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The back sanke and king snake - all varities - are your friend. King 
snakes are very docile and easy to handle. We used to catch them and 
relocated thme around the barns and house on the farm. I never say a 
viper near the house or barn - and this was in copperhead country.

Even the vipers play an important role in nature. They keep the mice and 
rats down. My rule of thumb is if I see a snake of any kind I leave it 
alone unless it is where it should not be. If it is I will try to catch 
it and relocate it. It's a little touchy with vipers but it can be done 
and I have done it.

Snakes will pretty much leave you along if you leave them alone.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > I hate snakes too. We are looking for retirement
> > property and that is the one thing I research about
> > each place considered. 
> >    
>
> Just cleaning out my in-box (holiday :-)  and skimming some of the
> "snakes" posts. Nobody seems to differentiate between "good snakes" and
> "bad snakes". The first thing you need to learn is which snakes are good.
> I have two 4' long black snakes that live in or near my barn. I love them
> because they are COPPERHEAD & RATTLESNAKE REPPELLENT!  Black snakes will
> kill poisonous snakes and will eat their eggs. I have lived here 15 years
> now and I have seen many black snakes. I have never seen ONE poisonous
> snake. They also eat mice and can get up under the hay palletes where the
> barn cats can't go. They don't hurt a thing and once you bother to learn
> the difference they dont' look anything like the poisonous snakes. If you
> kill the black snakes those barn mice will draw poisonous snakes.There is
> also a $1,000 fine in the state of GA for killing a black snake. It's a
> very bad habit to group all snakes together.  I'm in North Ga. at the
> southern edge of the Appalachians so I'm guessing your area will have
> some similarities.
>
> Angie
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