Cant kill snakes on public land in SC

[Coot_Commander]

https://www.wistv.com/2019/09/23/sta...outh-carolina/


There are more than forty species of snakes in Georgia and South Carolina. Chances are the one you stumble across in your yard is not one of the six venomous ones in our region.

According to Georgia law, it is illegal to possess or kill any non-venomous snake. The charge is a misdemeanor, but it can be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and one year in jail. (O.C.G.A. 27-1-28)

In South Carolina, it is illegal to kill any snake on public land. That is also a misdemeanor and can carry a fine of $200 or 30 days in jail. (Title 51 – Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Chap. 3, State Parks, Sec. 51-3-145 (B)).​

Many of us have children and pets, and their safety is our number one concern.


“The best thing to do is to get a water hose. Snakes don’t like trauma, so if you get a cold water hose and you just spray them really hard, they’re going to head the other direction,” said Trish Hobbs, Park Coordinator at Reed Creek Park.

Even if you find a venomous snake in your yard, trying to kill it can put your life in danger.

“In fact, most bites occur when people are trying to kill a snake, so I would argue don’t try to kill any of them because if you are trying to kill a rattlesnake, that’s the time you’re going to get bit,” Hobbs said.

Snakes serve a big role in our ecosystem. They control rodent populations and serve as food for other animals. Certain types of snakes will even eat venomous snakes.

[Baggy]

No comprendo.

[thunderchicken]

I bet Hobbs drives a Prius. A buddy of mine killed a big rattlesnake in his yard a few days ago with a piece of water hose. I reckon he didn’t know you could just spray them and they would just move on....

[santee11]

I bet Hobbs drives a Prius. A buddy of mine killed a big rattlesnake in his yard a few days ago with a piece of water hose. I reckon he didn’t know you could just spray them and they would just move on....

He used the wrong end of the hose.

[willyworm]

I didn't know there was a law for that. Thanks for sharing. Not that I would kill a snake anyway. I have a set of balls so they don't spook me. I just give the venomous ones a wide berth and keep rolling.

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[Gander]

I'll make sure I take a hose with me next time I'm out wandering around in the middle of nowhere.

[BOGSTER]

I’ve been on Planet Earth for almost 36 years, with 85% of that time spent in rural SC, and don’t know a single woman, child, or man killed by a snake, diamondback or otherwise.
An elderly man in his 70s with pre-existing heart conditions was bitten by a canebrake in Cuddo.... That’s it.

Never once in my life, at the community hunting club, church, or boat landing, has anyone ever told me that someone was killed by a venomous snake in SC.
Out of the 30 some-odd 70-80+ old men in my church growing up, nary a one ever mentioned someone losing their life to a snake.

As a matter of fact, I didn’t know it was possible for a person over the age of 15 to even be afraid of snakes until I found this website in 2005.


....snakes are out there folks. They are in your backyard and in the woods.
I’ve given up on trying to understand how an adult male human being can possibly be afraid of a 18inch-5ft long critter that can’t jump, has no legs, and is terrified to death of us, so I leave you with this...

We know snakes are out there.
Although it is an absolute oxymoron to call yourself an outdoorsman, and then post a pic of a 2ft garter snake asking “what kind dis be,” go ahead and kill whatever snake you see in your yard if it makes you feel safe. By all means forget teaching your children about the different species and what to stay away from. That’s stupid.

I want your children to be safe, despite your ignorance.

[WhitewaterDuck]

I’ve been on Planet Earth for almost 36 years, with 85% of that time spent in rural SC, and don’t know a single woman, child, or man killed by a snake, diamondback or otherwise.
An elderly man in his 70s with pre-existing heart conditions was bitten by a canebrake in Cuddo.... That’s it.

Never once in my life, at the community hunting club, church, or boat landing, has anyone ever told me that someone was killed by a venomous snake in SC.
Out of the 30 some-odd 70-80+ old men in my church growing up, nary a one ever mentioned someone losing their life to a snake.

As a matter of fact, I didn’t know it was possible for a person over the age of 15 to even be afraid of snakes until I found this website in 2005.


....snakes are out there folks. They are in your backyard and in the woods.
I’ve given up on trying to understand how an adult male human being can possibly be afraid of a 18inch-5ft long critter that can’t jump, has no legs, and is terrified to death of us, so I leave you with this...

We know snakes are out there.
Although it is an absolute oxymoron to call yourself an outdoorsman, and then post a pic of a 2ft garter snake asking “what kind dis be,” go ahead and kill whatever snake you see in your yard if it makes you feel safe. By all means forget teaching your children about the different species and what to stay away from. That’s stupid.

