I just relocated one of these out of my garage. Not as big probably about 3-4ft still a little fellow. I put him under our trash bin beside a firewood pile best place I could find for him. Rodents like to congregate there after the lights go out..... for now.
Ratsnakes, Moccasins, and all snakes for that matter are environmentally important. The venomous ones are usually less aggressive than the nonvenomous ones because the nonvenomous ones have had to evolve these aggressive behaviors to survive. Despite what many think, a good snake is any LIVE snake! :)
SO beautiful. Just saw one a few minutes ago. He/she was at least 5 feet. Gorgeous movement too. Like a wave of oil. FASCINATING creatures.. Simply gorgeous too. :)
@curiousness101 - YES!! What a "WONDERFUL COMMENT" you wrote!!!! Rat-and cornsnakes move SO GRACEFULLY across the earth! King-and milk snakes, too! They can climb up a silver maple tree, within the bark groves, to hunt what's up there! My little Son and I just saw a baby BRS in Somers, Connecticut, this past Sunday. We handled it for a few, and, then let it go. What a nippy, little rascal!!! Thank you for posting such a well-defined comment about an animal I happen to love!!! :)
@MultiAngryRussian - I, too, am fluent in guns, but, too shoot a defenseless, graceful, beautiful, and, most of all, "BENEFICIAL" snake, that eats rodents that could infest, and, chew electrical wires that could start a fire in your home and kill you and your family, is to be a real COWARD, FOOL, and SELF-DEFEATING SLUG who makes "ALL" gun owners seem like uneducated retards to those who wish to ban guns! PLEASE! Stop showing gun-banners that IDIOTS own and misuse firearms!
Thanks for the video. It's interesting to watch it move around. I have a 4 ft one that lives under my front porch. It is a welcome guest because it keeps the mouse population down.
I live in WV. See black rat snakes all the time. I love them a lot and never been bitten or musked by one when caught. They are very calm for rat snakes.
My neighbors alerted me to one of these outside my apartment building yesterday. It was about 3.5 ft long. I assured them it wasn't dangerous, then picked it up and escorted it down the hill to a small pond in the woods. It slinked off into the brush and vanished. Fascinating creature! (My neighbors still think I'm nuts)
Where i live all the snakes are highly venemous (australia). If i see one on the property i gotta kill it! If i spot them while hiking though i let them be.
Hit a squirrel on the road by accident, didn't care. Hit a black snake, I felt awful. They're awesome, no danger to pets (unless you walk your pet rats outside, which I don't suggest doing in Fl. anyway), and like sootch00 said, great pest control. Then I swerved to run over a rattlesnake, those bastards suck.
@ThaddeusMcSpalding Why would you not care if you hit a squirrel? I don't mean to tell you what you can and can not feel, but I think people should feel bad if they ever kill an animal and do not utilize it. Squirrels and other rodents are extremely vital the ecosystem, as are snakes such as the one in this video.
Hunting is fine if one uses the animal to the most they can, but I can not see how anyone can "not care" about killing an animal for no reason, whether it is by accident or not.
@metalfaust19 I guess I should have said I had no sense of hurting said ecosystem. Too many ass hats kill black snakes out of fear, but leave the squirrels be because they're adorable. If I ran over a black snake on accident, it's like "Crap! There goes one of the probably fifteen snakes around the neighborhood. But when a squirrel runs out in front of you whilst you're traveling 60 mph in rush hour traffic, it's not a huge loss in the grand scheme.
@noah3824 If it is on your property and thus potentially threatening you and/or your family, then I can understand shooting it for safety, but do you just shoot them in the wild when you can easily alter your course of travel by a few meager feet?
Call me a hippie/wimp/communist/liberal or whatever, but I see that as wrong. If one is in the wild, one should only ever kill an animal in direct self-defense or hunting for the respectable consumption benefit of you and/your family!
How do you know that wasn't a water moccasin? They look very similar to this and are in that region too. I'm down in FL and those sons of guns are not to be taken lightly.
@JonBurnsArt It's too long, markings not right and head not wide enough for a Moccasin. It wasn't agressive at all. It was a graceful creature. We have a creek at the lower end of our property and have found a few Moccasins there... we kill those.
@sootch00 Thanks for the clear up. My professor lives on the waterlogged Payne's Prairie and was bit by a moccasin while cleaning her yard. Oouch! She gets yellow and black rat snakes in her chicken coops too.
@CalmFlames they make great pets, and very very good for starters who havn' kept snakes. I not only keep them, but i also do research to help with conservation here in southeast Ohio. Around here babies are killed alot because people missidentify them as copperheads. I dont know how many times i've heard a neighbor scream about a copperhead in there yard, only for me to find a dead 7 inch baby black rat. most people don't know how a baby black rat looks, and how much it changes when its grown.
@DMCreptiles yeah i know what your saying . Never ceases to amaze me . people Copperheads are called copper heads because they are copper/bronze in apperence . not black not grey black not green . not milk snakes . gesh the name says it lol
@sootch00 why do you kill the moccasins? they belong on this earth just as much as we do(maybe more)and their not aggressive if you sit and watch them...when we invade their natural habitat we should accept the creature that are their big and small venomous and non-venomous...you say "we kill those" like its nothing...but its still a life and they play their role in the environment and belong here...hey if you dont want them bring them to me ill give them a new home and wont kill em
@sootch00 there is usually no need to kill any snake, even a venemous one. In fact, cottonmouths (water moccasins) are some of the most docile of the venemous species. If you respect them and watch your step whil in their habitat, they will not be a problem. Non-venemous water snakes of the genus Nerodia are much more aggressive, which may be what you are seeing.
