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While I have had to kill a poisonous snakes in the past, I try my best to discourage them from staying around my property if possible. Keeping any debris cleaned up, trying to keep weeds down, etc. I have at times also put out various chemical things that are suppossed to keep them away. At times I will bring home a black snake (when I find one) and turn it loose in an effort of having friendly snakes to keep the poisonous snakes away.
There is nothing that is 100% though...
So if I do see a poisonous snake after that effort to discourage them, and they are close to the house, which is rare, it probably wont be around much longer. Too many of my neighbors over the years have been bit by the local rattle snakes and copperheads to let them stay close to a house.
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