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Postman:
well said!  - I am a biology teacher and love seeing snakes in the wild, even after suffering a very bad copperhead bite in my garden.  It can be very hard to educate people on the usefullness of snakes. I have moved 5 rattlers from neighbors yards, and have seen 1 of them nearby in the national forest after moving it. I have posted pics of copperheads killed in my yard, but have also relocated about 20 from my yard to a known nearby den site, hoping they will imprint on it and survive. If i can safely get them, i catch them, but they are often near cover or rocks near my house. ( My rocky hillside is a hibernaculum and nursery area, and I have 2 small boys, so i was very conflicted on this rather large copperhead population even before the bite.) here's a pic of a LIVE timber mentioned above. Luckily, the timbers do not show up in my yard frequently. I think NTD is right - relocation usually death of the snake, but I hope my copperheads make it. 

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wildman:
great post, I think someone did the same thing to the buffalo.I think every encounter with any animal in the wild is a gift and not always a target oppurtunity I always tell my girls two things there are no mean animals and don't kill it if your not gonna  eat it ,or use it (with the exception of asian carp killem all ) again great post very informative

kiltedcelt:

--- Quote from: wildman on May 11, 2010, 08:31:39 pm ---great post, I think someone did the same thing to the buffalo.I think every encounter with any animal in the wild is a gift and not always a target oppurtunity I always tell my girls two things there are no mean animals and don't kill it if your not gonna  eat it ,or use it (with the exception of asian carp killem all ) again great post very informative

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One thing I've endeavored to say in some of my replies is that unchecked, unsustainable use of snakes runs the risk of causing them to go the way of the Passenger Pigeon, the Buffalo, and the North Atlantic Cod. All were species that were either driven to extinction or the brink by a mentality of greed and a wrong assumption that the resource was limitless. Roundups right now are very likely along with habitat loss to be the force that pushes species like the Eastern Diamondback and the Western Diamondback to extinction if left unchecked.

bubby:
in California,their is a one snake limit per year

NTD:
This is taken from the California Game and Fish regulations.  Some snakes have a bag limit.  For instance Gopher snakes and Kingsnakes are 4...DAILY!!!  And look for yourself, Rattlesnakes are unprotected altogether ::)

§5.60. Reptiles.
(a) General Provisions: Only the following reptiles may be
taken under the authority of a sportfishing license, subject to the
restrictions in this section. The limit for each of the species listed
below is two, unless otherwise provided. Limit, as used in this
section, means daily bag and possession limit. No reptiles shall
be taken from ecological reserves designated by the commission
in Section 630 or from state parks, or national parks or monuments.
(b) No sportfishing license is required for the sport take of
any rattlesnake.

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