AllenK RGV
Chicken Addict
That is quite a different environment 200miles north of us. Pure scrub brush and empty miles between San Antonio and Corpus. We both live in the Rio Grande Delta lands if there was a healthy rattler population here I'm certain I would have found one by now. I also hate Water Moccasins/Cottonmouths and suspect with OP living on a resaca(oxbow lake) she probably has those. As a youthful superman I used to harass those and play a type of baseball with them at the local creek. It usually only took 4-5 minutes of chasing them up and down tossing rocks until they come at you to give ya that bite. That was when it was batter up time man I was a stupid kid.I grew up in south Texas (Kenedy) and worked a ranch for a few years just south of Tilden. Coral snakes never worried me (saw plenty), at least rattlesnakes warned you they was there. Dispatched plenty rattlesnakes over 6 ft, were great sauted in garlic butter sauce. Worried more about cottonmouth snakes. Only ever saw 1 gator, a 7 footer that moved in and found our well stocked pond full of catfish. Had him removed to preserve our private fishing spot.
@RebelChief how goes the fodder?