snakes...

[SHOWBOAT]

I don't like them, but I still try to kill only the poisonous ones. Sometimes I still get a bit trigger happy when they're near my feet or house.

The three below look pretty different, but I believe all were moccasins. Will ya'll help me confirm please.

[RCS]

You got it...all moccasins.

[SHOWBOAT]

thanks. Any idea on why the various color patterns?

[fishfalcon]

2 good ones and one bad one. Hopefully the bad one was about to get the shovel treatment. They are all moccasins. Color variation is natural from nearly black to almost like a rattlesnake.

[SHOWBOAT]

He has some trauma behind his head as well.

He was actually laying against the deck of my pool. Both dogs had walked within couple feet of him, and I saw his head up and mouth open as I walked passed.
All within the last 3 weeks...

[RCS]

Coloration varies from snake to snake, but usually the larger and older they get, the more their patterns fade. When they're born, they all have a pretty vivid pattern and the tips of their tails are yellow. Could be wrong but I'm betting the 3rd snake was the smallest of the 3? Snakes don't bother me a bit (I actually like them), but I'll go out of my way to kill a moccasin.

[TallyFish]

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[kikstand454]

All three are moccasins. As I see they were all on your property, dispatching them is understandable. Protection of you and yours from an actual known threat is priority one!

Indiscriminately killing snakes is ignorant. One of my biggest peeves. We all live in Florida- everyone should educate themselves to identify snakes as we all have to live with them. They are a fact of life here. They're a valuable part of the same ecosystem that the animals we hunt and fish for are and deserve the same respect.
Jmho.

Ill get off my soap box now...

[2true]

Yikes....

[MudDucker]

Older darker and also they are at their brightest after shedding their skin.

I'm sorry, I may be ignorant, but after seeing what a moccasin did to a buddy's leg and what both moccasins and rattlesnakes can do to dogs, I am more Biblical in my approach. I attempt to arrange a meeting with their maker.

[SHOWBOAT]

All three are moccasins. As I see they were all on your property, dispatching them is understandable. Protection of you and yours from an actual known threat is priority one!

Indiscriminately killing snakes is ignorant. One of my biggest peeves. We all live in Florida- everyone should educate themselves to identify snakes as we all have to live with them. They are a fact of life here. They're a valuable part of the same ecosystem that the animals we hunt and fish for are and deserve the same respect.
Jmho.

Ill get off my soap box now...

Totally get it. You can tell by signature I'm not about random killing. However, I do have very cherished chocolate lab, and it is not in any snake's, human's, animal's or thing's best interest to threaten him. He survived my divorce, protects my things at all times and provides unconditional friendship. All poisonous snakes in the yard die.

[kikstand454]

All three are moccasins. As I see they were all on your property, dispatching them is understandable. Protection of you and yours from an actual known threat is priority one!

Indiscriminately killing snakes is ignorant. One of my biggest peeves. We all live in Florida- everyone should educate themselves to identify snakes as we all have to live with them. They are a fact of life here. They're a valuable part of the same ecosystem that the animals we hunt and fish for are and deserve the same respect.
Jmho.

Ill get off my soap box now...

Totally get it. You can tell by signature I'm not about random killing. However, I do have very cherished chocolate lab, and it is not in any snake's, human's, animal's or thing's best interest to threaten him. He survived my divorce, protects my things at all times and provides unconditional friendship. All poisonous snakes in the yard die.

Acknowledged. And totally understood.

[kikstand454]

All three are moccasins. As I see they were all on your property, dispatching them is understandable. Protection of you and yours from an actual known threat is priority one!

Indiscriminately killing snakes However, is ignorant. One of my biggest peeves. Killing all snakes regardless of threat is wrong on so many levels. We all live in Florida- everyone should educate themselves to identify snakes as we all have to live with them. They are a fact of life here. They're a valuable part of the same ecosystem that the animals we hunt and fish for are and deserve the same respect.
Jmho.

Ill get off my soap box now...

I edited my original post to clear up some confusion I think.

[wevans]

Just killed a big rattler in the front yard "11 rattles and a button" That's the first one I've seen in the yard since the neigbors dog was took out by one about 5 years ago "he went for the snake because my daughter was about 10 foot from it" The cats tend to keep them run off from here

[SS-342]

Number 1 and number 2 are the ones I like. Looks like they got a good lick on the head! Number 3 needs to join that crowd.