Be careful when moving things this time of the year

[Backwoods Savage]

I was moving some of the old galvanized roofing we use for covering wood when about 3 sheets down, here is what I found. Get too close and he'd make a lunge.

 

[ARGlock]

What kind of snake is that? I don't think we have that variety here in Arkansas. In your signature you say you have a onery wife, she didn't put that snake there did she.

Stay Cool,
AR

 

[ANeat]

Thats a Milk snake, good rodent eater

 

[Bobbin]

They're cool looking, we have a pretty big one that lives in and around the compost and brush pile. Sometimes I spot him/her first, sometimes I don't and am rewarded with an adrenalin rush.

 

[ARGlock]

Thats a Milk snake, good rodent eater

Would that be a northern type of King snake? Here in Arkansas, we have King snakes that have a lot of yellow and black on them. And of course there are a lot of Chicken snakes that are black that can't hurt you. We do have a pile of Cotton Mouths, Rattle snakes, and alligators too. The latter group being rather dangerous.

AR

 

[wood spliter]

That Snake looks like it could eat a dog!

 

[firefighterjake]

Happy to say snakes around here don't seem to get all that big . . . and none are poisonous . . . not a big fan of the snakes . . . won't go out of my way to kill 'em, but just don't care for them.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Yes, that is a milk snake and we seem to have several around here. This one was pretty small but big on temper. We took a couple of pictures and left him alone. My wife had to look through the binoculars because she wanted a real close-up of his head and said he looks like he is wearing a mask. That is hard to see from a strait on view though. I should have taken one from a more sideways and close-up.

We didn't find any eggs though. One time we found some mule eggs and I had my wife sit on them for a month but nothing came of it. We had to buy a new mule.

 

[Delta-T]

Happy to say snakes around here don't seem to get all that big . . . and none are poisonous . . . not a big fan of the snakes . . . won't go out of my way to kill 'em, but just don't care for them.

You dont get the Eastern Timber Rattler in Maine, nor the Moccasin? I thought you did, and both are poisonous. We've had some Timber rattler sightings over here over the last couple of years. I used to see the moccasins swimming across the pond near my moms house when I was younger, but haven't seen one in quite a while.

 

[firefighterjake]

Happy to say snakes around here don't seem to get all that big . . . and none are poisonous . . . not a big fan of the snakes . . . won't go out of my way to kill 'em, but just don't care for them.

You dont get the Eastern Timber Rattler in Maine, nor the Moccasin? I thought you did, and both are poisonous. We've had some Timber rattler sightings over here over the last couple of years. I used to see the moccasins swimming across the pond near my moms house when I was younger, but haven't seen one in quite a while.

Neither snake is here in Maine . . . to my knowledge. We don't let 'em slither across the Kittery-Portsmouth Bridge . . . we tell 'em that New Hampshire may be "live free or die" but here in Maine it's "All snakes must die."

On a serious note . . . yeah . . . neither snake is in Maine . . . once in a while you hear of someone finding a stow-away . . . but it's pretty rare for some reason.

 

[maplewood]

We don't allow poisonous snakes in New Brunswick, either.
Garter snakes, chewing up crickets, yes. But nothing to run from.
Glad you didn't have to make a trip to the hospital!

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Mostly be careful for their sake. I had some small garter snakes in my kiln wood pile that kept moving down layers as I picked up wood. I kept thinking I'd squish the poor buggers with shifting wood.

 

[hareball]

Beautiful snake! Our 2 Northern pine and 1 LA girls dropped over 50 eggs this year, can't wait for the hatch.