Snake repellent ?
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sonofdsouth72
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Originally Posted By: RJM AcresOriginally Posted By: sonofdsouth72timber rattler is what you have !!
You need to come get some of these snakes.
Bring your chain saw, brush cutter and t-post pounder with you.
no thanks im done cutting brush , trees for a long time . i will come for the snakes do ... lol .
You need to come get some of these snakes.
Bring your chain saw, brush cutter and t-post pounder with you.
no thanks im done cutting brush , trees for a long time . i will come for the snakes do ... lol .
Rocky1
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Originally Posted By: RJM Acres
Been told we have pygmies but have never seen 1 or don't think I've seen one.
You folks down in florida have some serious snakes and problems.
We used to live there and our place was right on the St Johns river.
Had more snakes then we knew what to do with. Usually water mocs.
Neighbor was kind of a goofy sort of guy and caught venemous snakes for a living.
Then he kept them in his garage until he had enough to sell to the labs.
I hated mowing the yard by his garage.
Where were you at on the St. Johns? Have a lot of history there from Palatka/Hastings area on up to Jacksonville.
Originally Posted By: RJM Acres
A friend of ours has a big ranch in the northern part of the state.
They are always killing rattlers on their place. Big ones.
And their "pond" is full of gators. "pond" is 80 acres.
Pond Lizards is awful abundant down here anymore! For something that was on the brink of extintion they sure came back fast!! It was a wonderful example of how proper management of wildlife can benefit everyone. It was also an over inflated bulllshit story about how close they were to extinction!! It's real hard to count critters that live in the middle of the swamp, in the water.
Originally Posted By: RJM Acres
And fire ants everywhere in that state. I hate fire ants worse then snakes.
Likewise! Heard just recently that Club Soda will kill them. Just pour it down the heart of the ant hill. It's a little thicker than most soda so it travels deeper before foaming up, when it foams up the CO2 gasses off and kills the queen of the colony. Or, so they say.
Originally Posted By: RJM Acres
We were in a campground years ago by Trenton Fl and went on a guided hike.
The Swannee was flooding bad at the time and the guide took us down there.
I was crossing a downed tree and was straddling it. I glanced down and there
was a 6ft water moc stretched out on the tree. It blended in so well I didn't
see it. I slowly backed off and got out of there. Took a picture of the snake
and I'll have to see if I can find it again. Went and chewed the park peoples
butts for not warning anyone about the snakes and taking us into an area that
was swarming with them.
Nice campground but the park people were not to bright.
There again, when the river goes up, the snakes get thick on high ground!
I'm guessin he looked kinda like this one... I was on top of the bridge 4 feet above him and he was still trying to strike at me!
Nephew gave me a bad time about the picture, said "I hope you killed him, when you got done playing with the camera!" Had to tell him "NO... I didn't! Didn't have a gun in the truck that day, and I wasn't even about to crawl under that bridge with him!!"
Been told we have pygmies but have never seen 1 or don't think I've seen one.
You folks down in florida have some serious snakes and problems.
We used to live there and our place was right on the St Johns river.
Had more snakes then we knew what to do with. Usually water mocs.
Neighbor was kind of a goofy sort of guy and caught venemous snakes for a living.
Then he kept them in his garage until he had enough to sell to the labs.
I hated mowing the yard by his garage.
Where were you at on the St. Johns? Have a lot of history there from Palatka/Hastings area on up to Jacksonville.
Originally Posted By: RJM Acres
A friend of ours has a big ranch in the northern part of the state.
They are always killing rattlers on their place. Big ones.
And their "pond" is full of gators. "pond" is 80 acres.
Pond Lizards is awful abundant down here anymore! For something that was on the brink of extintion they sure came back fast!! It was a wonderful example of how proper management of wildlife can benefit everyone. It was also an over inflated bulllshit story about how close they were to extinction!! It's real hard to count critters that live in the middle of the swamp, in the water.
Originally Posted By: RJM Acres
And fire ants everywhere in that state. I hate fire ants worse then snakes.
Likewise! Heard just recently that Club Soda will kill them. Just pour it down the heart of the ant hill. It's a little thicker than most soda so it travels deeper before foaming up, when it foams up the CO2 gasses off and kills the queen of the colony. Or, so they say.
Originally Posted By: RJM Acres
We were in a campground years ago by Trenton Fl and went on a guided hike.
The Swannee was flooding bad at the time and the guide took us down there.
I was crossing a downed tree and was straddling it. I glanced down and there
was a 6ft water moc stretched out on the tree. It blended in so well I didn't
see it. I slowly backed off and got out of there. Took a picture of the snake
and I'll have to see if I can find it again. Went and chewed the park peoples
butts for not warning anyone about the snakes and taking us into an area that
was swarming with them.
Nice campground but the park people were not to bright.
There again, when the river goes up, the snakes get thick on high ground!
I'm guessin he looked kinda like this one... I was on top of the bridge 4 feet above him and he was still trying to strike at me!
