Pour some diesel on the ground around the yard. Snakes wont crawl across it.
(04-21-2014 09:03 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote: [ -> ]Pour some diesel on the ground around the yard. Snakes wont crawl across it.
Not sure I'm buying this one. I never heard of this growing up on the farm. Plus, diesel is as good as roundup at killing vegetation. Who wants a brown line all around their yard even if it does work?
(04-21-2014 10:04 AM)covingtontiger Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 09:03 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote: [ -> ]Pour some diesel on the ground around the yard. Snakes wont crawl across it.
Not sure I'm buying this one. I never heard of this growing up on the farm. Plus, diesel is as good as roundup at killing vegetation. Who wants a brown line all around their yard even if it does work?
Snakes vs. brown line? Brown line wins hands down.
(04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
(04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
If anyone thinks there aren't copperheads near your location in Memphis, you're wrong. Last night, however, we had some new fun. About 2 am a pack of coyotes started screaming and they were CLOSE. Had to have been in my neighbors yard or at the street, maybe 100 yards. Fun times.
(04-21-2014 11:31 AM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ]If anyone thinks there aren't copperheads near your location in Memphis, you're wrong. Last night, however, we had some new fun. About 2 am a pack of coyotes started screaming and they were CLOSE. Had to have been in my neighbors yard or at the street, maybe 100 yards. Fun times.
It still beats hearing rap music bumping loudly
(04-21-2014 09:03 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote: [ -> ]Pour some diesel on the ground around the yard. Snakes wont crawl across it.
This is great for our groundwater too!
(04-21-2014 11:31 AM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
If anyone thinks there aren't copperheads near your location in Memphis, you're wrong. Last night, however, we had some new fun. About 2 am a pack of coyotes started screaming and they were CLOSE. Had to have been in my neighbors yard or at the street, maybe 100 yards. Fun times.
My neighborhood borders farmland and wooded land in 3 directions. We get coyotes venturing into the neighborhood on a regular basis. They are a big threat to pets as cats and dogs come up missing. One dog was actually saved by the hard plastic box on the bark collar it was wearing. The poor thing was in bad shape but you could clearly tell by the teeth marks on the box that the coyotes were going for the kill by biting the neck but the box stopped them.
(04-21-2014 12:15 PM)eltigre Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:31 AM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
If anyone thinks there aren't copperheads near your location in Memphis, you're wrong. Last night, however, we had some new fun. About 2 am a pack of coyotes started screaming and they were CLOSE. Had to have been in my neighbors yard or at the street, maybe 100 yards. Fun times.
My neighborhood borders farmland and wooded land in 3 directions. We get coyotes venturing into the neighborhood on a regular basis. They are a big threat to pets as cats and dogs come up missing. One dog was actually saved by the hard plastic box on the bark collar it was wearing. The poor thing was in bad shape but you could clearly tell by the teeth marks on the box that the coyotes were going for the kill by biting the neck but the box stopped them.
I had my shotgun at the ready, but the only animal outside at that time of night was the horse.
(04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
One what???!!! Copperhead?!!! You know I have a lot of monkey grass in my front yard.
.....now moving to the second floor of a condo.....
(04-21-2014 03:52 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
One what???!!! Copperhead?!!! You know I have a lot of monkey grass in my front yard.
.....now moving to the second floor of a condo.....
Yep, copperhead(s)....that's what the babies were, too. They're more prevalent in the city than you would think.
(04-21-2014 03:57 PM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 03:52 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
One what???!!! Copperhead?!!! You know I have a lot of monkey grass in my front yard.
.....now moving to the second floor of a condo.....
Yep, copperhead(s)....that's what the babies were, too. They're more prevalent in the city than you would think.
A friend of mine in Little Rock was bitten on the hand last Summer. He had one of those water hose pots used for storage. He reached in to get the hose and got popped.
Now, please learn to recognize good snakes from bad. I have a neighbor down the street that has killed 2 "copperheads" that turned out to be kings.
