Where was this? Beautiful timber.
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12fmane,
You hear of timbers all the way down around Hallettsville? Guy was showing me pictures of one today and I thought that was pretty far south and west for their range. I have no reason to doubt him I was just curious.
quote:No, rat snake!
Corn snake
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rat snake???
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whatever they are, I've been teaching the kiddos how to shoot all year picking these little guys off with the .22
quote:But they aren't household pests or nuisance animals. There is no arguable reason to kill them for target practice.
I would almost always agree with this statement. But it's like killing roaches, mice, and rats - These broad-banded water snakes are just that, along with yellow bellies they don't really occupy unique niches and they typically have a crap attitude.