With so many hunting seasons either open now, or about to open, people all over the Internet are reporting that they are seeing poisonous snakes out and about! And, since The Quail Shed is headquartered on East SnakeTrail Road, I can see where that might be of some concern to our clients. But, I have some good news!
Poisonous snakes are extremely rare in our area, and I have never seen one, or heard reports of any since I have been working here. And, that sure makes my job a lot easier!
I don’t worry about Cottonmouths when I get around sloughs, or the river. Piles of rocks don’t scare me, because we don’t have Copperheads. And, I walk through CRP, and crawl through brushpiles with absolutely no fear that I will hear a “buzzworm”! No Rattlesnakes… And, in all of my life I have never seen a Coral Snake. So, I guess we are good to go!
On rare occasions I stumble into Garter snakes, Rat snakes, and a few other varieties that mostly just try to get out of my way! And, that suits me just fine.
You would think that Don would constantly be battling with snakes around the bird barns and flight pens, but NOPE! So, leave your snake boots at home when you come up here… And, ain’t that a beautiful thing!