killed a snake, whats next?

[desidog]

Gibson es,

Props for trying to use the meat and skin!

All the pro-life comments in this thread would be more appropriate if you had just tossed the body, but i think it is commendable that you've tried to use it.

That being said, if you had already got your kids away from it, there was no threat. Regardless of identifying the species.

 

[herkyguy]

i just forgot i've got a water moccasin skin drying on the porch. and now i'm at work. dagnamit....i hope it doesn't dry out before i can mount it. they look cool on the wall.

not sure a black snake would have the same effect though. for the same reason most people don't do shoulder mounts of does.

 

[SleazyRider]

Mistaken identity

Many years ago, as a college student, I was driving down the road in New Jersey when traffic was stopped dead and a crowd was forming around what I thought was an accident. I got out of my car, worked my way to the front of the crowd, and learned that the commotion was due to a policeman shooting a copperhead. Curious, I had a closer look at the snake and identified it as a corn snake, not a copperhead. This quickly deflated the cop's hero image and he became embarrassed and angry, especially when I schooled him on the shape of a venomous snake's head and the pit beneath the eyes.

I was lucky to get out of there without a citation for being a smart azz.

 

[HoploDad]

Congrats for wanting to make use of the dead critter. When asking a sincere question on an internet forum I have learned that your own skin often needs to be thicker than that that of whatever it is that you killed.

It's no different from work, sports or even Church. The vast majority truly want to, & do everything they can to help you, some (minority) want to display their own goodness and a very few of the loudest talkers like to judge.

It is 100% worth posting though; the good replies weigh far more than the bad ones and everyone gets to learn. On we go....

 

[claiborne]

Three Words

Bar Be Que....

 

[buck460XVR]

It's no different from work, sports or even Church. The vast majority truly want to, & do everything they can to help you, some (minority) want to display their own goodness and a very few of the loudest talkers like to judge.

It's hard not to question why someone would kill something that has been determined not to be a threat and is doing more good to to the environment and local ecology than harm. A non-venomous snake, unless it is a large python or anaconda is no threat....at all, to even the smallest of children. Having a snake around that preys on small rodents like rats and mice means you have mice and rats around.

So far, no mice or rats to be seen, I'm not worried.

Their presence is much more dangerous than the presence of a snake that wants to eat them. Just cause you don't see them, don't mean they aren't there. The presence of their predators is a sure sign. High numbers of predators is also a sure sign of high amounts of prey. Just how Ma Nature works. Not hard for most folks to understand....

there everywwre outhere (we just mobed here about 6 months ago)

It is also hard not to judge someone when they do not know for sure the legality of their actions before they act.

Not sure if he is protected