Arizona Rattlesnakes are Active Now
This fellow RV'er got bit on the arm when he went to investigate a "strange" noise under his RV. We've had some unusually warm temperatures in Southern Arizona so far this winter, so be careful when ...
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The wife and I had just moved into our new to us sticks and bricks. We were moving stuff out of the fiver and into the house when my son told me to stop and don't move. He saw the timber rattlesnake I was about to step on and I didn't. With a LONG stick he picked it up and took it to the lot next to our property, then let it go. Could have been bad. The next summer I was weeding the front garden and wearing gloves when I surprised a copperhead. He didn't appreciate being disturbed, but again a long stick got him moving off the property. I've lived on this Tennessee mountain for four years, and I have seen three snakes. They don't like the vibrations from the bush hog, one felt it and crawled out of the way. I don't try to kill them, they have a place in the ecosystem ridding my area of rats and mice. So long as they stay away from the house, they can have the run of the rest of my five acres.
