Do you kill snakes you find in your yard?

[sg1trogdor]

Well I live in a rather urban area so chances of finding a snake in my yard are rather slim. But if I did come across anything I would leave it be poisonous or not. I understand you (op) have children but Even if I did I still would not. I would educate the children and urge them to use caution.

[dizzy]

lol I'm the only person that voted there's no snakes around me. Of course there are technically some snakes in Wisco, but I don't think I've ever seen one in the like 8 years I've lived here. Not wild ones, anyway.

Totally off topic but I'm super excited... I just finished paying off the 4 snakes on the bottom of my signature and the lady is throwing in a free 5th BP! Woo hoo! I can't wait to get them on Tuesday.

[littleindiangirl]

I see no reason to kill any animal because it's just happened across your path or in your yard. I'm all about calling in professional snake wranglers and relocation.

We've taken enough of nature, we don't need to destroy it anymore.

[JohnNJ]

I keep trying to attract snakes to the yard to kill all of the GD chipmunks !!!

I have never seen a snake in my yard (a turtle once) but we see lots on hikes and camping. We let them pass.

JohnNJ

[boboso]

Not that I would want it to happen to my boy, but being bit by a copperhead when I was young got me into reptiles...

We have a couple of rattlesnake varieties where I am at (we are up against a wilderness area), so education for my boy (and dog) was/is the key.

[ARamos8]

Only the copperheads. Rat snakes and yellow belly racers can roam free.

[mcbrayerreptiles]

I would never kill a snake in my yard, I simply catch and release elsewhere, even if it is venomous..... If you relocate an animal, there is no longer a threat to your kids or animals in your yard.....

[Michelle.C]

Personally, I love when I get a wild herp in the yard, venomous or not.

We has seven inside dogs, so when one turns up, I grab the snake hook and relocate it away from humans, domestic animals.

There are so many preventatives we can utilize, so we do not have to destroy creatures we find to be problematic. They sell a mesh you can place at the perimeter of your land that snakes can not come through. I've never tried it, but supposedly, snakes do not like passing over strips of copper. Along with repellents, and humane traps, there are other alternatives.

I voted "No".

[Epona142]

Living 11 miles from a ROAD in the middle of forest, you can imagine we come across plenty of wild herps.

Among the treasures are water moccasins, copperheads, the occasional rattler, and the rare gem, coral snakes.

Nothing delights me more than seeing them! Even coming across a hognose or ratsnake makes my day. Finding a coral makes my week!

We don't bother them. They rarely come close to the actual house, and there is little they can harm out here. I consider spotting a herp as a sign of a good day personally.

However, I can understand the need to remove snakes in other situations.

[AndrewGeibel]

I actually got into a debate with my dad about this one. My dad killed a copperhead last summer. And from what I have been able to research there have been very few deaths from copper heads and most involved multiple bites to a child or elderly person. He said that it was a dangerous snake. I countered by saying next time I found a stray dog that I thought might be dangerous I would just kill it. Clearly I am not serious on that statement but I think it proved my point to him because he never had a response.