I upset this guy today

[tmschuller]

Boot company…. My mom is 93 and to this day she keeps a small hoe by the door and sharpens it with a file.. she will go into Molly hatchet mode if she sees a garter .

 

[jamil]

And I probably would've wet myself had it been me

That’s the cool thing about being old. The stream cuts off before you get too wet.

 

[Mgderf]

Is there a market for used snakes?

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Belts, boots...

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Is there a market for used snakes?

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There was when I sold it!

 

[Nazgul]

First wife had a boa when we got married, about 6' long. Kind of interesting, everyone wanted to watch it get fed. When the first daughter was born I was a little concerned and secured the top of the cage . Found myself trying to put more stuff around it and on top one morning so it had to go.

It bit me twice when feeding it. Just a mistake on its part.

Don

 

[dprimm]

I have 50 acres of dense woods, surrounded by another 150 acres of dense woods and bordered by the old Wabash-Erie canal.
It's a snake heaven.

Sort of like Washington DC?

 

[Tactically Fat]

Mainly down south. Mainly pygmy rattlers.

Hoosier National Forest in Martinsville has been the farthest north reporting that I'm aware of. Supposedly in Brown County State Park, too. I guess that's a touch farther south.

And not pygmy rattlers - Timber Rattlesnakes.

 

[Expat]

There have been reports over the years about some kind of rattlesnake in NE IN. I dunno. Never seen one myself.
Of course the entire state is overrun with Cobras.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Beautiful Eastern Milk Snake.

 

[tcecil88]

I have traipsed over alot of the Hoosier National Forest in Perry County. I have seen Black snakes over the years but that's it. I still carry my 340PD loaded with snake shot during turkey and squirrel season though. I do wear snake boots when turkey and squirrel hunting, but that's more because I hate rubber boots in hot weather than anything. They help keep the ticks off my legs too.
Morgan-Monroe SF seems to be a hotspot for Timber Rattlers though.

 

[DadSmith]

Incredibly aggressive

It's a corn snake. You can tell by their eyes. Corn snake has a round pupil, copperhead had a slit looking pupil.

 

[spencer rifle]

There have been reports over the years about some kind of rattlesnake in NE IN. I dunno. Never seen one myself.
Of course the entire state is overrun with Cobras.

Northern Indiana only has massasauga rattlesnakes. All rattlesnakes in Indiana (massasauga, timber) are on the endangered species list. Killing them is illegal, just so you know.
There is SO MUCH misinformation about snakes going around, and people reacting with frenzies of fear and revulsion doesn't help. Education is usually the answer, but as with spiders, for some folks no presentation of facts is going to help.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Incredibly aggressive

The only Eastern Milk Snake I've caught was in Randolph Co., and it looked just like the one in your pic, but mine was very chill and very easy to handle.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Northern Indiana only has massasauga rattlesnakes. All rattlesnakes in Indiana (massasauga, timber) are on the endangered species list. Killing them is illegal, just so you know.
There is SO MUCH misinformation about snakes going around, and people reacting with frenzies of fear and revulsion doesn't help. Education is usually the answer, but as with spiders, for some folks no presentation of facts is going to help.

My property in Michigan has massasaugas on it. Only seen a few but the habitat is excellent for them. Great mix of swamp and hardwood, pine, etc. Lots of edge habitat. Every snake up there acts like a rattlesnake. Funny as heck to see.

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

It's a corn snake. You can tell by their eyes. Corn snake has a round pupil, copperhead had a slit looking pupil.

You know, that pupil thing is also how you can tell if your cat is about to be either naughty or nice

True story...

 

[tv1217]

Corn snakes and garters can sometimes have spicy personalities to make up for their lack of the spicy saliva.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

They're here

I still hold the vertical leap record for Indiana upon stepping over a Timber Rattler in the Morgan-Monroe State Forest.

 

[Mgderf]

I still hold the vertical leap record for Indiana upon stepping over a Timber Rattler in the Morgan-Monroe State Forest.

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I really wish I could have been there for that...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I really wish I could have been there for that...

It was me running like a 6 year old girl, a dropped backpack, a log, an angry snake.

 

[Nazgul]

Have been bitten by snakes 5 times. They were non poisonous and I was being stupid. Twice was a boa when it was being fed.

In the Marines we were on maneuvers at Pendleton and I was bitten by a rattlesnake. Fortunately it got stuck in the leather upper of my boot. It did not penetrate the skin though the venom was on my sock. Fun times.

Don