Since I was afraid to do my usual snake removal - sometimes a quick grab close behind the head, sometimes letting them dangle from a shovel handle, and sometimes a forked stick and pin them to the ground just behind the head (I started this when on one of my 'quick grab behind the head' attempts left just enough distance from the head that the black snake I was removing was able to snap it's head around and drive it's fangs clear through the fleshy part of my hand between my thumb and fore-finger). It took several minutes to figure out just how to get this more serious guy moved - killing him was an option but why kill it - then my metal trash can that I use for dog food storage came to mind, I emptied it, then had to start herding the copperhead to an open area away from my appealing wood-rick toward which he was now heading, The long handle of one of my yard tools did the trick and though I was fairly nervous (short for scared a lot) I eventually tossed him into the metal pail.
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