I think I will change my mind about visiting my Uncle in Amarillo. :)
That thing would feed an army.
If you don't bother the snakes, they won't bother you..My mother stirred up a nest of Copperheads once at our lake house..and Meg "the snake killer" was called on to destroy them. Mom had decided to move a pile of old lumber where the mother and young ones were housed.
I used a concrete mixing looong handled hoe to rid us of the snakes and instructed Mom and all the children not to move old piles of wood!