It's so hot...
I check nuisance traps earlier than usual in the mornings.
Early this morning,while wearing shorts, I was wading a pond in my bare feet checking nuisance Muskrat traps. Plus looking for more sign.
I returned to truck and realized I was in Copperhead, Rattlesnake, Snapping Turtle & Water Snake territory.
I rarely make that mistake. Tomorrow, am wearing hip boots.
I know this pond. At the foot of a mountain. Brother & I camped there when we were young. No house around back then.
30 years ago, someone built a house near the pond.
The past several years I've had nuisance calls to this house including; Snakes, Coyote, Bobcat, Bear & Groundhogs.
Enjoy yourself Goose...
Buckwheat & Jaspr can handle it.