@jeovaecorney You are uncool with that kind of talk. I live in FL and we have a lot of poisonous snakes. You should do some research before you make ignorant claims and end up looking like a chump because you do. Jerk.
@JonBurnsArt what i ment to say was black rat snakes don't live in fl and no snakes are poisonous they r venomous and watch this video called venomous of fL watch all the parts then come back and talk to me
@JonBurnsArt - Good comment! Ratsnakes are OFTEN confused with moccasins, kingsnakes, indigo snakes and black racers, but, if you notice the "white" under the snake's chin - it's a black ratsnake! Take care! :)
@JonBurnsArt its obviously not a water moccasin. they have a completely different shape to the head and different markings. plus, just because a snake is venomous doesn't mean it's going to bite you.
I must admit this city-boy's first instinct would have been to kill it. I don't like snakes and never will. But, I could tolerate one that I knew FOR SURE was not poisonous and killed rats and poisonous snakes. My few encounters with snakes has been limited to rattlers and they made a bad impression on me as a child. Intellectually, I know that they were acting defensively, didn't want anything to do with me, and control rodents, but in the cave-man center of my brain: snake bad and scary.
Great footage of this beast climbing the tree. Reminds me to have the SUV windows rolled up when it's parked in the woods. I have seen some 6 footers in TN, but that sucker is HEFTY....more resembles a baby python.
Don, I believe most black snakes will eat Copperheads and such. I had a problem with lizards in my yard and a copperhead. Until Maury the black snake showed up and began patrolling the yard. Now they are all gone,
sootch i thought snakes always attack people and you look so close to it, i guess i never knew to much about snakes i was taught if you see a snake get away or kill it
I recently seen a few guys killing snakes on there property saying its unsafe for kids and its better to not have them, if you learn about snakes and have common sense its better to teach people how to avoid and be aware then to just kill them, most of the good pest control guys will catch and release them back into a unpopulated area, and to property owners, I respect you don't want these around your house but call a professional to have it removed and relocated rather than killing them =)
Ahh, the wonders of nature. Especially in summer. Actually I shouldn't be sitting here watching your videos. I will go on a little bike-tour right now.
HA! These are all over my parents house. I remember when I was like 15 or so my mom freaked when one fell out of the insulation on the ceiling when she was putting stuff in the crawl space of the house. Of course it was my job to get it out and I just walked up to it and grabbed it behind the head and took it a few hundred yards into the woods and let it go . . . it was about a 4 footer and it was a cool day out, even cooler under the house, so it was going real slow, ie easy catch =)
Gorgeous animal. I stay well away but respect them. My neighbor killed one and was so proud of himself he was showing it off to everyone in the neighborhood..it was all I could do to keep from throttling him. A lot of people are ignorant of the fact that snakes are beneficials...thanks for teaching people the positives of these timid creatures.
@Verilioness Thanks Veri, I'm glad he decided not to climb the tree : ) I would have flipped out if it had dropped on me! Lol! Yes, beautiful creature.
@Verilioness - GREAT COMMENT - thank you!! By killing snakes like this, one opens themselves up to rodent infestations. Although many people believe themselves to be "heroes" by killing snakes, killing this snake, kingsnakes, and, other pest-controllers, is tantamount to promoting the expansion of vermin!!! People ARE ignorant to the benefits of rodent-eating snakes, and, to how "harmless" they are to people, as they are of bats!! he world has no shortage of knuckleheads! :(
very cool, and it is the best rat trap ever made. I love reptiles and have some for pets, but with me the wild ones stay wild since thats where they will do the most good as im sure u agree. Thanks for sharing man love the vid.
The only other snake I know of that will kill other snakes besides a King Snake is the Bull Snake, which is related to the black rat. I'd keep any Black snakes around that I could, unless I had chickens, cats, or small dogs. They will keep your area free of rats & mice, which is very nice. They'll also take rabbits, opossums, and sometimes adolescent racoons. You can catch those black rats and store them in your refrigerator over the winter. They'll be fine come spring. Hehehe....
WHATTTT a Southern Gun Lover who doesn't shoot at every animal that moves??? Haha, just kidding man. If you were on TV though they wouldn't allow it, you don't fit stereotype of what they think in California.
Good lookin' kid, Sootch. AND he likes snakes. lol. Great kid. Nice snake too. Glad to see someone observing one without chopping it up with a hoe. They make quite a hissing ruckus when you grab them by the tail too. Thanks for the video dude. ~Wolf
Black snakes are awesome rodent killers for sure. They also tend to keep Copper Heads away. Like you mentioned Sootch, I don't think they kill poisonous snakes, but I know that Copper Heads tend to stay away from Black snake territory.
@PRSpl4yer so murder/destroy all snakes for 1 account --------kinda what the Nazis did because Hitler didn't like the Jews seems a bit extreme, but its your world. =)
@IKLIPTIC Because I don't like snakes therefor I'm like a nazi... I fail to see the logic. Dude just stop while you're ahead, you sound like a tool. If you almost died from a snakebite, you would probably have a fear of snakes too.
