I typically leave snakes be, and I have six acres of land in a woody, rolling, area west of Fort Worth, Texas, so I have plenty of them. When I bought this place a little over 2 years ago, I kept seeing copperheads near my front and side porches (while we were moving in). I saw a five-foot-long black rat snake in my well house. And I have seen various other non-venomous snakes around.
I have ten grandkids, seven of whom are under 10 years old. So, after settling in, I immediately started looking for the copperhead hive and found them under some old siding and materials the remodelers were going to come to get. I killed two grown males, two younger males, and two pregnant females. Since then, I have killed one additional copperhead that was hiding under my trash bin when I went to put out my trash on a Sunday evening.
If someone has an issue with that, that is their problem, not mine!
“I typically leave snakes be, and I have six acres of land in a woody, rolling, area west of Fort Worth, Texas, so I have plenty of them. When I bought this place a little over 2 years ago, I kept seeing copperheads near my front and side porches (while we were moving in). I saw a five-foot-long black rat snake in my well house. And I have seen various other non-venomous snakes around.”
I leave the black snakes, hog snakes, rat snakes, and king snakes alone. The more the merrier when it it comes to them. However, I too have grandchildren. The copperheads are gonna die if we see them on our place!