Snake?

[Geo-TH,In]

What kind?

 

[4520BW]

I vote for the dead kind...my favorite!

 

[old]

Cannot see it well enough to be able to tell. I can say that it is not likely to be one your do not want around since it is not likely to be posinious. (sp). Always easy to tell that by the shape of there head and the tip of the tail.

 

[Greg1959]

hog nose snake

 

[dcarp]

Another vote for hog nose. There are a number of variants of the hog nose, I'd bet this is one of those.

 

[Billy Shafer]

Around me it would be dead and covered in brown stuff.

 

[4520BW]

Here is one dad killed Saturday. It was bout 4 foot long. Thinking it's a rat snake.

 

[4520BW]

Hope pic works this time

 

[CHUCK CAMBIS]

My wife votes with you and so does most of the country. snakes name is not important. i agree that poisonous snakes do not belong anywhere but the wild. that being said why would you kill an animal that only eats the things you don't want on your property. at the sized pictured i wonder how many rats and mice its eaten to get that size. bet there aren't a lot of people raised on the farm that kill all snakes.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Another pic

 

[Greg1959]

Geo-TH,In- it's a hog nose. In your first pic, you can see it had it's head flattened out.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Dead and neck

 

[Dave H (MI)]

When I was a kid just about every "adult" I knew killed snakes on sight. Today it is rare around here to see a milk snake or any other type of beneficial rodent eating snake. We sure are over run with mice though. God forbid we should put up with a few harmless snakes to eat them.

 

[SweetFeet]

George,

It's the kind you scream at - like a little girl... then run for the hills. LOL

 

[Gary from Muleshoe]

My theory is this, if a snake (no matter what kind) wants to live a long life, "stay the heck away from me." I was born and raised on a farm and it doesn't matter to me. I do not like snakes, spiders, or bees of any kind. Now scold me if you want, they make traps that will catch the things a snake eats.
Gary

 

[Married2Allis]

The 4 kinds of snakes I don't like: big ones, little ones, live ones, and dead ones.

 

[JerryS]

It's a shame that so many beneficial snakes suffer for the sins of a few bad guys.

 

[ray_woods]

Hognose it's headed to the protected list in a lot of states if its not already there.
I came across one a few weeks ago took some pictures and let it be.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Well, perhaps I'm going to heaven. I pushed this snake out of the pole barn with a broom. He lived for another day. Snake hissed a little, flattened his head and neck. I think it may have been aroused by the 3/4 garden hose.

 

[ericlb]

not all snakes need to be dead, some are friends, for example i have 2 king snakes on the farm that i see about twice a year, one is a 6 footer or so, the other is at least a 8 footer and 4 inches around, but what i dont have here is rattlesnakes, these guys kill them, and i guess the rattlers know it, the neighbors have them, but i dont

 

[Bobl1958]

Definitely on the hognose, but as per below, non-poisonous snakes that aren't bothering anything really should be either left alone or taken back to the woods or away from homes if they are not wanted. Definitely a truth about them keeping the rattlesnakes away, as well as mice and rats. I have a big bull snake that hangs around my shop. Haven't had packrat trouble since he came around, but the two Jack Russells may have something to do with the rats as well...lol!

 

[Ivan in Mich]

Couple years ago I was working on something if front of my shop. I went in to eat and when I came back I crawled under the item I was working on. I heard a big hiss and turned sideways to see what it was and I was staring face to face with one about 6 inches from my face. I think I almost tipped the item over getting out from under it. I took a shovel and threw it across the road. That night the dog caught another one which was much larger than the first one. A neighbor told me they are always in pairs. I knew what it was because I use to see a lot of them when I lived down state.
Last year we went to a yard sale and my wife bought a vacum for the basement. We went a mile or so down the road and she started yelling no so nice words as there was a snake crawling up her arm. I stopped and it had moved to the rear of the car. It was about 6 to 8 inches long. I got it out and we went on our way. It was a young milk snake. I told her that was her bonus for dragging someone elses junk home LOL

 

[merlynr]

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I killed a copperhead on my daughters front porch yesterday that was about 20" long. They have a large yard but surrounded by woods.

 

[37chief]

The neighbor lady called and said there's a snake out side of my patio door. I went over there with a trash can, and a shovel. There coiled up was a fairly good size rattle snake. I shoveled him up into the trash can, and brought him home to show the grand kids what a rattle snake looked, and sounded like. I took the snake to the other side of the creek and turned him loose. The snake didn't even thank me. Stan

 

[RandyB(MI)]

Hog Nose. Usually they will coil up and flatten out their head and open mouth and hiss like a cobra but if you give them a little boot they will then roll over and play dead. They get rid of a lot of mice.

 

[Elmo]

When I lived in town the neighbor lady called the house and said she had a big snake by her front steps. I picked up a hoe and went over. The hoe was to remove the snake if harmless or dispatch it if not. When I got over there I could see a reptilian head sticking up by the steps. I knew immediately that it wasn't a snake. When I could see the whole thing it was the biggest native lizard I have ever laid eyes on. Including tail it was 14 to 16 inches long. It's head was as big as a big snakes head. I bumped the steps with the hoe and the lizard lit out for parts unknown.
Elmo

 

[01gentdc]

loox like he is in love with your garden hose

 

[NEKS]

Live in a rented house after getting married and there were black snakes in the basement. New wife panicked at first. Told her as long as their are snakes down there, there will be no mice. Red tailed chicken hawks need something to eat.