Definitely a Trouser Snake.
Not if you have an interest in keeping rats and snakes away from your equipment causing repairs. I live 45 miles away from the farm. Keep rat/mice blocks on baling wire in the barn to kill them, but at the same time, if i see a good snake on the road or around our house, I catch it, and take it to the barn to be released.
It might take a few days before getting back over there, but I can post pics of mice that ate the front tire of a tractor to the point it went flat and had to be replaced. $300+ dollars later. Had it been on one of the bigger tractors, it would have been exponentially more.
Ratshot is good but next time consider killing it with fire 
http://oksnakes.org/index.cfm?snakeID=9&venomous=0&patterned=0&striped=0&solid=0&all=0
was a good snake, now it's a dead snake.
the nonvenomous ones seem to bluff aggressively, since they don't have much to back up a bite...
was a good snake, now it's a dead snake.
the nonvenomous ones seem to bluff aggressively, since they don't have much to back up a bite...
Yes. Back a Bull Snake or a Hog nose snake into a corner, and the bull snake becomes really aggressive. The Hog nose snake is incredibly aggressive until it realizes it's cornered then it plays dead. It will roll over on its back and when rolled back to its belly, it rolls back to it's back. LOL, easy to tell its not dead.
Snakes have a purpose in this environment. In town I can see the fear, but in the country, let them be. They actually benefit you.
I think the Hognose snake is my Spirit animal..
The Hognose will also spread its neck like a cobra. One scared me to death doing that once. I thought I was dealing with a cobra on my back porch.
Blue Racers will get your bluff if you run also....lol