@PRSpl4yer Logic? You claim logic as an explanation for your immature childlike response - kill them all? So you got bit by 1 therefore destroy them all. You sound just like the pussies crying kill all pit bulls because they are dangerous and people have been bitten. Its no wounder our nation is full of pussies - their all scared of creepy crawlies - and things with fur and teeth - sad sad world. No further need to respond - you are dismissed. <POST CLOSED>
@IKLIPTIC Dude I doubt you and I would talk like this in person; the internet seems to escalate all "conflicts". Why do you insist on arguing, there's no need to get hostile and start throwing crude language. I've truthfully only ever killed one snake, I typically try and scare them away. Killing animals willy nilly upsets a natural balance, but when I run into a cottonmouth, I'm going to shoot it. But if you'd rather call me a nazi, ive been called worse. Sticks and stones...
@PRSpl4yer like I said your words not mine, kill them all - sounds like the Nazis to me. But like I said the first response to each his own, YOU chose to respond again and again attempting to defend your flawed reasoning. You only needed to attempt to understand my original statement and move on, but you chose to see more in it than was there. Now there is no questions about your logic, nor your views on nature and life. If it frightens you, you will kill it. Sad way to live as a man. Good luck.
the second i see a snake i dont care what kind it is ill get my ak or 12 gauge out and teach it a lesson cut his head off and burry it snakes can sneak up on you i would kill it because i dont feel like getting bit and i hate snakes they ALL deserve to die
We used to have to of these things in our barn. That is until one was hanging out above the door to the barn and dropped onto my dad's head. We got some cats for rodent control after that.
Being a from MI and now living in NC I am always looking for the snakes!! I love the way you country boys think that its no big deal at all..LOL I'd be blasting that thing as soon as I saw it!! thats what the judge is for.
Snakes are interesting...from a distance. Ran across a few rattlers while out and about, but never anything that long before. Interesting to watch him on the tree.
What the...? I'd have used PFIDude's Saiga 12ga from the second story of the house! It may be "harmless", but that would scare the crap out of me if he were in my yard (I put harmless in quotations because even if it is nonpoisonous, it can still result in a heart attack) I occasionally see a garter snake in the yard that is less than a foot long, and they make my nervy.Kudos and added respect to you and all the others who think it is a beautiful sight that should be enjoyed and allowed to live.
NON- poisonous snakes are awesome. i caught five garder snaks in my backyard( i live in a housing complex) and i relocated all of them safely to the private golf course haha
snakes are beutiful but they dont mix with small pets and children, thats why i got rat/snake shot ammo for my .22 and 9mm :P ( fully leagal to kill them where i live so no moaning)
Beautiful Colubrid. Timid, non-venomous rodent control at its finest. Without mother natures safety nets, we would be over run with disease ridden pests. Good find sootch!
We had one living under out hot water heater years ago. In that house it got in from under the house by following the pipes into the house. It was an old house and it had zero problems go and coming as it pleased. We left it alone because it served it duty by keeping all the rodents and other unwanted snakes away.
I kill any poisonous snakes I run into, they're just plain dangerous for everyone. Non-venomous like that snake are fine as long as they don't bother me, there good to have around because they keep other pest populations down.
had a 6 footer vist my chicken coop for 3 days in a row , took him to the creek 2 days , on the 3rd i had my wife drive us [my wife ,the snake and myself ] about a mile down the road ... had a smaller 1 show up about 2 weeks later , the misses took him off ... also watched a california chain king kill and eat a black snake 2 years ago at the coop , 1 small problem the black snake was about 12 inches to long , yep had to throw him back up , he won battle but lost the war ... God bless ...
Our property has a good bit of king snakes, They are very good to have around as they kill a lot of the water moccasins we have. I haven't seen a water moccasin in two years now, used to see them almost every time I went out. Got bit by one before but luckily for me it was a dry bite. That's crazy how they climb the tree like that. I personally do not like snakes, but I recognize their purpose and leave them be. Cool video!
Not sure where you live, but those are everywhere in Texas. Great for keeping rats and mice off the property. I have acreage, and there are very few field rats around. Be warned though, if you raise chickens, they will get hatchlings and eggs. They will poop on you! A natural defense that smells just aweful!! Lol, great video.
That is one beautiful, massive black rat! Reminds me of the one I looked for in Mass. for years, but all I ever found was his sheds... :- )
4thedefense 6 days ago
i love black snakes, very gentle and mine eat all the mice :)
GadgetGirlGiano 1 month ago
I don't find snakes beautiful, it's just a hose with a head in one end. It's not like they got antlers or anything.
