Snakes

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:31 am

Does anyone know if there is a specified hunting season for snakes? I'm thinking of doing some "cleaning" around the red for rest days. If anyone wants to come along, send me a pm.

Post by **Wicked Tribe** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:15 pm

Wuss.
Can't we all just get along?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:17 pm

we counted 9 copperheads in the 'snake pit' near Father and Son this weekend. They don't bother anyone.

Post by **Steve** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:36 pm

I'm with ya man! Lets start packin' heat to the crags....or on routes.

Pebble was slithering with them on Sunday. Did anyone ever move that one at the base of Environmental? I came across a ring snake on a ledge right of the mainline of the Arrowhead. Not a problem as it was moving away from me and was just a ring snake. It was the copperhead laying in my usual gear placement that had me turning tail and downclimbing.

I'll admit I'm a wuss when it comes to this sorta stuff. Thing is there are no shortage of copperheads down there so I say if they won't move....off with their heads! Or at least find someone to relocate them away from the crag. Don't give me this they were there first, don't mess with nature hooey. Man kills, traps, or moves all sorts of wildlife in and around areas where there are numbers of people. Problem bear in the Smokies? It gets moved. Problem snakes at Global Village they should be moved too.

Post by **t bone** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:06 pm

I say we have a snake roundup!

Post by **TexasK** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:37 pm

Post by **ynot** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:10 pm

Kill the snakes and there will be so many rodents that no one will go near the cliffs.
It will look like 8th and State on garbage night. The packrats will carry off your whole rack the minute you set it down.

Post by **rhunt** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:11 pm

Horatio Felacio,

Yo stay away from the snakes...how would you like me to go to your HOME and remove you or kill you because I don't like you or have an irrational fear of you..

HATER

Stay Away from them, get out of their way or go climb somewhere else!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:13 pm

ynot wrote:Kill the snakes and there will be so many rodents that no one will go near the cliffs.
It will look like 8th and State on garbage night. The packrats will carry off your whole rack the minute you set it down.

exactly, ynot. The snakes are so prolific because their food source is so abundent. Kiling the snakes is a bad idea for many reasons.

Post by **rhunt** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:14 pm

Steve,

Remember you can't do shit in the National Forest without permission!! This is their(FS) land!! I think they monitor this page and if I were them I would hunt down all the dumb climbers who go around killing snakes!!!