Dammit, hell, shit, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
We had a neighbor kill a rattlesnake on his porch this evening. That is snake number 6 this year and the second poisonous one. First one was a copper head, but it might as well have been a king cobra. Last year I killed 3 myself and one was a rattlesnake. I have been here for 4 years, the subdivision is a little over 4 years old, I moved in when there were 7 houses, now there are 20 with 30 more empty, grown up lots. A horse farm is located to the west with a nasty snake infested pond about 100 ft from the neighbors house that killed the snake, there is timber to the north, cotton fields to the south and houses to the east across the road. Since I have been here, we have averaged about 6 snakes a year. Ugh!
Only two logical solutions as I see it. Either sell my house or burn the entire neighborhood to the ground. I haven't made my mind up as to which I will do, but if you see in the news "Crazy man burns entire subdivision over a snake" that will be me.