EVERY snake has been out this week! October 8th is one year since I have been bitten!!
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Yes, same thing (Gleditsia aquatica). On that Wikipedia link you gave, it has both names listed. Actually it is a species of honey locust, (honey locust is a global genus, Gleditsia, not a specific species). The more common honey locust in the US is the thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Water moccasin is the first thing that came to mind. Even without being able to see the head to confirm a triangular shape. I've run into enough of them. That short, fat, dull black body gives them away. A triangular head and white mouth confirms identification, but just looking at that body - for anyone who has been around many of them - you're 99.99% sure what it is. And you don't really want to mess with it either. They will stand their ground.
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Thank you! There may be a creek nearby, but they've got lots of dogs that could get hurt by it. They killed it. Those snakes are so tubby. It wasn't aggressive though. It has been getting into the mid 70s during the night, I guess cool enough to keep them slower. My daughter was pretty sure it was a venomous water mocassin.
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At our reunions there is a quilt, with our Red Diamond insignia, that members who have attended our reunions can sign and list their unit and dates served. There are guys going back to WWII on there. Sadly, those few left are too old to attend anymore.
I am on there, name, unit, 1969-70, and my nickname Big Al.
It always occupies a place of honor when we reunite.
Yes indeed.
It doesn’t matter when you served, which branch, combat or never left the states, if you raised your right hand and took the oath we are all Brothers and Sisters.
It doesn’t matter when you served, which branch, combat or never left the states, if you raised your right hand and took the oath we are all Brothers and Sisters.
I use the name cottonmouth because there's a non-venomous water snake that's also called a water moccasin. Avoids the confusion...
The snake in your picture looks like an older cottonmouth. When young they have a stripe pattern that they lose gradually as they age. When older they have a dull black color just like your photo.
This is a cottonmouth I almost stepped on last month... he's young, color pattern clearly visible. Just realized, it's probably not a good thing I have so much experience with cottonmouths I can guess their age...
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NO! There is a non-venomous snake that is called a water moccasin.
Then there is the very poisonous cottonmouth... I only use the name cottonmouth to describe it...
This is a cottonmouth... and you can clearly see why it's called a cottonmouth... the mouth is white.
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Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) and brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) are both called "water moccasins", although the term has come to usually mean cottonmouths now. When older they are very difficult to distinguish unless they open their mouth. To avoid confusion it's best to use "cottonmouth" and "water snake" instead of "water moccasin.
I have been told but have not confirmed, that if you see one in tree, it is a water snake, not a cottonmouth. Those snakes hanging from low branches at the edge of a creek have given many a canoeist a frightful scare, especially when they drop in your canoe, LOL. (yes I have seen it happen and I didn't have time to get a good ID on the snake)
Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus):
Brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota):
I have been told but have not confirmed, that if you see one in tree, it is a water snake, not a cottonmouth. Those snakes hanging from low branches at the edge of a creek have given many a canoeist a frightful scare, especially when they drop in your canoe, LOL. (yes I have seen it happen and I didn't have time to get a good ID on the snake)
Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus):
Brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota):
Oops! Bush hogging in the corral today. I ran over some chainlink fence. Weeds were 6ft tall and I forgot about the piece of fence, didn’t see it either.
It was surprisingly easy to get out. I manage to get a chain hooked to the wad of fence, hooked the other end around a pole. Just drove the tractor away, came out in one chunk.
It was surprisingly easy to get out. I manage to get a chain hooked to the wad of fence, hooked the other end around a pole. Just drove the tractor away, came out in one chunk.
Do you still like that new mower?
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This is the first year that we haven't seen a rattlesnake around the house since we've lived here. I guess killing 10 or more rattlers every year has worked. We do see several in the road every time we go to town though.
Yes indeed! It's the best bush hog I've ever run. I noticed today that the blades need sharpened. This'll be the first time since I bought it in '21. I've cut at least 100 acres with it, some of it rough ground.
Today some of the weeds looked beaten instead of cut. Hey. as long as they go down right!
Think I'll pull the blades off this winter and take them to a guy I know who does this fairly cheap.
Didn't realize it had been 3 years since you got it
I bought in sept of '21. In case anyone is in the market here's a better pic of my KingKutter bushhog. The arch top is great, water doesn't stand on it, leaves and weeds slide off. It has a floating hitch system I really like. It'll allow the mower to dip into low spots or slide over high ones and keep cutting. I highly recommend it.
The day I bought it then after a season of use.
The day I bought it then after a season of use.
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That is the biggest pain in the butt when that happens. We had lots and lots to clear on our place our first year here, and it was usually barbed wire and usually a big pain to get out.
King Kutter makes fine products
Bailey wishes you all a fabulous evening.
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What's the maximum HP rating? I'm looking to get one for JD 75 HP tractor.
Mine is a 5ft lift type, 40hp min. Runs great with my 48hp Massey.
For a 75hp tractor you'd want something bigger, a 6, 7, 8 or even a 10ft mower. They make them but I don't think the bigger mowers have the flex hitch. But don't quote me, I really don't know the particulars for those sizes.
Now that your email is working send them a message. They have the specs for all the equipment they make and the manuals are on the website. The factory is just up the road, drive by there taking dad to get his hearing aids worked on. USA made and local for me.
https://www.kingkutter.com/
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Good idea. I can finally start looking things up. I think a 8 foot mower will work just fine for me.
I'm also looking for a pull behind brush cutter for my side by side, so I can get in to areas that are too steep for my tractor.
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Eryngium leavenworthii (false purple thistle)
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new back door: Needs some gap filling and stuff but it's perfectly level. Needs touch-up paint on the inside and more paint on the exterior trim/brickmould. But I may just get different trim. Bit problematic bc the house slopes down to one side so the door looks crooked.
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Running over barbed wire will be a big problem for me too. I've got probably 10 miles of old fencing laying on the ground. I roll up quite a bit every year, but there's still miles of wire left.
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You need to spray that stuff as soon as you can. That stuff will spread everywhere.
My biggest issue is baler twine. There are always a surplus of nasty weeds in the area where my hay rings sat the previous winter. They grow faster than grass in these manure rich areas. Even trying to keep the twine picked up big wads get left behind. Best way to find them... run over them with a bushhog.
My old bush hog had sheer pins instead of a pto clutch. Always had to keep extra pins in the tractor tool box because I'd break a few each fall.
Definition of bio-degradable twine... means it's guaranteed to rot sometime in the next ice age.
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