R-pod Owners Forum : SNAKES https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Miscellaneous / Off-topic : SNAKES Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:14:59 +0000 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 07:12:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11389 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ SNAKES : Well we are going to be trading... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107211#107211 Author: Ghosthawk
Subject: 11389
Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 7:12am

Well we are going to be trading in our snake free snow and ice for a winter spent in the SE states next year.
We don't have anything up here bigger than garter snakes.

Snakes are one of the issues. Personally if they leave me alone I'm willing to leave them alone.

But I've had a confrontation with a water Moccasin and did not care for the experience. Did not help that I only had a blank pistol starter gun to defend myself. I spent a winter helping a trainer work with 12 black labs, a golden and a Chesapeake.

Was a great experience and has me wanting to go back and revisit some of those areas. Like Blackwater SP.
And the endless beach between Fort Walton and Pensacola.

The bigger issue is likely to be bugs. Thankfully I don't mind killing them.
]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2018 07:12:14 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107211#107211 SNAKES : Still to cold here for snake and... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107203#107203 Author: Leo B
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 7:06pm

Still to cold here for snake and ticks, woke up to a dusting this morning.
We see a lot of snakes when we are down on Cape Hatteras ( Cotton mouths and rattle snakes)
See a few garter snake around Lyndonville. 
]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:06:04 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107203#107203 SNAKES : We saw a couple of ticks last... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107201#107201 Author: GlueGuy
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 6:34pm

We saw a couple of ticks last night, but it's "not quite" warm enough for the snakes to be out; or so it seems. We were on a hike Sunday afternoon, and spotted a little 2' garter snake going into some low shrubs. That was 20-25 miles north of us & lower elevation. So it probably is not long before we start seeing them around here.]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:34:22 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107201#107201 SNAKES : Hmm, guess I can't complain,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107200#107200 Author: jato
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 6:31pm

Hmm, guess I can't complain, all I had was a couple of snowballs thrown my way.]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:31:47 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107200#107200 SNAKES : Yeah Buddy, ticks are out too.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107197#107197 Author: mcarter
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 5:40pm

Yeah Buddy, ticks are out too. Had one on me the other day. That and red wasps and drilling bees (carpenter bees) The fight is on:)]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:40:01 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107197#107197 SNAKES : Have not seen any snakes yet..... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107196#107196 Author: furpod
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 5:35pm

Have not seen any snakes yet.. but had a small tick running up my hand and wrist today while rolling around on the ground half under the Lance doing a mod..
]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:35:10 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107196#107196 SNAKES : I saw my first snake of the year... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107193#107193 Author: Guests
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 5:00pm


I saw my first snake of the year today. Unfortunately for the snake, he was in the talons of a red-tail hawk at about 30 feet and climbing. (It was about noon-ish/lunch time.) Hard to tell what it was, at a distance. Maybe a black rat snake.

We have copperheads in Indiana - mainly in a swath between Turkey Run State Park and Brown County State Park. Sightings are not uncommon in the Taylor Ridge campground at Brown Co. Bites are rare, however.





]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:00:12 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107193#107193 SNAKES : My Copperheads hang out on the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107192#107192 Author: mcarter
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 4:33pm

My Copperheads hang out on the asphalt driveway, the flower beds, around my rock walls and any where they want to, mostly where they can attack small rodents, like chipmunks. They love holes and rocks with tunnels. I have never seen a North American viper other than a Water Moccasin that was aggressive, they can sense size. But they will strike especially while shedding to protect themselves. A coiled viper is in strike mode. Stretched out they are trying to hide.]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:33:02 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107192#107192 SNAKES : I'm glad you have a mature... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107191#107191 Author: Happy Tripping
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 4:24pm

I'm glad you have a mature attitude towards snakes. 

Copperheads hang out around wood piles etc because they eat the mice that hide there. I wouldn't want to put my hand on one, but in my (limited) experience, they are not at all aggressive and only want to be left alone.

Work gloves are your freind!
]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:24:50 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107191#107191 SNAKES : We have discussed snakes before.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107187#107187 Author: mcarter
Subject: 11389
Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 3:41pm

We have discussed snakes before. As the weather warms Jake is out. I was replanting a grass plant in my shrub garden today and as I reached for the removed plant, there was Mr. Copperhead coiled. I must have disturbed him with digging and moving plants. Copperheads are #1 source of non fatal snake bites in TN, they are also protected. I gave him a pass and moved on, but keenly aware he's there.]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:41:56 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11389&PID=107187#107187