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i just caught a baby yellow rat snake, its maybe half a foot long, any ideas on how to take care of it??
mspassion4truth 4 months ago
That isn't 1.80 meters long more like 1.30 meters which in feet is about 4,5 feet
qHighFlyerp 6 months ago
Is this snake venomous?
angelbelle578 6 months ago
@angelbelle578 No, but most sissies kill them anyways.
dieseltech20 5 months ago
Snakes are venomous!!! venom is injected! poison is ingested!! i hate having to explain that to ppl!!
mustang451000 6 months ago
kill all snakes around kids
TheTexasdeerhunter 6 months ago
I just relocated one of these out of my garage. Not as big probably about 3-4ft still a little fellow. I put him under our trash bin beside a firewood pile best place I could find for him. Rodents like to congregate there after the lights go out..... for now.
cdemanelis 7 months ago
Ratsnakes, Moccasins, and all snakes for that matter are environmentally important. The venomous ones are usually less aggressive than the nonvenomous ones because the nonvenomous ones have had to evolve these aggressive behaviors to survive. Despite what many think, a good snake is any LIVE snake! :)
oikoeco1 7 months ago
shoot it shoot it dont worry i killed 50
MultiAngryRussian 8 months ago
SO beautiful. Just saw one a few minutes ago. He/she was at least 5 feet. Gorgeous movement too. Like a wave of oil. FASCINATING creatures.. Simply gorgeous too. :)
curiousness101 8 months ago
@curiousness101 - YES!! What a "WONDERFUL COMMENT" you wrote!!!! Rat-and cornsnakes move SO GRACEFULLY across the earth! King-and milk snakes, too! They can climb up a silver maple tree, within the bark groves, to hunt what's up there! My little Son and I just saw a baby BRS in Somers, Connecticut, this past Sunday. We handled it for a few, and, then let it go. What a nippy, little rascal!!! Thank you for posting such a well-defined comment about an animal I happen to love!!! :)
classiclistener01 8 months ago
shoot it shoot it
MultiAngryRussian 8 months ago
@MultiAngryRussian - I, too, am fluent in guns, but, too shoot a defenseless, graceful, beautiful, and, most of all, "BENEFICIAL" snake, that eats rodents that could infest, and, chew electrical wires that could start a fire in your home and kill you and your family, is to be a real COWARD, FOOL, and SELF-DEFEATING SLUG who makes "ALL" gun owners seem like uneducated retards to those who wish to ban guns! PLEASE! Stop showing gun-banners that IDIOTS own and misuse firearms!
classiclistener01 8 months ago
I saw one of these today. The poor guy was in my chicken coop and he was so scared when i had to get him out, cause he was scaring the chickens lol
FrozenSmoke88 8 months ago
Thanks for the video. It's interesting to watch it move around. I have a 4 ft one that lives under my front porch. It is a welcome guest because it keeps the mouse population down.
kathys2004 8 months ago
its a king snake i think
kdogT719 9 months ago
just today i had to kill one of those snakes because it was going after my cat, i like snakes and would not harm one unless i had to.
megarandomman0 9 months ago
I live in WV. See black rat snakes all the time. I love them a lot and never been bitten or musked by one when caught. They are very calm for rat snakes.
wingedsweetheart 9 months ago
My neighbors alerted me to one of these outside my apartment building yesterday. It was about 3.5 ft long. I assured them it wasn't dangerous, then picked it up and escorted it down the hill to a small pond in the woods. It slinked off into the brush and vanished. Fascinating creature! (My neighbors still think I'm nuts)
DirkDaring99 9 months ago
Way to respect the natural world, boys! You must live on some fine property.
beerock2000 9 months ago
is he sootch000?
WildLifeGuy308 10 months ago
time to get the shotgun
JIMMY7770 11 months ago
i use to live in fl and that snake would have been decapitated or taken out with a shotgun
Peckerwood702 1 year ago
Where i live all the snakes are highly venemous (australia). If i see one on the property i gotta kill it! If i spot them while hiking though i let them be.
Supaflow7 1 year ago
Hit a squirrel on the road by accident, didn't care. Hit a black snake, I felt awful. They're awesome, no danger to pets (unless you walk your pet rats outside, which I don't suggest doing in Fl. anyway), and like sootch00 said, great pest control. Then I swerved to run over a rattlesnake, those bastards suck.
ThaddeusMcSpalding 1 year ago
@ThaddeusMcSpalding Why would you not care if you hit a squirrel? I don't mean to tell you what you can and can not feel, but I think people should feel bad if they ever kill an animal and do not utilize it. Squirrels and other rodents are extremely vital the ecosystem, as are snakes such as the one in this video.
Hunting is fine if one uses the animal to the most they can, but I can not see how anyone can "not care" about killing an animal for no reason, whether it is by accident or not.
metalfaust19 1 year ago
@metalfaust19 I guess I should have said I had no sense of hurting said ecosystem. Too many ass hats kill black snakes out of fear, but leave the squirrels be because they're adorable. If I ran over a black snake on accident, it's like "Crap! There goes one of the probably fifteen snakes around the neighborhood. But when a squirrel runs out in front of you whilst you're traveling 60 mph in rush hour traffic, it's not a huge loss in the grand scheme.
ThaddeusMcSpalding 1 year ago
I don't usually get close enough to a snake to identify it, if its not solid black I shoot on sight.
noah3824 1 year ago
@noah3824 If it is on your property and thus potentially threatening you and/or your family, then I can understand shooting it for safety, but do you just shoot them in the wild when you can easily alter your course of travel by a few meager feet?
Call me a hippie/wimp/communist/liberal or whatever, but I see that as wrong. If one is in the wild, one should only ever kill an animal in direct self-defense or hunting for the respectable consumption benefit of you and/your family!
metalfaust19 1 year ago
i don't know where you are located but i have seen blacksnakes kill copperheads in VA
parlusk 1 year ago
my arizona king looks very similar to this snake, and about the same size as well.
