Was out mowing and the wife comes running to me shaking all over. Tells me is a snake in the dish drainer, Get one killed but kinda wonder Ifin wasn't two snakes. Sitting in my chair cooling off and hear a thump go back and find a five footer that needs a killing. Got to figure out how to put a stop to this mess or I will be doing the cooking and cleaning

They are there because of prey...usually mice.

If you haven't had this problem before I'd say you got a hot female blackie that at least crawled through your house

Come on Cotton, ya gotta convince your Lady that black snakes are good to have around for pest control and maybe shut the front door lol. If that doesn't work ya might wanna thaw out some pork chops for supper.

Unless you’ve got chickens what the point of killing them I just don’t get it a little crack foam might solve the issue.

Got a good many chickens and chicks in the brooder. Snakes outside get a pass in the house I kill em or I will have to move out.

By buddy in MO has had a couple black snakes in his coop that he caught in the act eating eggs none here but our bull snake get to be that size. I give all snakes a pass but rattle snakes but they are limited to the river breaks here they don’t fair well in farmlands.

I'll pick 'em up here and there to dump in my woods behind the barn, keeps the mice down.

Wish I had a couple, maybe slow down this vole infestation, lol

Drive down to cotton's, he has a few to sell.

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Used to see them all the time here in western Pa, not too much anymore. Saw one while hunting turkey last month. Saw one thrashing around on the road this week. Had just go run over.

Fifty years ago, I worked at a mine in South Park, Pa. There were black snakes living in the timbers and lagging in the pit mouth. One time, one fell into a motorman’s locomotive….he freaked out , and bailed off. The trip of mine cars started into the mine, unmanned, and wrecked a half mile inside .

I saw 5 of them today. I had just commented to my wife a few days ago that it had been a long time since I had seen a big snake. I guess that is what did it! I let the non-venomous ones keep on killing mice. I would only kill a venomous one if it was close to where people are routinely.

Copperheads get killed on site. Everything else gets a pass. Even the black snake by the coup.

Black snakes are delt with. With the price of pea chicks and turkey poults it doesn't take long for one to put a hurting on my income.