pdl it is 5 o’clock somewhere isn’t it! 
October 5, 2011 at 6:47 pm
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Snake Identification ?
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October 5, 2011 at 6:55 pm #999338
Do snakes sense fear like dogs do?
re: [censored] in your pants!!
I don’t think it is a Bull snake.October 5, 2011 at 6:55 pm #999339http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/natural_resources/animals/reptiles_amphibians/snake_lizard_mn.pdf
page 49/48
Juvenile gopher snake…but look under the photo and you will see others names listed.
Bull snakeOctober 5, 2011 at 7:03 pm #999341Quote:
Please don’t shoot Bull Snakes. These critters are eating their weight in mice and other little furries. They are harmless to humans. There always seems to be someone that wants to shoot harmless snakes. I can see shooting rattler in your yard to protect your family and pets but these critters are good for the environment.
I agree. Chase them away if they’re bothersome, but no need to kill them. They are very beneficial.Don’t tell my wife I said that, though. She nearly has a heart attack from garter snakes. The bigger ones would kill her!
October 5, 2011 at 7:13 pm #999346Quote:
pdl it is 5 o’clock somewhere isn’t it!
It might only be 4:20 where he’s at.
October 5, 2011 at 8:20 pm #999361What did we say this was a couple months ago??
October 5, 2011 at 8:29 pm #999362Quote:
What did we say this was a couple months ago??
that looks like a rattlesnake?
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Big OneOctober 5, 2011 at 8:44 pm #999365Nah, but it did meet an untimely demise. Many little neighbor kids reaching into bushes for balls, toys etc. Another was killed next door, only a bit smaller. It happens every year here. Next year I will TRY to relocate it if I see one. No promises though..
October 5, 2011 at 8:46 pm #999367Quote:
It is definately not the one eyed trouser snake!
Miller…The next snake I encounter will be relocated near a house I know in Isle!
October 5, 2011 at 9:20 pm #999373Geez,guys.
I’ve been bit by more snakes than I can count – and every single time I was bitten,I deserved it. I used to hunt for and catch snakes when I was a kid. I’d bring’em home and use them to torture my sister and her friends…even my mother,once.
I work outside. I occasionally see snakes. I have NEVER been bitten when I didn’t deserve it. I have never been chased by a snake,threatened by a snake…well,once,but that was the 2 legged kind…
Most are completely harmless and the ones that aren’t,aren’t looking for trouble….They’re cool-looking,none are so common as to not merit a second glance….and too many people kill’em just to kill’em.
October 5, 2011 at 9:30 pm #999378If there was ever something that was meant to be killed just to kill it…that would be a snake.
I’ve never been bitten, but I’m guessing that’s because they can’t bite when I’m 5 feet in the air.
I have reached out and touched a few, only if it’s legal and safe to pull the trigger.
Call me a [censored], a whimp a sally (Bret does) I don’t care. Smart snake stay away from me and more so my FW.
October 6, 2011 at 12:22 am #999399That’s exactly what it is, although most people call it a pine snake. They can easily grow to 5′ to 6′ long. They are non-venomous, but can get belligerant when cornered. There is a summer colony of them under the concrete boat ramps at Everts, although the snakes by the river aren’t as well marked as their inland cousins. There’s your herpatology lesson for the day!!
October 6, 2011 at 12:26 am #999400when i was in the service in Yakima I played with lots of rattlesnake from a distance. I sold them to guy who resold them.
They had to be 2 feet long and I got 5 bucks each for them.20 bucks for anything over 4 feet long.
My best day was 33 rattlers in one day.
October 6, 2011 at 12:27 am #999401I have such a big gopher problem, I’m welcoming all to bring bull snakes aka gopher snakes to my front yard… PLEASE!!! Im pretty sure they are protected in sherburne county
October 6, 2011 at 12:28 am #999402Quote:
I’m not real good on snakes Len. Normally I’m a 1/2 block away by the time I think of asking what kind it was.
x infinity
October 6, 2011 at 1:22 am #999430
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x infinity
…and beyond!
October 6, 2011 at 2:39 am #999460Here is a bull snake that my daughter introduced to a LTX. Wished she didn’t hit it, good snakes to have around
October 6, 2011 at 3:09 am #999462Just a little guy released great rodent reducer released in rafters to fix sparrow problem say no more
October 6, 2011 at 10:32 am #999479I was even scared to open this thread. Lord who cares what kind of a snake it is if it even has the potential to get grumpy.
