Day'um snakes......

[Big Muddy]

With all this extremely hot dry weather, the snakes are really on the move, looking for moisture.

About 1 AM, Sandy started barking out on the patio. I looked out the patio door, and saw a two foot copperhead, coiled up at the base of her water bucket.

Just as I got out there with a sharp hoe, Sandy went on the attack. She bit and shook that bastage until there was no movement.

I moved in, and chopped off it's head.

Buddy of mine has killed three copperheads, just this past week, inside his dog pens, near his dog's water buckets.

Copperheads are really the only snakes that I fear. They are perfectly camouflaged, and give no warning.

[Niner]

Been so wet here lately, I think all the snakes must have drowned. We've had about 6" of rain in the last week. TOTALLY ruined the 4th and the weekend.

[Big Muddy]

Yep, saw that rain system on the radar.

Persistent rain bands stretching from the gulf all the way up north.

[Big Skyz]

If all the snakes drown it would be a dream come true for me. While y'all have more different kinds of snakes in the South we certainly do not have a shortage of rattle snakes here in Montana, though I really wish we did!

[Big Muddy]

Heres one of the three copperheads that my buddy has killed in his dog pen....he said this one struck at his arm, but missed, when he was opening the door in the dark.


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[Big Muddy]

Another frigging snake crawled across the carport last night....however, this one was a 5 foot chicken snake....Sandy made short work of him.