(04-21-2014 07:27 PM)eltigre Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 03:57 PM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 03:52 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
One what???!!! Copperhead?!!! You know I have a lot of monkey grass in my front yard.
.....now moving to the second floor of a condo.....
Yep, copperhead(s)....that's what the babies were, too. They're more prevalent in the city than you would think.
A friend of mine in Little Rock was bitten on the hand last Summer. He had one of those water hose pots used for storage. He reached in to get the hose and got popped. Now, please learn to recognize good snakes from bad. I have a neighbor down the street that has killed 2 "copperheads" that turned out to be kings.
Yikes! Kill the kings and you'll wind up with copperheads.
(04-19-2014 11:26 PM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Copperheads aren't the worst of it. Last night I heard a coyote pack howling, and there's a horse in my backyard.
I shot a coyowolf on my hunting property this past deer season as big as a large German Shepherd. Some say we don't have those this far east yet, I say BS, that was no ordinary coyote. The place is lousy with copperheads and cottonmouths.
(04-21-2014 08:17 AM)TigerNK Wrote: [ -> ]Copperheads generally aren't aggressive at all. You step on them, they will bite you. Other than that, there aren't a lot of unprovoked human bites. Even though they are venomous, they are a pretty good snake. Eat a ton of mice, rats, moles, voles etc.
Cottonmouths are another story. I've had them chase after me on land and try to jump in a boat. They also have much more potent venom than the copperhead. Horrible creatures. Eat perfectly good fish, turtles, birds, and even eat other snakes. Good one is a dead one.
I've had them come off the banks chasing my boat. One fell in my boat from a tree once, my buddy jumped out and then the snake jumped out and my buddy jumped back in, it all happened so fast he didn't even get wet, lol.
(04-21-2014 11:31 AM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
If anyone thinks there aren't copperheads near your location in Memphis, you're wrong. Last night, however, we had some new fun. About 2 am a pack of coyotes started screaming and they were CLOSE. Had to have been in my neighbors yard or at the street, maybe 100 yards. Fun times.
There is no season on them, you know what that means, its open season. Shoot those bastards!
(04-22-2014 07:33 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:31 AM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-19-2014 10:03 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ]Kind of glad to be in Midtown right now. All we have to deal with are owls, hawks, grass snakes and criminals.
Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
If anyone thinks there aren't copperheads near your location in Memphis, you're wrong. Last night, however, we had some new fun. About 2 am a pack of coyotes started screaming and they were CLOSE. Had to have been in my neighbors yard or at the street, maybe 100 yards. Fun times.
There is no season on them, you know what that means, its open season. Shoot those bastards!
I keep hoping the damned things will do what they are supposed to be and eat the armadillos. Your story about the wolf hybrid is disturbing.
(04-21-2014 07:47 PM)TigerBill Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 07:27 PM)eltigre Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 03:57 PM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 03:52 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (04-21-2014 11:23 AM)tigergreen Wrote: [ -> ]Don't get too comfortable about that.....you know where we are, and my husband killed one that was hiding in our monkey grass in the front yard two years ago, and last year (I think??) he found a bunch of babies in the hedge next to our driveway. Never found the mom, though.....
One what???!!! Copperhead?!!! You know I have a lot of monkey grass in my front yard.
.....now moving to the second floor of a condo.....
Yep, copperhead(s)....that's what the babies were, too. They're more prevalent in the city than you would think.
A friend of mine in Little Rock was bitten on the hand last Summer. He had one of those water hose pots used for storage. He reached in to get the hose and got popped. Now, please learn to recognize good snakes from bad. I have a neighbor down the street that has killed 2 "copperheads" that turned out to be kings.
Yikes! Kill the kings and you'll wind up with copperheads.
the difference is the coloring - copper vs. greyish, right? they both have the diamond markings?
I'll be the first to say I didn't go out there to check it out; I was just going on my husband's information - but he grew up in the country, so he probably knows.