First snake of the year

[Chris142]

Spotted this 7ft long gopher snake this morning while working on my property this morning.

What a beautiful snake! Hopefully he/she is ready to go after the rodents that eat wires in cars .

 

[The_Jeff]

"That's just a bunch of tree branches and....

ooooh"

 

[Rand]

Dont step on it

 

[NibbanaBanana]

About 1/4 of all the grain produced in the world is eaten by rodents. Many of the snakes in southeast Asia have been wiped out due to habitat destruction and human predation. Now they are overrun by rodents.

 

[Chris142]

About 1/4 of all the grain produced in the world is eaten by rodents. Many of the snakes in southeast Asia have been wiped out due to habitat destruction and human predation. Now they are overrun by rodents.

Thats why the harmless snakes around my place get to stay. Rattlers get relocated to the farthest corner from my house.

 

[Finklejag]

Enjoy the 100 degree weather later this week. Yuck!

 

[AZjeff]

Wow that beats our gopher snakes by a foot. Waiting for my first sighting out on the mountain bike, it's coming. Early.

 

[Chris142]

Wow that beats our gopher snakes by a foot. Waiting for my first sighting out on the mountain bike, it's coming. Early.

They get huge here! I saw one once that completely covered my single lane driveway

 

[jadmt]

they can scare you when you are in rattlesnake country....gopher snake was this past Sept and rattler a couple yers ago.

 

[walterjay]

Occasionally I would find a snake trapped in a well pit. I would scoop it up and release it on my property. Snakes be good.

 

[Arc]

I had to kill a crazy black snake last year that was about six feet long. I was pulling weeds in the garden when it came at me. I used the hoe and threw it way out of the garden three times and it kept coming back after me so I cut it's head off and tossed it over by the fence line. About an hour or so later when I got done I went over to look at it and something had stripped all the meat off of it and left nothing but a skeleton. Not a fan of snakes or spiders.

 

[Al]

I love snakes

 

[Pablo]

Not many snakes in WA state.

We got rodents like you wouldn't know.

Reptiles like the sun.

 

[Rand]

I ran one over with the deere 850 last year luckily it was the rear wheel not the mower.. snake zoomed off.. so maybe ok.
they are big high flotation turf tires with 8psi.

 

[Kira]

Up in the woods, a 6' black snake opened a bathroom cabinet, from the inside, to take a drink from the wet shower stall.
I looped a string around its head and dragged it outside to relocate it. I too appreciate snakes.
Passers by saw me and for a while I was the guy seen "out walking his snake".

The beefiness of the pictured rattler is impressive.

 

[4wd]

Spotted this 7ft long gopher snake this morning while working on my property this morning.

What a beautiful snake! Hopefully he/she is ready to go after the rodents that eat wires in cars .

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How big can they get in your area? I spent allot of time in parts of Texas where it’s dry - yet the deer and snakes are bigger …

 

[Danno]

Some snake pics from my property, garter snake and green snake. Both helpful in keeping rodents and bugs in control. Happy to see them. They were lass than happy seeing me, lol.

 

[ripcord]

Jes b stiks... noo that b snek!!! No lik sneks!

 

[Pablo]

Jes b stiks... noo that b snek!!!

No step!

 

[Chris142]

How big can they get in your area? I spent allot of time in parts of Texas where it’s dry - yet the deer and snakes are bigger …

Says up to 8ft. I believe I have seen one that was even longer.