12345monoriginal 1 year ago
Neat video of a cool critter. I wish I lived far enough out of town that (beneficial) snakes would visit my property. Seems nice and quiet out there.
Someday.
Big ups to little Sootch.
classof77 1 year ago
more like target practice :) haha
jakewars 1 year ago
How do you know that wasn't a water moccasin? They look very similar to this and are in that region too. I'm down in FL and those sons of guns are not to be taken lightly.
JonBurnsArt 1 year ago
@JonBurnsArt It's too long, markings not right and head not wide enough for a Moccasin. It wasn't agressive at all. It was a graceful creature. We have a creek at the lower end of our property and have found a few Moccasins there... we kill those.
Thanks~
sootch00 1 year ago 8
@sootch00 Thanks for the clear up. My professor lives on the waterlogged Payne's Prairie and was bit by a moccasin while cleaning her yard. Oouch! She gets yellow and black rat snakes in her chicken coops too.
JonBurnsArt 1 year ago
@sootch00 do rat snakes make good pets or are they not considered as pets?
CalmFlames 11 months ago
@CalmFlames they make great pets, and very very good for starters who havn' kept snakes. I not only keep them, but i also do research to help with conservation here in southeast Ohio. Around here babies are killed alot because people missidentify them as copperheads. I dont know how many times i've heard a neighbor scream about a copperhead in there yard, only for me to find a dead 7 inch baby black rat. most people don't know how a baby black rat looks, and how much it changes when its grown.
DMCreptiles 10 months ago
@DMCreptiles yeah i know what your saying . Never ceases to amaze me . people Copperheads are called copper heads because they are copper/bronze in apperence . not black not grey black not green . not milk snakes . gesh the name says it lol
5410driver 9 months ago
@sootch00 why do you kill the moccasins? just leave them alone, why can't people understand that
Trickipedia 9 months ago
@sootch00 why do you kill the moccasins? they belong on this earth just as much as we do(maybe more)and their not aggressive if you sit and watch them...when we invade their natural habitat we should accept the creature that are their big and small venomous and non-venomous...you say "we kill those" like its nothing...but its still a life and they play their role in the environment and belong here...hey if you dont want them bring them to me ill give them a new home and wont kill em
dabid1337 8 months ago
@sootch00 there is usually no need to kill any snake, even a venemous one. In fact, cottonmouths (water moccasins) are some of the most docile of the venemous species. If you respect them and watch your step whil in their habitat, they will not be a problem. Non-venemous water snakes of the genus Nerodia are much more aggressive, which may be what you are seeing.
ThatAnimalGuy 6 months ago
@JonBurnsArt water moccasins r fat a not very long
dman01ish1 1 year ago
@JonBurnsArt a moccasian is brownish and have spots this dont
07poopballs 1 year ago
@JonBurnsArt probably because he's not a dumbass, dumbass.
hollowpoint45acp 1 year ago
@JonBurnsArt u is dumb as fuck water maccasins are really thick and and don't even live in FL
jeovaecorney 1 year ago
@jeovaecorney You are uncool with that kind of talk. I live in FL and we have a lot of poisonous snakes. You should do some research before you make ignorant claims and end up looking like a chump because you do. Jerk.
JonBurnsArt 1 year ago
@JonBurnsArt what i ment to say was black rat snakes don't live in fl and no snakes are poisonous they r venomous and watch this video called venomous of fL watch all the parts then come back and talk to me
jeovaecorney 1 year ago
@JonBurnsArt - Good comment! Ratsnakes are OFTEN confused with moccasins, kingsnakes, indigo snakes and black racers, but, if you notice the "white" under the snake's chin - it's a black ratsnake! Take care! :)
classiclistener01 8 months ago
@JonBurnsArt its obviously not a water moccasin. they have a completely different shape to the head and different markings. plus, just because a snake is venomous doesn't mean it's going to bite you.
imakeudrool 4 months ago
@imakeudrool so yesterday, buddy. you're late
JonBurnsArt 4 months ago
@imakeudrool so yesterday, buddy. you're late.
JonBurnsArt 4 months ago
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Midnight2534 4 months ago
@Midnight2534 oh, boy. please, stop with year old comments.
JonBurnsArt 4 months ago
@JonBurnsArt i live near orlando and those things will climb right up in your boat..haha
SeaSickDrop 3 months ago
shoot it!! :)
s2Fierce 1 year ago
I must admit this city-boy's first instinct would have been to kill it. I don't like snakes and never will. But, I could tolerate one that I knew FOR SURE was not poisonous and killed rats and poisonous snakes. My few encounters with snakes has been limited to rattlers and they made a bad impression on me as a child. Intellectually, I know that they were acting defensively, didn't want anything to do with me, and control rodents, but in the cave-man center of my brain: snake bad and scary.
infectedvector 1 year ago
Great footage of this beast climbing the tree. Reminds me to have the SUV windows rolled up when it's parked in the woods. I have seen some 6 footers in TN, but that sucker is HEFTY....more resembles a baby python.
tnoutdoors9 1 year ago
SNAKES ARE FUCKING CREEPY
chris225101 1 year ago
Mother of Jesus he's huge! I've seen milksnakes get big but never this big.
