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You did a right fine job in training them to lay so still for a pic........

laffin...
Somebody did!

They don't look beat up....what's the story with those?

Estimated at about 3 feet.

Sent the photo to a local retired Wisconsin DNR Biologist and she confirmed that it was a Bull snake. The give away was not only the pattern, but the three segments looks like it is three snakes.

I don't know about those, I just grabbed the pic from another site.
When I was younger we used to grab them by the tail real quick and whip them like a bull whip and it would kill them instantly with no sign of trauma. Have killed em by smacking them right behind the head with a thin switch, that will generally kill em without breaking the skin too.

All I see is a bunch of hatbands and grips........

Interesting! Eastern Collared Lizards are often referred to as "Mountain Boomers" in my portion of the Ozarks...


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I don’t see any bullet holes or shovel marks. I assume they’re dead and not sleeping?

Eastern or Western Hognose is the highflutin name, Puff Adder or Puff Viper for the show they put on, no doubt--like a cobra imitation with the flared hood. I remember seeing them as a kid but don't recall if it was in Indiana or Michigan.

He really put on the dog before rolling over to play dead. Must have something in common with possums...

Roundoak--that is a cool looking snake with the three patterns. I don't think Michigan has those. I used to see both blue racers and black snakes pretty regularly but of late they are pretty scarce.

Bobby Tomek gave me a rundown on Texas Copperheads--they won't be missed here...:)

I have heard that copperheads smell like cucumbers. Is that true?
Canadian Whitefish freshly dressed and packed in ice certainly do.

I never harm these guys and am glad they thrive here. They help keep the gophers and mice populations in check. I often have to grab one by the tail and take it back outside. They find ways to get into the house, and the wife isn't all warm and fuzzy about that.

Best leave them alone. They're your friend.

I have a Bullsnake that lives near my shed that is huge and slow, nobody causes him any trouble and he reciprocates. Been around at least 6 years now. Find sheds inside among the tools

This past spring I was pulling our old air drill along the edge of a field when I see good sized bull snake up ahead trying to make it into the grass. He wasn't gonna get there in time so I slowed up and swung the drill the away. Made a quick loop back into line and carried on.

I like to think that the snake was thankful.

I is a snake killing fool now.

Sunsabitches.

They eat your rabbit eggs?

Hahaha!

They got no respect!

I used to give em a pass...unless they were in the house. Sometimes they are in the house.....


That was before the kid got bit on the boot by a rattle snake.

We shoots first and ask no questions.

Yeah, I've heard them called the same here also. I guess the more polite use the Boomer moniker.

That's what you get for living out in the sticks you damn hillbilly!

I've always heard that. Never noticed any particular smell in my experience. I worked for the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources straight out of college as a Naturalist and kept some snakes at my park for various programs with campers, visitors and local groups. In the venomous department I had a decent size copperhead, a 5' timber rattlesnake and a cottonmouth moccasin. The copperhead was a very good eater and his strike on a mouse was quite fast. Fast enough to be scary, I knew I was never going to get out of his way should he choose to bite me. The cottonmouth was very pissy and irritable. The rattlesnake was pretty placid and easy going. The timber just wanted a baby chicken once in awhile and he seemed content.