Snakes alive !

I've heard it ,but never believed it, because I've never seen it.....snakes climbing vertical ...straight up !
 
 
 

Friend sent me this from down near DC....Black Snake

I had two black snakes about that size in my garage in the summer.  I was able to hook on to one with my cane and throw it out into the back yard.  But the other, slightly bigger, one disappeared.  At first my wife and I just couldn't find it and I was wondering what to do next.  She kept at it and looked in the corner of the garage above the concrete portion and lo and behold right in the corner between two 2" x 4" was the snake crawling vertically up the plywood. Flipped me out 'cause I'm squeamish around them.  She held a stick above so the snake couldn't get any higher and I used one of those grippers they give people who are wheel chair bound to get items off of higher shelves.  I grabbed the big boy a few inches below the head and carried him outside and let him go.  Now I always close the garage door as soon as I exit it.

They like the beams....

Hi Jigs 🎃


Fisherlady, that is a hoot. 👍

One of my siblings has a pic of my dad with a GIANT black snake he caught climbing a sycamore tree in Mingo Park during a company picnic.  Once, when I was out fishing a farm pond in Wash County I was walking to a section of the pond through some mature pine trees.  Bent over making my way through, I felt a limb fall and land on my back.  When I stood up a little to make it fall off, it turned out to be about a 5 foot black snake.  I'm not afraid of snakes(unless they surprise me; it did a really good job!) and I am no part of Jesus, but I **** near walked on water that day!!  Had several fall in the boat fishing the willow bushes at the Yough, and Stonewall Jackson(WV) but they climbed up and out before I had to do anything.

Larger snakes I simply carry them to the woods along the back edge of the property when found to reduce the chance of injury by lawn mower or dog. Smaller ones I dont bother with. Snakes dont bother me at all and I dont kill them just because they are there.
Snakes have a place in the system, it just doesn't happen to need to be near my chicken coops, lol.

Fisherlady - thank you for the picture of the barn. It reminds me of my Grandfather's barn. Good memories. Even the day he yelled at me to get out of the barn. There was a long (at least when you are 6 or 7 every snake is long) black snake sneaking up behind me. He used the pitch fork on it. I don't ever remember him raising his voice except that day..

Fishing the Shenango River one afternoon with my daughter and we were wading and catching Smallmouths when a water snake showed up. Slapped at it with my pole and back again it came, after several tries this snake was still after us in the water, finally after a push down stream it disappeared. Once again this water snake had an aggressive attitude !

Water snakes are aggressive! Same with them water spiders snakes I dig spiders I do not like! I'll scream and run like a girl lol caught my first rattler this summer that's a rush ! The areas they live are just plane beautiful also seen some nice bull elk and a huge bear that was not afraid of us, really made us think about carrying on our snake hunting adventures