Close call

[MacFromOK]

Any of you grillin' guys ever cook snake meat?

Glad you struck first, Dennis.
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[SlugSlinger]

Thanks for the PSA!

 

[kirk1978]

WOW, glad you spotted it first!!

 

[Seadog]

I was finishing up a flower bed project for the wife today using those paver blocks. Put one on the front porch and went inside for some cool water and to get the sweat drops off my glasses.
Reached down to pickup the block and noticed movement under it.
Backed up for a better look and this 12” copperhead was almost completely hidden under it with only a small portion visible which is what caught my eye. Pretty well camouflaged.
The last pic is right before the square point shovel took his head off. You can see the fangs.
That’s the 10th copperhead I’ve killed on our place.

Glad you noticed it before it fanged you. I’m thinking you need to get a bunch of chickens. Bantys, a bunch. That will take care of your snake problem. 10th one this year, eh? That’s 10 too many. I think it’s the Almighty telling you to work less outside.

 

[Hodrod]

I was finishing up a flower bed project for the wife today using those paver blocks. Put one on the front porch and went inside for some cool water and to get the sweat drops off my glasses.
Reached down to pickup the block and noticed movement under it.
Backed up for a better look and this 12” copperhead was almost completely hidden under it with only a small portion visible which is what caught my eye. Pretty well camouflaged.
The last pic is right before the square point shovel took his head off. You can see the fangs.
That’s the 10th copperhead I’ve killed on our place.

Time before last that I went down to the ranch I got out of the pickup and walked over to open the gate and looked down and there was a copperhead 6" from my foot just under the lock on the gate....boy did this 72 year old move like a teenager.....

 

[druryj]

Crap...which is what I probably would have done...in my drawers.

 

[crrcboatz]

WOW!

 

[OHJEEZE]

A snake is a steak (according to a book I have)!

 

[kwaynem]

Rattlesnake taste a lot like chicken

 

[rawhide]

Glad you spotted it when you did. Copperheads are the snake that scare me. They're often difficult to see.

Rat snakes and king snakes I like and never bother them. We live on property that I would not be surprised to see copperheads and pigmy or timber rattlers (whatever those small ones are that I've seen), but in 20 years here have not seen even one. I give credit to the king snakes for eliminating the bad ones.