davsco
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dayum!!! luckily he didn't try to spoon or snuggle in the sheets with you last nite! henry, put that thing back in your pants, we had sex last week...
We lived in an old farmhouse in Md and you would sometimes see skins from black snakes shed in the cellar. My wife took a skin one time and draped it over the shower head when I went to bed so it was ready for me in the morning. I did a good bit of hunting thru the house that morning. Real nice girl.
That sure was no black snake. Real good you guys weren't bit.
Making the place less inviting has been our MO - we've been making the place and property around the house less appealing for snakes for the last two years since we moved in and saw our first copperheads roughly a month later. Consulted DNR and a local wildlife service. The original landscaping was very nice, but an unmitigated nightmare from the perspective of having rodents and snakes around - think hillside and flower beds covered in tall pampas grass, thick English ivy, etc. Perfect habitat and cover. That is 99% gone now and we are indeed seeing fewer signs of snakes. Pampas grass is hell to kill btw. We have not seen any sign of rodents in the house (have a annual pest control inspections jic), but chipmunks are all over outside. We know we will never be "clear" of snakes here, our property is bounded on three sides by forested state land and in an area know for copperheads. We are just hoping to reduce the number of encounters.
The .308 is usually my "go to" choice, but for slightly larger game than snakes!
So, Ms. 308Scout discovered this in our bedroom upon waking up this morning. I saw her jump back and let out a healthy "WTF" before I jolted out of bed. Fortunately, I was able to trap it and neither of us or our dog were bitten. A local wildlife service/trapper is coming out to collect it and do a thorough inspection for possible entry points to the house later today. Unfortunately, our locale is fairly thick with copperheads. Today I was reminded that adrenaline is a far more effective wake-up call than caffeine.
I'm surprised your dog didn't alert. All of the copperheads that I've come across have a pretty strong musky smell like cucumbers. I've smelled about half of them before I've seen them. Glad you're all okay.
I'm surprised your dog didn't alert. All of the copperheads that I've come across have a pretty strong musky smell like cucumbers. I've smelled about half of them before I've seen them. Glad you're all okay.
Now you get to search for where all the rest are. If there's one....there's more.
If it was my house there would be a wife shaped opening through the house walls...through the bricks and all...and I'd be right behind her. I've very snake phobic.
OHHHHHHHHHH NOOO NO NO NO
camelback crickets scare me
Those spider crickets? Yeah screw them. Last house was lousy with them. I fixed some of the entry issues and did a lot of judicious eradication with wasp spray, a boat and some girly screams upon occasion and after about a year I’d find a dead one about once a week (thank you cats!) and a love one maybe once a month.
Rather than half a dozen a day.