These are probably common water snakes, which means they'll stick pretty much in the water, or right on shore...and they are harmless. Just tell your daughter never to try to pick one up, and you won't have a problem (they can and will bite, non venemous, but a tad painful :)
Now, if these are copperheads (love the water)....shoot'em, shoot'em all. > Generally I would, but unfortunately, on the other side of a wire fence, > no > more than 15 feet from the pond is my daughters swingset. > > On 4/20/06, DRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Whats there to hate? They eat pests. They are pretty. They have no legs. >> >> And you've probably spent 8 bucks in shells and wasted an hour! Thats 30 >> bucks hourly wasted and 2 beers you could of had instead! >> >> If you must shoot them, use a camera! >> >> ??? >> >> Sorry. I think snakes are cool. >> >> On 4/20/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > 'xactly. Damn snakes are everywhere. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On 4/20/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > >> > > Ahhhh......Texas. :) >> > > >> > > Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >> > > > shooting snakes......can't stand 'em >> > > > >> > > > my trusty Remington 870 Express is handling the job. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition >> > > get yourself a brand new motor car. >> > > And someday soon we'll stop to ponder >> > > what on earth's this spell we're under >> > > we made the grade and still we wonder >> > > Who the hell we are!, "The Grand Illusion", Styx >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204952 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
