old*cowboy :
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Save your bullets for the rodents, and let the snakes live!!!!!!!
Nobody ever got "The Plague" from a snake.
I have found more poisonous snakes on my property than not. Where I live we are "Plague d" with rattlesnakes. Im killing all the snakes I find.
I honestly wouldn't go around shooting random snakes, but I don't want DH to feel be wasted all that $$$ on my new shotgun. This was the first snake he has been able to shoot. He is normally not home when we find snakes, so he feels like he misses out. The snakes scare the kids, birds, and the dogs. Well I don't know if they scare the dog, but he sure won't let up when he finds one. I am always scared I might shoot him when I am aiming at a snake, since he keeps jumping at the snakes usually. Once I kill them he has no interest in them. He doesn't even sniff them. I figure if it makes the kids feel better we will keep shooting them. Plus we only live 10 miles or so from the rattlesnake fest. Hopefully I never find a rattler!
Can't find any pics of a racer like this one, but I will take your word for it teach. Seen blue racers out here, but this is the first snake I have ran across of this type. He was a skinny snake, nothing like those big bull snakes that I find with 5 or 6 eggs in there belly.
Been hatching guineas out since yesterday, haven't counted yet, but saw 2 royal purple, a coral blue & a buff dundotte. I love all the pretty colors.
Cooked up the eggs I bought at auction, put them in the freezer after they were good & cold gave them to the birds. They were all very happy with there afternoon snack.
