I have been having a problem with black snakes the past 2 years. I live in a wooded area so i know snakes are going to be around, but now i have a 2 1/2 year old playing outside a lot and i don't want him running into one. I was staking some wood this weekend and i reached up to put a few pieces on another row kinda above my head and i didn't even see him hanging out on top of the pile and i brushed my arm across him, scared the crap out of me. a few seconds later that end of the pile fell over. i attached 2 pics. he's pretty big. Last year i killed 2 bigger ones around the pile. i didn't get a change to get this one. you guys have any suggestions on keeping them away? what do you all do?