09-07-2018, 06:41 PM
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Old Far...er...Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Plano, TX resident since 1998.
Posts: 3,965
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Quote:
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.
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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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