dourabbawinner 1 year ago
You should have held it Sootch. You know like Steve Irwin used to do. That would have been awesome on camera. Nice vid though.
ds10363 1 year ago
I had to put down a 6ft rattle snake after I almost stepped on him. Thanks .357
mcshiffern 1 year ago
Don, I believe most black snakes will eat Copperheads and such. I had a problem with lizards in my yard and a copperhead. Until Maury the black snake showed up and began patrolling the yard. Now they are all gone,
pappyhighlife 1 year ago
sootch i thought snakes always attack people and you look so close to it, i guess i never knew to much about snakes i was taught if you see a snake get away or kill it
slfimprovement 1 year ago
Love snakes from distance.
harr77 1 year ago
I recently seen a few guys killing snakes on there property saying its unsafe for kids and its better to not have them, if you learn about snakes and have common sense its better to teach people how to avoid and be aware then to just kill them, most of the good pest control guys will catch and release them back into a unpopulated area, and to property owners, I respect you don't want these around your house but call a professional to have it removed and relocated rather than killing them =)
TNPviewer 1 year ago
Ahh, the wonders of nature. Especially in summer. Actually I shouldn't be sitting here watching your videos. I will go on a little bike-tour right now.
jamsy00 1 year ago
HA! These are all over my parents house. I remember when I was like 15 or so my mom freaked when one fell out of the insulation on the ceiling when she was putting stuff in the crawl space of the house. Of course it was my job to get it out and I just walked up to it and grabbed it behind the head and took it a few hundred yards into the woods and let it go . . . it was about a 4 footer and it was a cool day out, even cooler under the house, so it was going real slow, ie easy catch =)
NiftyVT 1 year ago
Such a magnificent creature.
BigDThe0G 1 year ago
Gorgeous animal. I stay well away but respect them. My neighbor killed one and was so proud of himself he was showing it off to everyone in the neighborhood..it was all I could do to keep from throttling him. A lot of people are ignorant of the fact that snakes are beneficials...thanks for teaching people the positives of these timid creatures.
Verilioness 1 year ago 6
@Verilioness Thanks Veri, I'm glad he decided not to climb the tree : ) I would have flipped out if it had dropped on me! Lol! Yes, beautiful creature.
sootch00 1 year ago 3
@Verilioness - GREAT COMMENT - thank you!! By killing snakes like this, one opens themselves up to rodent infestations. Although many people believe themselves to be "heroes" by killing snakes, killing this snake, kingsnakes, and, other pest-controllers, is tantamount to promoting the expansion of vermin!!! People ARE ignorant to the benefits of rodent-eating snakes, and, to how "harmless" they are to people, as they are of bats!! he world has no shortage of knuckleheads! :(
classiclistener01 8 months ago
Beautiful snake! Thanks for treating him respectfully. It's great you're showing kids how to interact with nature, also.
gueneveve 1 year ago
Little Sootch, a pleasure to meet you buddy!
1StepTooFar 1 year ago
@1StepTooFar Hey Bro~ Little Sootch says hello. Hope you're doing well my friend.
sootch00 1 year ago
some scary shit
TheIcecoldkidd 1 year ago
prettty snake.
markquimby82 1 year ago
I thought I was watching Nature there for a minute :) Good stuff
CampfireTalk 1 year ago
These are not poisonous, they are constrictors... I live in Upstate SC as well, and these things are everywhere around here... Great video Sootch!
liberty057 1 year ago
are they poisonious
dp665 1 year ago
Major props for not being one of those "OH MY GOD IT'S A SNAKE! KILL IT!" idiots.
I love snakes. I own and breed ball pythons.
ROFLpwnedvideos 1 year ago
It is amazing how they can grip objects with just their muscular bodies! Cool Vid. Sootch!
downtoearth121 1 year ago
I saw one of those in my backyard recently. As long as they stay out of the house, I have no problems with them.
ReDact45 1 year ago
Snakes are cool. Much appreciated vermin controllers. I always enjoy spotting them on hikes and around the backyard.
mrtoady2 1 year ago 5
that thing is a tree climbing machine....good nature vid sootch!!!
arbshaw73 1 year ago
HA! the ad on your vid says " Rat control $99"
seems that this guy would do it for free!
Thanks for all the work you put in.
turbotechnique 1 year ago 2
im glad u didnt kill it, so many people are so ignorant, and u clearly arent. good job, my daddy always said dont kill what u wont eat,
alucard5628 1 year ago 2
@alucard5628 your dad sounds like a great role module, and I agree with your dad.
shayi394 1 year ago
@shayi394 haha... gotta love role modules!
CosmicGrooves 1 year ago
very cool, and it is the best rat trap ever made. I love reptiles and have some for pets, but with me the wild ones stay wild since thats where they will do the most good as im sure u agree. Thanks for sharing man love the vid.
murph1911 1 year ago
money love
barnettzack 1 year ago
The only other snake I know of that will kill other snakes besides a King Snake is the Bull Snake, which is related to the black rat. I'd keep any Black snakes around that I could, unless I had chickens, cats, or small dogs. They will keep your area free of rats & mice, which is very nice. They'll also take rabbits, opossums, and sometimes adolescent racoons. You can catch those black rats and store them in your refrigerator over the winter. They'll be fine come spring. Hehehe....
veritasfiles 1 year ago
WHATTTT a Southern Gun Lover who doesn't shoot at every animal that moves??? Haha, just kidding man. If you were on TV though they wouldn't allow it, you don't fit stereotype of what they think in California.
