Good snakes I let pass, the others worm chow!

Kyle, I believe you've given me an excellent reason to stay out of the Everglades. I don't know how anacondas were introduced to Florida, but it would take the joy out of my day to see any water-dwelling snake that's longer than my kayak or thicker than my forearm.
When I was in my 20s and lived in southern California, I used to take potshots at snakes with my sidearms until I realized that many of them were beneficial and all had their place in the system. We had rattlers and I always wore leather boots while stomping through the Cleveland National Forest or visiting the Mojave or Anza-Borrego desert. The snakes invariably made efforts to avoid me, and I learned to recognize the species that were native to the area, all but a couple of which were not poisonous, but NONE of them compare in size to an an anaconda and I don't disagree that I would not engage in a tug-of-war with an anaconda of respectable size over my fishing tackle.
A friend emptied a 13-round magazine from his Browning 9mm Hi-Power into his sleeping bag because he was convinced there was a rattlesnake in it. We didn't find the snake, and that bag obviously wasn't bulletproof, but he shares your utter disdain for snakes.

I certainly do not hate snakes. On the contrary, I have a certain amount of admiration and a lot of respect for them. They have a very important position in our ecological system---keeping the rodent population in check---even though they don't necessarily do it to our convenience. Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to cozy up to a pit viper but if old buzztail isn't close to where I'm living, working or recreating, I'll give him a pass. (Sorry, but I can't say the same about a cottonmouth moccasin. I'll go out of my way to kill one of those aggressive, stinking critters.) I've had to get off my mower many times to move a king snake or black snake out of harm's way.

Those big invasive constrictors in Florida are another story and I'd certainly "terminate with extreme prejudice" any of them I came across. We don't need any of them out there, even though they are probably here to stay. I saw a program the other day that conditions were favorable for them throughout the entire southeastern U.S. and that's scary.

I've never caught a snake on hook and line, but I did catch a small water snake of some kind in a minnow trap that I left out in a little stream one night. It was dead by the time I found it.

I don't hate snakes, I am well...just afraid of them. Have had run ins with the following varieties , rattlesnake, puff adder, cobra, boomslang, black mamba, Gabon viper, a 12 foot python and several others I did not take time to get acquainted with.

. . . you might want to consider cutting the line instead of ditching the whole pole . . .

I don't like snakes. I HATE jerks that dump exotic species in our already challenged ecosystems. I would make every effort to destroy a giant anaconda or any other exotic that might come my way. Unfortunately, you can't even kill the exotics in most National Parks (except plants).

I don't minds snakes in general, but If I saw one of those hopefully I would have a shotgun handy to insure it does not have a chance to eat someone or their child or pets.

I hate them too and my cousin lives in south Florida and he found a boa in his back yard. He shot it with his 12 gauge!!!haha

i caught a cotton mouth one time he was about 4 foot he hit a jitterbug

Snakes don't really bother me, curiously enough. I can't stand spiders, but I can tolerate snakes. Just so long as they stay in their territory and not in mine, I'm good...

I don't mind snakes at all, and most of them don't seem to mind me. The only ones that have bitten me have been the little guys that I casually handled. They always do it when you aren't looking. I've only killed a small handful of snakes, and they have been big mean ones acting aggressively in or around someone's house. Well one wasn't very big, it was an eastern diamondback just hangin' out on my grandfather's doorstep in old Florida. Killed it with his putter. That was about the only time I've found a golf club useful.

i hate snakes i know they may be good for the environment and i think there disgusting. well on a field trip one time my canoeing partner saw a water snake and brought it into the canoe and kept playing while i was in the back flipping out and telling him to throw it back

Interesting , everyone seems to always say snakes taste like chicken. I, have had the dubious opportunity to eat snake several times. They always taste like snake to me. Never was a chef I guess.

I have caught a few water snakes and cottonmouths on throw lines and trot lines. Always considered it good riddance. I kill rattlesnakes on the deer lease, because there is an abundance of them, and the landowner states it as a condition of the hunt. Were I to encounter an anaconda, or python, or boa of large size, I would kill it also, as they are an invasive species, and are no part of our natural ecosystem. I don't hate snakes, but some need killing.
Most non-poisonous species I encounter, I just leave alone.

i hate cotton mouths more than all the others i try to give them all the room i can .

I have eaten Rattlesnake before and because of the way it was cooked it did taste like wild smoked turkey. Seem to me like everything that people try for the first time, from the wild, "taste like chicken" oh and I feel the same way as you do Kyle " 5 year ole girl sounds right" ! LOL My wife and I have a deal she will take care of all the snakes, and I take care of all the spiders for her. LOL

When I was stationed in Texas, in the early 70's, I would go to the Sweetwater,Texas, Rattle Snake Round-Up!

Anybody been there?
People would go and collect them in burlap bags, pillow cases and bring them back and milk them of their venom. There were prizes for the biggest, smallest and most snakes. Looked like Indiana Jones,Harrison Ford, when he lowered himself down into that pit and asked himself ... "Why snakes? I hate snakes!"

I'm not leary of snakes as I've never been bitten by one ... but bees? That's another story!

It was a carnival atmosphere with vendors, rides and had rattlesnake meat to eat ... it tasted like frog legs to me.