Snakes! Eeeekk!

As long as they stay AWAY from the house, they have nothing to fear from me. Since I've had cats around, however, I've seen very few LARGE snakes, and only a few smaller ones. Before that, I've killed rattlers that have been too close to the house. We have Bull snakes around here, too, which look much like rattlers, but their bark is worse than their bite... and BOY do they have a TEMPER!

Ouch! Snakes are my worst fears! Gosh you reminded me when I watched that movie called Snakes on a plane" I dint sleep even a drop for that whole night. I really fear snakes and even the thought of it scares me. Your husband is soo brave I must say.......killing 3 snakes hehehee!

Copperheads! Can't stand them.... Copperheads travel in pairs. Where there is one, there is going to be a mate close by. I am happy for you that your husband was home to take care of the nasty situation.

I can understand killing a venomous snake near where children play but I would have just relocated them to a place where they could do their duty and kill and eat rodents that give us diseases as well as eat our food and make it unsafe to eat. I used to catch and sell live rattle snakes and can tell you that snakes are more afraid of you than you are of them, if they know that you are around they will try to get away, it is when you corner them or they cannot get away that they are most dangerous. I remember one time I was camping out near a lake in just a bed roll and when I woke up in the morning I had two rattle snakes in the bed roll with me. They were there just to keep warm so I slowly picked them up and put them out of the bed roll.