Which tool do you want???

[Shadrach]

On 10/1/2024 at 12:43 PM, Ragsf15e said:

Just from the head I’d say venomous, but what kind of snake is that?  I’m lucky to live somewhere that has very few rattlesnakes and no other venomous snakes, so when the kids and I see one we usually get to hold the nice garter snake!

It looks like a good sized Garter Snake doing its level best to look like a scary pit viper.

[MikeOH]

Ah, the things I learn on MS

[ArtVandelay]

Snakes eat mice, mice damage planes, why kill it?

[MikeOH]

13 hours ago, ArtVandelay said:

Snakes eat mice, mice damage planes, why kill it?

One word:  WIFE

[Hank]

20 hours ago, ArtVandelay said:

Snakes eat mice, mice damage planes, why kill it?

There are only four kinds of snakes that I don't like:  big ones, little ones, live ones and dead ones. This particular snake is two of those . . . .

[0TreeLemur]

On 10/9/2024 at 8:58 AM, MikeOH said:

So, do they taste like chicken?

I dunno, suppose so.   I'll ask the raccoons that ate it.

[amillet]

On 10/8/2024 at 10:23 PM, N201MKTurbo said:

No reason to kill it. Just take it out and let it go. 
 

If you do kill it, you should eat it. They taste pretty good.

Here in AZ you have to have a hunting license to legally kill a snake. Six per day is all you are allowed.

When I was in law school at ASU my cousin would take me rattlesnake road hunting east of Mesa.  We got a few $ selling them to a taxidermist who used the skins.  No license needed in 1976-1979 (as far as I knew then)

[Jerry Pressley]

In North Carolina it is illegal to kill Rattlesnakes etc.  Doesn't mention Copperheads but killing any snake in govt land is taboo.  Have a blacksnake living in my basement. keeps mice from coming in the house from the fields in the fall or winter. 

[Schllc]

On 10/9/2024 at 10:34 AM, ArtVandelay said:

Snakes eat mice, mice damage planes, why kill it?

Well, I’d rather see a live mouse between my feet during takeoff @ 300’ agl than a snake!   
As for the wife,  both would be no bueno.

[Pinecone]

But with a live mouse in the cockpit, I would be worried about what it had chewed up and corroded with urine.

But I would probably need an AED if I looked down and saw a snake.