Thread: OK....Odd Question....

that is a mighty fine blacksnake you have there. I live on the river and have blacksnakes and watersnakes visit often. Killing them was futile. If I kept the grass constantly mowed, basically making the living conditions for small animals less than desirable, the snakes left with the small animals (frogs, lizards, moles, etc). I also have 2 hawks, an osprey, and 3 eagles that keep the place under control too, but for me, keeping the grass down was key.

Originally Posted by MM Developer

that is a mighty fine blacksnake you have there. I live on the river and have blacksnakes and watersnakes visit often. Killing them was futile. If I kept the grass constantly mowed, basically making the living conditions for small animals less than desirable, the snakes left with the small animals (frogs, lizards, moles, etc). I also have 2 hawks, an osprey, and 3 eagles that keep the place under control too, but for me, keeping the grass down was key.

I've got 2 red tail hawks in the area and a few owls. I was actually thinking of building a huge birdhouse in the hopes of having either the red tails or the owls make their home in my yard. My backyard consist of a 150 acres of pasture land. There's a small pond about 50 yards or so from my house. So there's plently of frog action going on back there. The blacksnakes around here are pretty bold... Here's a picture to bring home the point, this was taken last year while mowing the yard... I came within about 6 inches of this snake before I noticed it was beside me...I about sh*t! I ran inside and grabbed my camera. I spent the next hour mowing and the snake didn't even move.


I'm telling ya, never in my life have I seen so many snakes...

wow, just make yourself at home eh? hehhe

The blacksnakes here aren't that brave, but we have these brown watersnakes here that are. These things get big too. They will lay out in the sun down by the bulkhead and like close their eyelids. You can mow grass, walk all around them, touch them with a stick, do whatever you want and they just lay there.

When you piss them off they emit this horrible odor.