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Old 09-07-2018, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
When I was a kid, the farmer next door dealt with rattlesnakes one of two ways...12 or 20 gauge.... whichever was handier at the time.
The 20 was more than plenty.
The thing about snakes is that they are beneficial pests. While I certainly don't want any encounters with rattlers or other poisonous snakes, they do help control the rodents. So killing them can have a reverse effect - there may a sudden increase in rats, for example.

On a smaller scale, when I clean the garage, if I take out all the spider webs in the corners, then I'll start seeing a big increase in rollie pollies and other bugs until the spiders re-establish themselves.

So, as long as I'm not finding them in my bed, I'm inclined to prefer snakes over rats and other vermin


Doug


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