please id this snake

[fishboyt]

Do they REALLY taste like chicken?

There's only one way to find out.

[phan222001]

dont know i dont think i will be trying that any time soon

[myjohnson]

should had told lynn to cook it foo.

[Nickintex]

should had told lynn to cook it foo.

Thai, you've eaten snake before?

[lilmissruffcountry]

We call those chicken snakes out here...kill bout one a week. The snakes are bad this year...no rain an everyone watering the grass, you see them an a lot of others more then usual. Our town has had 3 ppl bitten by venomous ones this month alone! One by an unknown, an two by copperheads! We usually don't see but one person bitten in a year...at the most. So just everyone be careful...an yes they can be very aggressive, water snakes are worse(not just the mocasins). Most of them will try to get away first, but I have had a few that kinda gave chase...later to meet my double barrel or a good shovel!

[wesleydnunder]

I beg everyone to please not kill snakes unless you absolutely have to. There are only 4 venomous snakes in Texas; copperheads, coral snakes, water moccasins and rattlesnakes. All others native to the state are non venomous and considered harmless. I know many folks who kill any snake they see out of fear, but this knee-jerk reaction costs the lives of beneficial predators. At the rate that vehicles and fire ants are killing them, there won't be any snakes left soon enough as it is.

Mark

[lilmissruffcountry]

If they are killin my chicken's, eatin eggs, or in my truck...they die. If they are out somewhere where they pose no harm to my sons, livestock, or myself...they are fine. I have acouple that stay in my barn...an eat mice, an that is fine...my chickens, no way! When you live out here, there are just some that have to be done away with, when they cross a line. I love snakes, don't get me wrong. I have had a few for "pets", an rehabilitated a few from the ASPCA, an took in 9 of them an a 4 foot Iguana after Katrina. But if they are doing wrong, thats all it takes. I had even taken a few an caught them transported them away from my chicken house, an they came back(I had painted a spot on thier tail to ID them by).

[cichlidchic]

smart idea painting their tail! yea they don't die unless i know ur a threat to my kids. i pick em up from the front porch and take them to the garden or out by the tree in the front yard. my grandmother wanted me to kill them and the frogs outside. i told her to look inside the house, no mosquitos, no bugs except a couple rogue ants etc. thats cause the snakes and frogs are there. they stay. no bothers. but those rat snakes can deliver a startling blow... won't do much damage, just freak the daylights out of you. i've chased off water snakes etc. and we are in a very active neighborhood! but i have had more wildlife up and about lately...

[Zulaab]

If they are killin my chicken's, eatin eggs, or in my truck...they die. If they are out somewhere where they pose no harm to my sons, livestock, or myself...they are fine. I have acouple that stay in my barn...an eat mice, an that is fine...my chickens, no way! When you live out here, there are just some that have to be done away with, when they cross a line. I love snakes, don't get me wrong. I have had a few for "pets", an rehabilitated a few from the ASPCA, an took in 9 of them an a 4 foot Iguana after Katrina. But if they are doing wrong, thats all it takes. I had even taken a few an caught them transported them away from my chicken house, an they came back(I had painted a spot on thier tail to ID them by).

Snakes for the most part do NOT eat chicken. What they are after is the rodents who have found eating eggs are a delicacy.

[myjohnson]

Thai, you've eaten snake before?

The answer is yes. Wasn't bad at all. Just not that much meat.

[Nickintex]

The answer is yes. Wasn't bad at all. Just not that much meat.

I wanna try it! When are you grilling again?

[myjohnson]

I ate it when I was in Vietnam, but I don't see why we can't make it here...

I have no exact dates to give you nick.

Go kill a shake.

[tattoo]

I beg everyone to please not kill snakes unless you absolutely have to. There are only 4 venomous snakes in Texas; copperheads, coral snakes, water moccasins and rattlesnakes. All others native to the state are non venomous and considered harmless. I know many folks who kill any snake they see out of fear, but this knee-jerk reaction costs the lives of beneficial predators. At the rate that vehicles and fire ants are killing them, there won't be any snakes left soon enough as it is.

Mark

thanks mark for saying what i was thinking... i was a member of eths for 10 years and collected reptiles way before fish and love all animals...people fear things that they dont know anything about. at this time i dont have any reptiles but in the future i will get back into them..people kill animals for all the wrong reasons and never the right ones...what kind of a threat could a 3foot rat,corn,king, or for the most part any local snake pose?

[Nickintex]

Go kill a shake.

Chocolate or vanilla?

[Mzungu]

... Thanks Mark, Jesper, and Mickey! :) I would say more, but you guys probably already know my stance on this subject. :) :)