I want your children to be safe, despite your ignorance.

Fuggg it. I don’t know Bog, so I ain’t going to go there. How about, to each his own, and the govt should stay the fuck out of 99% of the shit it’s in.

[WhitewaterDuck]

So yesterday, I decide that shooting these slow flying collard doves is boring, and since they are a pain to clean, I decided to go to a spot where mourning doves were watering and picking up grit. There was also a wet spot on satellite images the near an edge of the property that I wanted to check out that was a 3/4 mile walk from where I planned to kill some mourning doves. Once over there, I headed in on the 3/4 mile walk looking for dove opportunities as I walked. I reached the wet-spot with one dove that I jumped out of the prairie grass. Unfortunately, the spot was wet, but it was not wet enough to attract or hold ducks. As I turned to head back, I spotted some sandhill cranes about 500 yards away in a wetter spot upstream in this little drainage. As I walked toward the property line to get a better look, a dove took off, and I folded it. Don't you know it fell in the only spot that had enough thick grassy shit to make finding it difficult! So, as I kicked the grass over with my foot, I could see the soil below. Three minutes, no dove. 3 minute ten seconds, I sweep my foot through the grass, and she starts singing...I see her...I blow her head off. I wonder what the chances are of her being alone, and I decide to continue the search for the dove. Five minutes later...after stomping all around this spot pushing grass to and fro to get a look underneath...the second bastard strikes at my boot as I sweep it past its face, and he only rattled as he struck and after. Luckily, the strike was a reaction to my foot startling him, and he wasn't coiled and following me, and it never hit my boot...I was in a pair of shorty, thin rubber boots btw. So that one got his head blown off too, and I decided right then and there I had done my due diligence regarding the locating of the dove. Had either of those snakes tapped me thru those boots, I don't think I'd have made it to the car with 2 fences to clear on a 3/4 mile hike in the heat. Kill em if u want, and if you do...you don't owe anyone on here or anywhere else a fucking word of explanation. Why is there a law governing what anyone does regarding a non-game, non-threatened and non-protected animal that God Himself damned shortly after creating the Earth?

[Whitetail Widowmaker]

Kill em if u want, and if you do...you don't owe anyone on here or anywhere else a fucking word of explanation. Why is there a law governing what anyone does regarding a non-game, non-threatened and non-protected animal that God Himself damned shortly after creating the Earth?

Exactly!

[Sportin' Woodies]

Rats fire ants mosquitos raccoons crows cowbirds pigeons mice spiders coons coyotes and wild hogs don't scare me either.
What does fear have to do with killing snakes?

[Coastal Woodie]

Sometimes I don’t kill snakes but then sometimes I feel like beating something to death with a stick. Fear has nothing to do with it.

[fro]

Sometimes I don’t kill snakes but then sometimes I feel like beating something to death with a stick. Fear has nothing to do with it.

Sometimes shits got to die...

[Phone Man]

I let non venomous go free but when these are by your back steps where your two year old walk they die and i dont give a flying shit how it offends anyone.

[Timsmith]

I let non venomous go free but when these are by your back steps where your two year old walk they die and i dont give a flying shit how it offends anyone.

Damn , where you build your house? Indian burial ground


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[BOGSTER]

I whole-heartedly agree, and will kill every single venomous snake in my yard.

I let non venomous go free but when these are by your back steps where your two year old walk they die and i dont give a flying shit how it offends anyone.

[M.R.Ducks]

I was hunting a public dove field a few years ago. I heard a random shot to my right when things were slow. I looked over and hoped to see a folded up dove falling through the air. Instead a see a guy walking a few feet in front of him and picked up a big copper head. He had his 10 year old kid out there with him. He claimed it was coming towards them so he shot it. I don’t know but I probably would have done the same. Not scared of snakes and I know they probably wouldn’t kill me but I’d rather not deal with going to the ER and the medical bills that follow.

[Sportin' Woodies]

I don't know anyone that's been killed by a rat either. Why do we encourage rodenticide?

[NannySlayer]

I don't know anyone that's been killed by a rat either. Why do we encourage rodenticide?

10's of millions of people have died because of rats.

[TheVisorGuy]

I doubt a rattlesnake bite would kill me, maybe it would. However it would suck either way. I try and keep my life as suck free as possible. Less poisonous snakes would definitely help me achieve that goal.