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In article <50krqg$iq3@schweik.hal.com>,
Robert Kleinschmidt <robk@hal.COM> wrote:
>This weekend I wound up killing a rattlesnake that had taken up
>residence in a foot high crawl space under the deck. 
>
>When I discovered it, I first called animal control, who offered
>to remove it sometime maybe if nothing more important came up.
>I locked the dogs in the house, waited around til almost sunset,
>and finally when they still had not shown, decided that I was
>running out of light, and not feel comfortable leaving the snake
>that close to the kids and animals.
>
>I finally set up a light, attached a garden rake to a length of
>pipe, and put on gloves, boots, jacket, and a pair of soccer
>shin-guards. I doused the snake with cold water, which seemed to
>slow it down, then pulled it out with the rake and dispatched it.
>

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Unfortunately, sometimes this is necessary. When that close to your house,
they do represent a significant danger. A safer way to capture it is to
construct a noose using a long piece of pvc pipe with a wire running down
the center. At the business end, bring the wire out, loop it back and
attach it to the end of the pipe. Pushing and pulling on the other end of
the wire operates the noose. A 5 gal. "pickle" bucket makes a good
transport container. I understand that they only can strike roughly
horizontal, not up so when they're in the bucket you're relatively safe. Be
careful and put a lid on the bucket anyway. Take them out were they won't
bother anyone. Let them go by tipping the bucket from a distance.

Good luck!