them bites me instead..." :D

I have not found any snakes in the yard yet but I happen to wake up a big fat worm at lease 6 inches and 1//8 to 1/4 inch fat when I was digging in the back yard.I jumped when I seen him.Hahahah.LOL I let it craw away.

WildHearted & SilverSprings,
Basking in the glory and blowing my own trumpet
is not exactly what this thread is about. Did you gals
read the title?

I would think anyone would "get" that this thread is
more about making fun of myself than actually about
killing snakes. I'm not a hunter, and have never cared
for it. I stopped hunting over 30 years ago, with the
exception of snakes in the yard or around ponds. I'll
admit to enjoying shooting, or liking guns. But that's
about it.

All I ask is for people to read the titles or comments I
make - and to just think. Now it's guitar playing time!

I got it :D;)

THANKS!


And SilverSprings,
I know you love animals and I respect you for it.
But there are times when animals have to be killed,
or put down. Living on a farm you get a different
perspective than most do on animals. I could give
you situations where some animals had to be taken
care of, but that would just make you and some
others sad. And I'd rather people laugh at the things
that go on in my life than to bring them down.

Speaking of snakes.Here's a classic tune.

man i loved, loved this song when i was a kid!!!:thumbsup:~

I liked it too!

I never liked it. I always thought it was stupid. But it has a Buckingham Nicks connection: when the suits told BN to start playing hits on the steakhouse circuit, it was suggested that they perform this song and other big AM hits.

Nice post, I like that! :thumbsup:

I appreciate you saying that.


And David I don't believe for one moment
that you didn't like that song.

And speaking of dead animals, what about the old
song Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road?

I'm a huge Loudon Wainwright III fan.

Wow.I did not know BN performed this tune .

They didn't perform it. It was only suggested to them that they do but Lindsey wouldn't hear of it.

Oh Ok thanks for clearing that up.

Another day, another snake. But this time
is was by accident. While mowing the lawn
today I ran over something. Thought it might
be a pine cone or something like that by the
noise the mower made. I stopped and looked
back to see a big ole' snake all chopped up.

Since you guys have made me feel guilty about
the killings, I thought I'd use the snake in a
positive way. So I picked up the chopped pieces
and made nail soup with them. Mmm mmm good.

You crack me up!!!! :lol::lol:

Thanks, I think...

I should have saved you some of the nail soup.

Yum - I like anything! ;):D

Today I looked out my front door.
And in the yard I saw a rat running
around a rabbit. The rabbit just
kindly moved on about his business
of eating whatever was green in the
yard or North field. The squirrels
mostly stayed to themselves.

Now you ask what about the snakes?
Of course I have a snake story for you.
But it seems I must introduce a new
animal to you. One that I have not
written of before. They can be very
dangerous. These four legged creatures
have tusks. You did see Old Yeller?
Yes indeed, wild hogs. Or more likely,
a mix of wild boar and domesticated pigs.

My uncle has always liked hunting them.
So he comes over and we walk through
the fields down near the swamp where
Amos Moses once lived. Those pigs have
been eating our crops and they must pay
the price.

On the way down to the swamp guess what
my uncle stepped on? You guessed right,
a big ole moccasin. My uncle seemed to
have a spring in his step. Luckily we had
took the precaution of taking what I like to
call the chopper. The snake is no more.

As for the pig, well that's another story...

My mother's clothes dryer quit working so I went
by to take a look. It sits on her back porch, so at
least this story takes place outside so to speak.

A press of the "on" switch and the dryer doesn't
turn, so I have to take the back panels off to see
what's the matter. After a thorough cleaning I
make my way into the exhaust port right after
the fan. Couldn't see anything from the way the
exhaust was angled. Time for the "mirror" treat-
ment. I'd thought about reaching my hand up
in there but didn't want to pull out a dead rat
with my bare hands.

What did the mirror reveal you ask? One big
ole' snake. He had been tangled up in the fan
for a few days. And you'd think he would have
been dead - but no! I poked him and he moved.
I used my MacGyver handbook and found an old
coat hanger and used it to unwrap and pull him
out of that space.

Though his end wasn't PETA friendly, it certainly
made for an interesting adventure.

It sounds like he wanted to keep warm but he went alittle to far and got into the fan.

Have some kitty cats around like that vid I posted in the share thread.







They had some snake meat for supper.