First one of the year

I had a nest of four 6 inch ringnecks in the yard a few weeks ago. I've lived in the midwest for most of my life and never even heard of a ringneck snake. Got a foot-long garter snake the same day.

Growing up in Colorado, my Granddad would get a rattler or two every year. He had a pill bottle he kept the rattles in. I think the biggest in there had 17 rattles on it. Rattlers and copperheads are the only ones I would kill, but if it's a rattler, I'd have to call it a harvest, and fire up the grill :)