Snake threads

[Chad C]

I don't typically kill'em unless they're overly aggressive... Cottonmouth!

Though I did kill a harmless water snake the other day while I was in the pool. Call it a reaction if you will. It swam at me and my reaction was to grab it and slap his head up against the side of da pool!!!

[DesertDug]

if you kill it, you got to eat it...

[denowt]

I agree we should learn them and be aware of them, but what you choose to do with them are your own business and I for one will keep it to myself

I agree with this, and I'm going to try and keep my comments directed at only the original poster on the snake ID threads and ignore the uneducated comments. I have been baited into arguments far too many times by people looking for a reaction/argument.
My only other pet peave is someone killing a snake, then asking what it was. Google "Texas snakes" and see which picture looks like the carcass, or preferably do this before you encounter said snakes.
There are several snakes, including venomous ones, that are protected under state and/or federal law. You could save yourself some money.

[westguy76]

Timeber rattler, canebrake.

Protected in Texas. Dont kill one

I thought so nearly stepped on one of those or a prarie rattler at Lake sommerville last summer. made my heart skip a beat. it rattled and I had put my foot down real near it chasing a frisbee in the tall grass. that would have ruined a weekend

[kparker158]

if you kill it, you got to eat it...

I'll let the buzzards eat it. Haha

[texanhoyt]

I don't typically kill'em unless they're overly aggressive... Cottonmouth!

Though I did kill a harmless water snake the other day while I was in the pool. Call it a reaction if you will. It swam at me and my reaction was to grab it and slap his head up against the side of da pool!!!

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I'd be trying to reenact Jesus Walking on water if that thing swam at me. But it be more of a run with lots of screaming like a little girl.

[Thundervee]

Kill it, don't kill it, I don't care one way or the other... Ain't nobody's business but your own...

[Bill M]

Something tells me im to blame for this thread.

Not at all. We have so many snake threads that end poorly. I kill venomous snakes and make no apology for it. Snakes that I would have killed at an earlier time in my life I no longer do because I am more familiar with them and their purpose. I taught my grandkids to id them when I lived rural so they would be less afraid and aware. I think we as outdoors people should know the things that crawl on their bellies in Texas, that's all.

I thought so nearly stepped on one of those or a prarie rattler at Lake sommerville last summer. made my heart skip a beat. it rattled and I had put my foot down real near it chasing a frisbee in the tall grass. that would have ruined a weekend

That is a timber or canebrake, however you want to label it. They are fairly docile unless cornered. Still don't like them. They always rattle if you get too close.

[JSF]

I thought so nearly stepped on one of those or a prarie rattler at Lake sommerville last summer. made my heart skip a beat. it rattled and I had put my foot down real near it chasing a frisbee in the tall grass. that would have ruined a weekend

your reply sounds like your dog hacked your tbh account

People definitely should learn which snakes are venomous or not.....any poisonous snake in texas except for the coral snake will be a pit viper thus having a triangle shaped head and slitted pupils instead of round ones.

[lovemylegacy]

what kind of rattler is that?

Timber Rattler, Canebrake Rattler and it has another name given to it that escapes me.

[Bill M]

.....any poisonous snake in texas except for the coral snake will be a pit viper thus having a triangle shaped head and slitted pupils instead of round ones.

Yes sir.

[Chad C]

Not at all. We have so many snake threads that end poorly. I kill venomous snakes and make no apology for it. Snakes that I would have killed at an earlier time in my life I no longer do because I am more familiar with them and their purpose. I taught my grandkids to id them when I lived rural so they would be less afraid and aware. I think we as outdoors people should know the things that crawl on their bellies in Texas, that's all.


That is a timber or canebrake, however you want to label it. They are fairly docile unless cornered. Still don't like them. They always rattle if you get too close.

Velvet tail...

[ducks-and-bucks]

I kill anything poisonous....

[cj7zrcool]

I don't usually kill non-venomous serpents, but I would if it/they were after Dale's nephews again!

[txdukklr]

You're not to blame. This is the new "hot topic" that seems to have replaced the "Yeti vs Brute" threads. It is now "Kill or not Kill". These will soon go away as well as people get tired of all the back and forths. I agree we should learn them and be aware of them, but what you choose to do with them are your own business and I for one will keep it to myself

At least we've gotten a vacation from the high fence threads.

Ask away people doesn't bother me one bit if someone posts questions about a snake. Seems silly to brow beat someone who does