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robk@hal.COM (Robert Kleinschmidt) wrote:

>This weekend I wound up killing a rattlesnake that had taken up
>residence in a foot high crawl space under the deck. 

Its actually pretty easy to catch a snake with a reasonable length of
1/2" pipe and some flexible wire or stiff rope...  run the wire thru
the pipe, fasten it securely to the outside of the far end of the pipe
forming a noose about 6" or so in diameter...  drop this loop around
the snake's head and pull firmly on the wire coming out your end of
the pipe trapping said snake firmly behind the head... you can now
carry it off to a better environ and release him.  Or simply
decapitate it if thats your bent. A large snake -will- put up quite a
struggle, so don't be suprised.

-jrp