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Yeah, Stormy...they're all over down here in Georgia.
But I do my best *not* to kill them when I can avoid it.
I know some people have a horrid fear of snakes, but my mother has had several in her yard over the years and I've learned to not be afraid - just be respectful.
Unless you find any more in your yard, it was probably just a passerby and not a nest, but check around fallen logs/limbs and leaf litter where they like to hole up - but poke around with a looooong stick.
When my mom had 3 or four in her yard of varying sizes, we figured a "momma" copperhead had nested.
Instead of killing them (they at least eat voles, moles and field mice as well as chipmunks (which have caused a great deal of damage to my mother's yard over the years) and other little critters), I go out and "wrangle" them. You can use a long stick and a pillow case. For a couple of smaller ones, I got them into a mason jar with no trouble.
I then "relocated" them to an uninhabited area by one of our creeks.
But I fully understand your reaction to it. I'd kill it in a heartbeat if it were going after someone or a pet.
[ 09-24-2004, 04:42 PM: Message edited by: Lady Sedai ]
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