for you down south remember king snakes and indigo snakes will DECIMATE other snake populations like rat snakes, copperheads, corals, rattlers etc... My friend let a bunch of baby kings on her property no more snakes or rodents.
cats are the only thing that has kept snakes away they say geese guineafowl and peacocks are suppose to but they dont. Maybe we need wild guineas? or peafowl? to do it. I know wild turkey catch big snakes.