5 of 8. See how the ground moves...

[oldag]

Y'all need some roadrunners and king snakes.

 

[mountainbull]

Here in montana, east side of the divide, we use this powder called snake away, smells like moth balls.
They hate the taste of it and can't find prey.
Been using it for years and works great.
Get it at home dumpo

 

[leVieux]

Pea Fowl snacks.

But then, you've got the big bird poop to deal with. . . . .

 

[skfullgun]

Pea Fowl snacks.

But then, you've got the big bird poop to deal with. . . . .

I like this idea. How difficult are they to raise?

 

[skfullgun]

Wonder if actual mothballs would work?

 

[avvidclif]

I didn't know copperheads could climb. I know their look-a-like cousins have a climbing gear like a cat.

 

[skfullgun]

This was a small one climbing a very rough-barked pine tree. I've obviously had a nest hatch somewhere inside the fenced yard.

 

[skfullgun]

When I first bought the property back in 2017, it had been uninhabited for about a year. The first few times I mowed the fenced portion of the yard, I regularly saw large copperheads, and sometimes managed to eliminate them - other times they moved too quickly and got away.
I saw the largest one while I was shredding with the tractor. It got away before I could get off the tractor and deal with it - I wasn't about to go chasing it in the brush!

The neighbors live about a half-mile away, are my age and grew up around here, & tell me the "hill" between our properties has long been known as "Copperhead Hill".
So, there's that...

 

[Hoji]

Wonder if actual mothballs would work?

They do. But they wear out pretty quick and you have to keep reapplying them. They will leach into soil. Pretty nasty stuff, and your yard will smell like mothballs. Keeps all manner of animals away.

 

[justmax]

I remember something called Snake Mace from a trade show once. We were going to rep it, but that didn't happen.

I just looked them up. Here is the link.

Shop and Save on Snake Repellent | Nature's Mace

Buy snake repellent that is all natural. No harsh chemicals, just an eco friendly snake repellant product made in the USA. Buy online today!

naturesmace.com

 

[leVieux]

I like this idea. How difficult are they to raise?

Years back, I hunted on several West Texas ranches which had them. The ranchers said they were like keeping geese or turkeys.

leVieux

 

[mongoose]

They do. But they wear out pretty quick and you have to keep reapplying them. They will leach into soil. Pretty nasty stuff, and your yard will smell like mothballs. Keeps all manner of animals away.

Did not keep skunks or ground squirrels from claiming the area below my shed.

 

[Axxe55]

They do. But they wear out pretty quick and you have to keep reapplying them. They will leach into soil. Pretty nasty stuff, and your yard will smell like mothballs. Keeps all manner of animals away.

I remember lots of older people many years ago, would throw them under their houses, back when pier and beam were much more common to keep snakes and critters from under the house. Back many years ago, lots of people would keep their vegetables under the house. I remember my grandparents doing that.

 

[oldag]

Wonder if actual mothballs would work?

They don't.

 

[skfullgun]

+1 = 16.

 

[candcallen]

I have 2 "animal" related dreams. One is thousands of hungry alligators surrounding me. I check that one up to the James bond film. 2nd is snakes. Lots n lots of poisonous snakes.

You're living my nightmare. I still say flame throwers and claymores. If it slithers with venom then it dies with extreme prejudice.

 

[skfullgun]

If anyone wants to hunt snakes, I know a guy...

 

[Tex929rr]

I’ve killed a couple of big ones in the yard but I read someplace about copperheads congregating around live oak trees in the summer. What really amazes me is my dogs will walk over and lay down in ground cover near where I’ve killed three coral snakes over the years and they never seem to get bit.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Saw a segment on 'Texas Parks &Wildlife' about a guy that had about 150 copperheads in his yard.
They came out at night to go for a certain worm that was laying eggs on oak tree trunks.

 

[skfullgun]

I have pine trees, and tons of them. Very few oaks. I've been taking a nightly stroll with a BIG spotlight and a shotgun. The last few nights have been without incident.
I've got a couple of porch lights and a dusk-to-dawn light in the fenced yard.
The light draws bugs.
The bugs attract lizards and frogs.
The lizards and frogs (and bugs) attract the snakes.
It seems I'm running an "all you can eat" version of Golden Corral" for the critters around here!

I'll continue my nightly routine until I'm convinced I've thinned them out.