Snake shot....

[barnetmill]

We got a call today the soil mapping is good so now to just sign on the line. I appreciate all the input from you guys, it will be used starting in about a month to figure out where to put the house. It was 70 there today so I'm sure in a month we will be seeing the extent of what I have to deal with.

I had a pretty funny talk with a guy yesterday down there. Apparently copperheads and rattlers are "protected" and are supposed to be "shooed off the property". I started laughing when he said that and was told ill fit right in.

Unfortunately water moccasins are dong quite well in Florida. there has been talk of protecting the eastern diamond back at the federal level. Maybe some states are doing it.

[barnetmill]

.22 with shot. Local post in my area of Florida.

[mike28w]

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Jason McFadden was at work one morning in late January when he got a text message from his wife, Cassie.

“What the crap do I do?” it read.

That text was followed by a picture — of a rattlesnake inside a toilet at their Texas home.

How in the world can they get into the sewer system ? Damn !!

[Travlin]

That's a good looking snake to have stretched across a wall in the garage.

[SheepDog68]

In some really wet parts of the world the “drain field” is an open pipe draining into the swamp.

SD

[Travlin]

Well, the land deal is done. After spending a day out digging around its early for snakes.but i found 2 springs feeding creeks on the land.
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I need to set a trail cam and figure out who's squatting on my land.
Sorry for the rotatation. I cant get it to set correctly.
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The builder is set to break ground in 2 weeks and dried in by fall.

[Nameless]

Up until lately my snake gun has been a lowly 22LR revolver using CCI shot capsules. Granted I have had to be accurate and fast at times but they have accounted for quite a few Copperheads, Cotton Mouths, and Rattle Snakes with head shots the rule. Times two on the double taps to the head or even three. The .22 LR was used only because it was there more often than my .410 pump shotgun with a full choke which is ideal when it was available. Snake boots come in handy at times also. Lately I moved away from snake country.

My latest .22LR revolver is a S&W 617-4 8 3/8".

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[jlwilliams]

Well, the land deal is done. After spending a day out digging around its early for snakes.but i found 2 springs feeding creeks on the land.
20210326_110242.jpg

I need to set a trail cam and figure out who's squatting on my land.
Sorry for the rotatation. I cant get it to set correctly.
Attachment 61199

The builder is set to break ground in 2 weeks and dried in by fall.

Cool old cellar hole. Any idea how old it is?

[Travlin]

In talking to a neighbor who's family has been there for generations, he doesn't know who lived there in the past.

The pipe sticking through the wall is actually an axle tube off of a model T/A I think. It has the mounting flange on the other side of the wall.

Eventually I will pack the holes in the corners to stabilize it so its around for a while, it's pretty cool. If I get bored I might put a roof back on it with wood of the lot.

We rode the bikes down there this weekend. The survey is done and a logger working an adjacent property is going to pull the pine off the top of the property where the house will be. The driveway and house will be marked off this week and we need to go back down next weekend to give the blessing to start digging.

The price on lumber right now causing some rethinking of the schedule but there is a lot of ground work to be done before that comes into play.

[Travlin]

I got news this week the dirt work is done.
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The well is set to be punched and septic tank being delivered in the next couple of weeks. There should be base gravel down next week.

I am hoping to have a slab with everything else done by deep summer and ready for the sticks to be started. Providing lumber prices start to straighten out.

When I was walking the place with my builder I pointed out the foundation and told him it doesnt get touched while the dirt work was being done. Based on several things he knows as a local he thinks it was a civil war sentry post for a forge. He was going to hook up with a couple of old timers to get the history of it.

I think I am ready to be done already.