I used to keep both bull & gopher snakes- & admired the wild gopher snakes where I lived, also. They're impressive snakes, for sure- very strong & feisty constrictors, & active diurnal hunters.
They'll consume small rabbits too: on occasion they've been observed to kill a rabbit that was much larger than they could swallow. Oops-(happened at my sister's ranch, years back) They're also not above stealing chicken eggs. But hunting out in the open & by day, they too have to worry about being the hunted one- by hawks & owls.
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