Holy snakebite! A “little” Western Diamond Back could be highly poisonous. And I think that it would be hard to immobilize it unless you were stepping on its head!
Today... I moved 16 tons of number 9 Compost and what did I get... another day older and deeper in dirt...
Holy Snake-a-boo!!! Here is a snake story from the VietNam era.
Some Rangers assigned to an outpost, near the Cambodian border, fixed themselves a “party hooch” where they gathered in the evening, when they could, for happy hour. They had a pet python, 20 feet long, that they stretched across the edge of the bar and used it for an arm rest. One day a bedraglled Ranger from another unit staggered into the compound and was greeted by the occupants and they took him to the party hooch, for a little rest and relaxation. He sat him at the bar and was served a cold beer. All of a sudden the armrest moved. He observed it was a snake. He jumped up and yelled don’t worry, “I’ll take care of it”. He pulled out his machete and cut the pet snake in half, much to the chagrin of the troops stationed in the compound. I don’t know if he was asked to leave or not but they may have sent him back out into the brush.
True story. Got it from hubby.