acem Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I was walking along the road beside a rice field and saw this cute little snake. It wasn't a foot long. It is a common snake in Arkansas but it's unusual to see one in wet areas like rice fields. The color is very strong when they are young. Can you guess what kind of snake it is? Thx-Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 If I had a hoe it would be a dead one! 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyredfan Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Yes definitely a Hoe snake 😂 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missouri Mule Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I hate snakes. Freakin hate em. No really. No idea. My guess is a rat snake, or copperhead ish. More like a rat. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkandcattle Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Can't tell. It is missing the skid marks 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TractormanMike.mb Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Cute and snakes are two words that do not go together. I can tolerate snakes if I know where they are. I don't like it when I find them by surprise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Hillbilly Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Cant see the head shape too good. I would say copperhead, but usually their tails are kinda stubby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 Here's a couple more pics. I'm pretty sure it's a copperhead. The pattern is a little odd but the tip of the tail is yellow/white. Cm'on y'all. Babies are cute! Thx-Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Copperhead was the first thing that popped into my head. Not that I know much about snakes. I don't hate them but do like to know where they are. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes806 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Copperhead. Hate snakes seen one today while mowing just had ro chase it down 1 less snake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7and8and1456 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 A site I found about copperhead stated this ... " Apart from their size, the young are similar to the adults, however, they are lighter in color and with a yellow-marked tip to the tail, which is used to lure lizards and frogs." Tip of tail in your picture matches the above statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 55 minutes ago, DT Fan said: Copperhead was the first thing that popped into my head. Not that I know much about snakes. I don't hate them but do like to know where they are. Agreed one thing in my favor is they are not poisonous here and unless you corner a big one aren't looking to strike you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeSzyslak Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Wait until people start releasing Cobras or whatevers worse and they start living naturally there. This was in the news here a few years ago. https://www.newsweek.com/pennsylvania-great-grandmother-kills-cobra-her-patio-shovel-1445665 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolines Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 The head definitely looks viper....and it otherwise looks like a copperhead. One thing about young vipers is they dont as specifically control how much venom comes out in their bite. They are less choosy on what they bite as well. Heard quite a few stories about "baby" rattlers doing more damage than an adult. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinnesotaFarmall Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Long ways away, but used to catch copper bellies here in Minnesota even I was young. Never had a real big one, and real happy about it. I don't hate snakes, and I don't gi out of my way to avoid them, but they still give me the Willie's. I'd be brave for long enough to drop the ******** in a bucket and hold back the shivers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedar farm Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 My wife is deadly scared of snakes. Last summer I picked one up by the apple tree's. I had to laugh. I had a barrel of trash burning. My wife yells at me across the yard "send it back home" and points to the burning barrel. I guess it's an Eve thing. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinnesotaFarmall Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 minutes ago, cedar farm said: My wife is deadly scared of snakes. Last summer I picked one up by the apple tree's. I had to laugh. I had a barrel of trash burning. My wife yells at me across the yard "send it back home" and points to the burning barrel. I guess it's an Eve thing. Had a little ordeal like that once. Friend and cousin were helping my cousins boss clean out his garage filled with his muscle cars. Long story short is a snake slithered out and the friend start screaming "Just kill it!! Just mother effin kill it!!!" While he was scrambling up on top of one of the cars. Boss starts screaming at the friend on the car all the while my cousin is laughing so hard he is on the ground because a grown a$$ man is scrambling his way on top of a classic screaming just kill it. He said it was sheer kaos for a long time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, Twolines said: The head definitely looks viper....and it otherwise looks like a copperhead. One thing about young vipers is they dont as specifically control how much venom comes out in their bite. They are less choosy on what they bite as well. Heard quite a few stories about "baby" rattlers doing more damage than an adult. I've read the same about brown recluses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 hours ago, Steve C. said: I've read the same about brown recluses. snakes don't bother me in the slightest, but spiders, now there's an evil creature. I hate them and I have to crawl in where they dwell on a near daily basis. I have long thought about getting an ozone generator to rid my house of any. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCC Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 11 minutes ago, vtfireman85 said: snakes don't bother me in the slightest, but spiders, now there's an evil creature. I hate them and I have to crawl in where they dwell on a near daily basis. I have long thought about getting an ozone generator to rid my house of any. I’ve never heard of the ozone thing. Is that supposed to really work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 2 minutes ago, MCC said: I’ve never heard of the ozone thing. Is that supposed to really work? supposedly if you set it up and close up the house ( with no pets inside) you will find it devoid of living creatures upon your return and smelling like nothing. I had a bag of feed go bad about 10 years ago, started seeing little bugs in the cupboards, figured out they were weevils and coming up from downstairs where the bag had been stuck behind something and forgotten. cleaned out the entire house of grain stuff, wiped everything down and cleared out for the weekend, I set up Black Flag bug bombs on each level, we didn't have a spider, or an ant for probably 6 months and very few airborne menaces either. I have been tempted to do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWRB Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 48 minutes ago, vtfireman85 said: snakes don't bother me in the slightest, but spiders, now there's an evil creature. I hate them and I have to crawl in where they dwell on a near daily basis. I have long thought about getting an ozone generator to rid my house of any. That is a rough one in your line of work. Of course, in my basement I've seen both! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCC Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 24 minutes ago, KWRB said: That is a rough one in your line of work. Of course, in my basement I've seen both! I was told a story about a local HVAC guy getting bit by a Brown Recluse spider behind the ear and ending up in the hospital for weeks. I believe I was bit by one of those based on the pictures I found on the web matching the black meat inside the swollen wound area. The black meat fell out and left a pea sized hole. It was absolutely disgusting. The best spider killer I found was spray glue, worked like a charm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Not many snakes around here, bulls and garders about it. They eat mice, I hate mice, so I leave the snakes alone. Don't seem to have many mice around right now, the bait I have out for them is not disappearing very fast. Apparently not many coons or opossums either! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 13 minutes ago, MCC said: I was told a story about a local HVAC guy getting bit by a Brown Recluse spider behind the ear and ending up in the hospital for weeks. I believe I was bit by one of those based on the pictures I found on the web matching the black meat inside the swollen wound area. The black meat fell out and left a pea sized hole. It was absolutely disgusting. The best spider killer I found was spray glue, worked like a charm. Like shooting fox though, you gotta be there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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