Quote Originally Posted by JASBALLS View Post
Great! Now your into venomous??
Yeah well you know what a wildly reckless kind of guy I am.... I even free handle my hog....

Here is a quote from a website that a friend of mine has.

Hognose snakes are opisthoglyphous (having fangs at the back of the mouth) and they use this feature to "deflate" toads which may puff themselves up with air to unswallowable proportions. I mentioned earlier these snakes were non venomous, but there is some evidence that they may be mildly venomous. Although hognoses have fangs, they apparently have no ducts or grooves through which venom could be administered. They also have no venom glands but two species, the western and southern hognose snakes, H. simus, contain partoid glands. This appears irrelevant, however, as many cases of envenomation have been caused by the eastern hognose which lacks the partoid glands. It is thought that the venom is hemotoxic. It is not known whether it is an actual venom that is produced or reactions due to saliva or bacteria. These snakes can hardly be induced to bite, even in the wild, and therefore cases are rare. There are more cases involving H. platyrhinos so please refer to the account on Heterodon platyrhinos.
Here are his website URL's they have some pretty good info on the snakes of Iowa and Minnesota.

http://www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetol...d=66&Itemid=26

http://www.herpnet.net/Minnesota-Her...ose_snake.html