I agree with Ryan 100%, it is one of my biggest pet peeves to see morons go out and kill snakes just because they don't like them. Why? Does it make you feel like a big strong tough guy? Get over it, just turn and let it be.

What really pisses me off is seeing these same whack jobs out on the trout streams causing all kinds of crap because there is a "copperhead" swimming in the stream. These guys are slapping their rods and chucking rocks at this "evil beast", all the while as it swims past me I notice that it is nothing more than a common brown water snake that is entirely harmless.

I am gonna start my own tradition, next time I am out with buddies and I see them beat a snake over the head simply because it is a snake, I am gonna pick up a stick and beat them over the back of the head simply because they are morons [:@]