I killed a little “Stripey” on our front lot with an anchor a couple days ago. Yes I’m sure he eats mice, Probably won’t constrict around my neck…..BTW I’d rather have mice than snakes. DO NOT know why they scare the **** out of me, but they do. I still say they are devilish creatures. Many years ago I was fishing in southern Minnesota as a teenager. I was fishing barefoot on a rock just out of the water about 15 feet from shore. I heard this big splash at my feet. I peered down to see a LARGE snake swimming past my rock when I nearly had a heart attack falling off the rock and running like a “School Girl” to shore. There were some guys in a boat not too far away from me drinking beer, and I remember them just about falling out of the boat laughing at me. They asked if I just saw a monster?? I said MUCH WORSE……….SNAKE!! Even those good ole boys understood then. Lord I WISH that was my only “THAT SNAKE SCARED THE **** out of me story!!” I’ve got some good ones!!
Had a snake wrap around my neck one time trying to launch him out of a fairway during a golf meet………..BTW BAD IDEA. On my follow through the snake had wrapped around my fairway wood and then proceeded to get wrapped around my neck. It nearly took 15 minutes for our foursome to get back in the action as guys were literally laying on the ground laughing as I ran over the hill leaving clubs far behind.
October 6, 2011 at 10:39 am #999482I really enjoy looking at fishing Pics
I think I have seen enough pics of the legless devils.
October 6, 2011 at 11:31 am #999487Buzzer,
I believe that is a Eastern Milk Snake that you are holding there. Cool little critter
October 6, 2011 at 1:00 pm #999511When agitated a bull snake will often take on that rolled up stance a rattlesnake goes into when its ready to strike and the bull snake will also do a “mock” tail rattle or shake like rattlesnakes do.
Two years ago I performed an olympic back leap from the kneeling position while picking our strawberries and realized I was being watched. After locating the “eyes” it took a micro second to figure out it was a snake. Snakes and I are not to be found in the same general area. Just ain’t a good thing at all….
if you get my drift.October 6, 2011 at 1:18 pm #999516
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olympic back leap from the kneeling position
I would have liked to have been there with a video camera!
Gold Medal stuff!
October 6, 2011 at 1:20 pm #999518Quote:
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olympic back leap from the kneeling position
I would have liked to have been there with a video camera!
Gold Medal stuff!
that camera would of had to have one heck of a lens to film it from a city block away
October 6, 2011 at 3:15 pm #999564I think you guys don’t like them because most snakes look like they got an angry frown on their face.
October 6, 2011 at 3:18 pm #999566Not so…we like you. (in a manly sorta way.)
October 6, 2011 at 3:56 pm #999579Hope you guys never run into a hog nose snake. If they don’t run they usually do one of two things. Flatten out, puff up and their heads rear up hiss like you can’t believe and strike. Reminds you of a cobra. The thing is I don’t know that I have ever seen one actually open its mouth when it strikes. Its just a show. If that doesn’t work they usually roll over on their back let off an awful smell and dislocate their jaws playing dead. Roll it back right side up and it and flips over on its back again.
I won’t even go into what my mother did when one I caught as a kid got loose in the house ended up in the kitchen and it used tactic number one on her.
October 6, 2011 at 4:16 pm #999585
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Flatten out, puff up and their heads rear up hiss like you can’t believe and strike.
That would be interesting to see since the damn thing wouldn’t have a head.
October 6, 2011 at 6:17 pm #999658Anything that can move like they do and bite like they do without arms, legs or fins is just wrong. Just plain wrong.
As far as not chasing you…You have not been in a boat with me on Pool 3 with water snakes over 6 feet long trying to climb in your transom!
I find it takes one shot per foot of snake for them to get the idea that they are not welcome. I know of one person who knows of what I speak! God love you snake charmers. I will stick to
until they grow legs. October 6, 2011 at 8:07 pm #999717Quote:
Hope you guys never run into a hog nose snake. If they don’t run they usually do one of two things. Flatten out, puff up and their heads rear up hiss like you can’t believe and strike. Reminds you of a cobra. The thing is I don’t know that I have ever seen one actually open its mouth when it strikes. Its just a show. If that doesn’t work they usually roll over on their back let off an awful smell and dislocate their jaws playing dead. Roll it back right side up and it and flips over on its back again.
I won’t even go into what my mother did when one I caught as a kid got loose in the house ended up in the kitchen and it used tactic number one on her.
I ran into one of these once…I shot the hiss out of it.
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