AllfatherGuideUs 1 year ago
Good lookin' kid, Sootch. AND he likes snakes. lol. Great kid. Nice snake too. Glad to see someone observing one without chopping it up with a hoe. They make quite a hissing ruckus when you grab them by the tail too. Thanks for the video dude. ~Wolf
FatDaddy4Fun 1 year ago
Black snakes are awesome rodent killers for sure. They also tend to keep Copper Heads away. Like you mentioned Sootch, I don't think they kill poisonous snakes, but I know that Copper Heads tend to stay away from Black snake territory.
luddy2009 1 year ago
You're a very good man sootch00. You let the creature live. If that was on my backyard, my 12 gauge will be singing...
ian3265 1 year ago
cool!
axishans 1 year ago
Only good snake is a dead snake. I don't like snakes...
PRSpl4yer 1 year ago
@PRSpl4yer not very smart mindset but to each his own.
IKLIPTIC 1 year ago
@IKLIPTIC I was bitten and hospitalized by a cottonmouth when I was 11. There's a reason I don't like snakes...
PRSpl4yer 1 year ago
@PRSpl4yer so murder/destroy all snakes for 1 account --------kinda what the Nazis did because Hitler didn't like the Jews seems a bit extreme, but its your world. =)
IKLIPTIC 1 year ago
@IKLIPTIC Because I don't like snakes therefor I'm like a nazi... I fail to see the logic. Dude just stop while you're ahead, you sound like a tool. If you almost died from a snakebite, you would probably have a fear of snakes too.
PRSpl4yer 1 year ago
@PRSpl4yer Logic? You claim logic as an explanation for your immature childlike response - kill them all? So you got bit by 1 therefore destroy them all. You sound just like the pussies crying kill all pit bulls because they are dangerous and people have been bitten. Its no wounder our nation is full of pussies - their all scared of creepy crawlies - and things with fur and teeth - sad sad world. No further need to respond - you are dismissed. <POST CLOSED>
IKLIPTIC 1 year ago
@IKLIPTIC Dude I doubt you and I would talk like this in person; the internet seems to escalate all "conflicts". Why do you insist on arguing, there's no need to get hostile and start throwing crude language. I've truthfully only ever killed one snake, I typically try and scare them away. Killing animals willy nilly upsets a natural balance, but when I run into a cottonmouth, I'm going to shoot it. But if you'd rather call me a nazi, ive been called worse. Sticks and stones...
PRSpl4yer 1 year ago
@PRSpl4yer like I said your words not mine, kill them all - sounds like the Nazis to me. But like I said the first response to each his own, YOU chose to respond again and again attempting to defend your flawed reasoning. You only needed to attempt to understand my original statement and move on, but you chose to see more in it than was there. Now there is no questions about your logic, nor your views on nature and life. If it frightens you, you will kill it. Sad way to live as a man. Good luck.
IKLIPTIC 1 year ago
Bet Maxpedition don't make a bag for that!
deke441 1 year ago
here in Texas we eat them, would have made some good eating
TMHonfire102 1 year ago
God's little vermin catcher...
ristin59 1 year ago
the second i see a snake i dont care what kind it is ill get my ak or 12 gauge out and teach it a lesson cut his head off and burry it snakes can sneak up on you i would kill it because i dont feel like getting bit and i hate snakes they ALL deserve to die
FirearmsARTechnition 1 year ago
We used to have to of these things in our barn. That is until one was hanging out above the door to the barn and dropped onto my dad's head. We got some cats for rodent control after that.
dhetrick3 1 year ago
Little sootch is not afraid of the camera.
IamaRifle 1 year ago
Looks like it would make a tasty meal!
ithouston 1 year ago
thanks for the snake v, i love 'em. though they have scared me when i was caught by surprise.
desirefirst 1 year ago
That is one well fed healthy snake!
BroPaul 1 year ago
Poisonous snake = dead snake
drewstarr71 1 year ago
Being a from MI and now living in NC I am always looking for the snakes!! I love the way you country boys think that its no big deal at all..LOL I'd be blasting that thing as soon as I saw it!! thats what the judge is for.
nik416 1 year ago
thats why I would like to live in the USA, one of the reasons if that I like bugs and snakes
vascurten 1 year ago
i had one of those bite me right between the eye's when i was around two or three. thankfully, i don't remember it. lol
ericanthony78 1 year ago
Snakes are interesting...from a distance. Ran across a few rattlers while out and about, but never anything that long before. Interesting to watch him on the tree.
Cr0cket20 1 year ago
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
TellEvery1 1 year ago
If you get its attention and run itll chase you
mrRepublicanMan16 1 year ago
cool or not...i hate snakes!
knightrebel556 1 year ago 2
Sootch . . . that was awesome. Thanks for sharing. Great camera work by the way. That was incredible watching the snake climb a tree!