Nephew gave me a bad time about the picture, said "I hope you killed him, when you got done playing with the camera!" Had to tell him "NO... I didn't! Didn't have a gun in the truck that day, and I wasn't even about to crawl under that bridge with him!!"
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RJM Acres
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Howdy Rocky.
We lived just south of Jacksonhell a little ways by Mandrin.
Hated living there.
Never heard of club soda for fire ants before but hey, why
not. Met a guy in a campground by Chatahochee that would put
just a little bit of lighter fluid on the mounds and light
them. They would burn for a long time.
We had an old dog named Shep at the time. Dumber then a rock.
He would go lay on the fire ant mounds and nap. As far as I
know he never got bit.
Spent quite a bit of time down in Florida as most of our
families lived all over the state. I didn't see very many
gators even when I went looking for them. Most I saw was over
by Claremont.
The water moc I straddled on the log was about 6ft or so and
just stretched straight out on the log. It blended in perfectly. I'll see if I still have the picture on 1 of my
pc's. If not, I'll look for the actual picture as it was
before digital cameras were around.
We lived just south of Jacksonhell a little ways by Mandrin.
Hated living there.
Never heard of club soda for fire ants before but hey, why
not. Met a guy in a campground by Chatahochee that would put
just a little bit of lighter fluid on the mounds and light
them. They would burn for a long time.
We had an old dog named Shep at the time. Dumber then a rock.
He would go lay on the fire ant mounds and nap. As far as I
know he never got bit.
Spent quite a bit of time down in Florida as most of our
families lived all over the state. I didn't see very many
gators even when I went looking for them. Most I saw was over
by Claremont.
The water moc I straddled on the log was about 6ft or so and
just stretched straight out on the log. It blended in perfectly. I'll see if I still have the picture on 1 of my
pc's. If not, I'll look for the actual picture as it was
before digital cameras were around.
Rocky1
New member
You gotta be kiddin me... I spent part of my early years in Mandarin; lived in a big split level that sat back off Scott Mill Road. Hadn't seen the old place for decades; last year I was over for my grandma's birthday and went wandering around town looking for old landmarks. Did find the old house, but what used to be 5 acres of grass and garden out in front of the house, is now about 10 houses! The old dirt driveway is now a paved city street.
Back in the 80s I was working in the local garage in our little town of 500 or so in ND. I was visiting with a young gal that was up there staying with her grandma, and she said she was from Mandarin. I inquired where exactly they had lived, and she had grown up on Beauclerc Circle half a block down the street from where I'd lived. It's a small world! I'd left there 5 years before she was born, but to be 2000+ miles and 20 years after leaving there and find out you'd lived a half block apart as kids, was pretty wild.
There are some pretty major gators on the St Johns these days. Farmer we pollinate for over in the Hastings area killed one between Palatka and Hastings someplace that went nearly 14 feet!
Back in the 80s I was working in the local garage in our little town of 500 or so in ND. I was visiting with a young gal that was up there staying with her grandma, and she said she was from Mandarin. I inquired where exactly they had lived, and she had grown up on Beauclerc Circle half a block down the street from where I'd lived. It's a small world! I'd left there 5 years before she was born, but to be 2000+ miles and 20 years after leaving there and find out you'd lived a half block apart as kids, was pretty wild.
There are some pretty major gators on the St Johns these days. Farmer we pollinate for over in the Hastings area killed one between Palatka and Hastings someplace that went nearly 14 feet!
tnshootist
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The wildlife folks relocated a bunch of rattlers to Browns Mt several years ago so we have a better supply now.Must not forget to thank them for that.Used to lay in the shade and drink spring water at the old browns mt spring but don't do as much laying around now.
JamesTaylor
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Snakes are very important cause of spreading pest and its germs
both in humans and other animals. Best way is killing of snakes to reduce
the further effect.
both in humans and other animals. Best way is killing of snakes to reduce
the further effect.
The way I see it you have two options. 1, Burn the house to the ground while all your armed friends stand guard so no stray snakes can escape...or 2, sell to a democrat and move at least 5 states away. I'd just as soon run upon a bear as a snake. I might could whoop that bear but snakes are a different story.
GC
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Originally Posted By: Bryan8New York dosent have too many snakes besides garter snakes and water snakes. Both harmless. My chickens used to kill the garter snakes.
Theres timber rattlers around our cottage in PA, the DEC released them to control the turkey numbers. Never seen one though.
Bryan
Theres timber rattlers around our cottage in PA, the DEC released them to control the turkey numbers. Never seen one though.
Bryan
Bryan8
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Originally Posted By: GCOriginally Posted By: Bryan8New York dosent have too many snakes besides garter snakes and water snakes. Both harmless. My chickens used to kill the garter snakes.
Theres timber rattlers around our cottage in PA, the DEC released them to control the turkey numbers. Never seen one though.
Bryan
Hey thats what I was told! I know they are around, a guy across the lake killed 2 by his shed last year.
Theres timber rattlers around our cottage in PA, the DEC released them to control the turkey numbers. Never seen one though.
Bryan
Hey thats what I was told! I know they are around, a guy across the lake killed 2 by his shed last year.