Always Carry, You never know

[knkali]

I generally wont kill a snake. They're beneficial. Big ol rattler like that needs respect though. A long stick woulda fixed the problem.

Yep.

[Tpepper70]

Copperheads, water moccasins and rattlesnakes are the only ones I kill, only if they're close to where people are. Out in the wild I let them go unless I don't have a choice. The big Blue Indigo snakes that kill rattlesnakes I never kill. Same with rat snakes. This one was next to a house under the rv tongue. Scared me good.

Cruce Dum Spiro Fido

[jocko]

the pyton roundup in florida this year netted 104 pythons. the most so far. the biggest was 18"4 inches. Nowq that snake deserfves to be shot, but this year they had the hunt they allowed no guns and no klling of the snakes you had to catch um, bag um and bring them in alive, then the DNR euthanisms them. WTF. anyway,s these huntes accourding to a range officer I chatted with siad it is a farce realy, for they don't allow themm to hunt them in the everglads, only ohn the boundaries, so their main habitat never gets touches. One lady found an 8 footrer under her porch and never knew it was therre burt her dog started barking and thats when she seen it.
the day I see one of these big fokkers and it tries toe at my Hrlley is the last day in florida for this ol timer. There is just to much of unknown **** in Florida for us northern boys...

[JohnR]

You're lucky you didn't meet any alligators, then.