USNERDOC 1 year ago
Wow. +10 cool pts for the snake for scaling the tree! Way to be at the right place at the right time....w/your zoom functioning well. :)
CyberCacique1 1 year ago
What the...? I'd have used PFIDude's Saiga 12ga from the second story of the house! It may be "harmless", but that would scare the crap out of me if he were in my yard (I put harmless in quotations because even if it is nonpoisonous, it can still result in a heart attack) I occasionally see a garter snake in the yard that is less than a foot long, and they make my nervy.Kudos and added respect to you and all the others who think it is a beautiful sight that should be enjoyed and allowed to live.
thetoothmkr 1 year ago
Lol @ 3:13 he's like "ahhh screw it"
jomomma193 1 year ago
This is the only kind of snake that I like, they've kept mice and rats out of my house for years now.
itachi1303 1 year ago
NON- poisonous snakes are awesome. i caught five garder snaks in my backyard( i live in a housing complex) and i relocated all of them safely to the private golf course haha
crownvic1776 1 year ago
iv been bit by those when i was reaching in to get chicken eggs....no danger just scared the JEEBUZZZ out of me and left a nasty mark.
The85Fox 1 year ago
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Wicked see he is luring you in you just dont know it.
MichiganTNP 1 year ago
sootch that there is some good eats!
MatrixOne976 1 year ago
Hey was that a sootch mini-me at the end? Sure he loves that his dad is the king of cool stuff!!
glocklife 1 year ago
Snakes are cool, never seen one in person though...
VeridianCaballero 1 year ago
snakes are beutiful but they dont mix with small pets and children, thats why i got rat/snake shot ammo for my .22 and 9mm :P ( fully leagal to kill them where i live so no moaning)
EwFreDDe 1 year ago
Beautiful Colubrid. Timid, non-venomous rodent control at its finest. Without mother natures safety nets, we would be over run with disease ridden pests. Good find sootch!
mnyshrpknvs 1 year ago 2
cool snake
360steven 1 year ago
Bet he could eat some good sized rats.
TacticalHistory 1 year ago
He was looking for mice in your workshop lol
jaay334 1 year ago
I had one of those (or a black racer) living under my house a while back...could have used it in my chicken coop where field mice began to pop up.
lordmonfort 1 year ago
That is one big snake, glad he's with you sootch, at my house, snakes always meets shovel lol
NWOIS666 1 year ago
@NWOIS666 lol, a nicely sharpen garden hoe here =)
SirSpoon84 1 year ago
wow I have seen plenty of snakes in ym time but nothgin that big, at least on the ground, its usualy behind gass in an exibit, haha
cutlerylover 1 year ago
We had one living under out hot water heater years ago. In that house it got in from under the house by following the pipes into the house. It was an old house and it had zero problems go and coming as it pleased. We left it alone because it served it duty by keeping all the rodents and other unwanted snakes away.
midmoshooter 1 year ago 2
one of my dogs tore a four footer up because the thing tried to bite him
sasquatchhunter200 1 year ago
I kill any poisonous snakes I run into, they're just plain dangerous for everyone. Non-venomous like that snake are fine as long as they don't bother me, there good to have around because they keep other pest populations down.
N5II 1 year ago
had a 6 footer vist my chicken coop for 3 days in a row , took him to the creek 2 days , on the 3rd i had my wife drive us [my wife ,the snake and myself ] about a mile down the road ... had a smaller 1 show up about 2 weeks later , the misses took him off ... also watched a california chain king kill and eat a black snake 2 years ago at the coop , 1 small problem the black snake was about 12 inches to long , yep had to throw him back up , he won battle but lost the war ... God bless ...
1mrgasgas1 1 year ago
very cool
beast12101 1 year ago
I guess this falls in the "sensible survival" category :-) Long live the Republic!
cbrusharmy 1 year ago
Schönes Video ! thank you !
RioCravoNorte 1 year ago
Black snakes will tear copperheads up. Around here, NC foothills, people give them a pass for that very reason.
OilTheGun 1 year ago
Our property has a good bit of king snakes, They are very good to have around as they kill a lot of the water moccasins we have. I haven't seen a water moccasin in two years now, used to see them almost every time I went out. Got bit by one before but luckily for me it was a dry bite. That's crazy how they climb the tree like that. I personally do not like snakes, but I recognize their purpose and leave them be. Cool video!
olchevyman 1 year ago
Not sure where you live, but those are everywhere in Texas. Great for keeping rats and mice off the property. I have acreage, and there are very few field rats around. Be warned though, if you raise chickens, they will get hatchlings and eggs. They will poop on you! A natural defense that smells just aweful!! Lol, great video.
tim12161974 1 year ago 2
That was nice, very cool!
thecajunblaze 1 year ago
That thing is HUGE!
fokaikid87 1 year ago
Very cool.
aintgonnaworrynomore 1 year ago
Black snakes are good they eat all the stupid chipmunks and rats.
nickwoo2 1 year ago
id rather have rats than snakes
NOKTURNALMB 1 year ago
Man I would not like that thing dropping out of a tree onto me while I was cutting the grass!
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
I always like snakes more than squirrels...
psychoclown420 1 year ago 2
Should have killed it and make it into your next belt review =D
RS70deflvl35 1 year ago
Awsome snake!!!!! I probably would have been tempted to practice my ccw draw and shoot the hell out of that snake.
wheremygat187 1 year ago
What a little ripper!
LIBERTYDOGG77 1 year ago
Thats a good size black snake. The ones I see around are 4-5ft. Awsome snakes for sure.
JGguns1 1 year ago