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Killing a Snake Law

Posted on 6/24/24 at 10:17 am
Posted by buckdeer85
St. Francisville
Member since Aug 2021
67 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 10:17 am
I got into a rabbit hole on laws killing snakes. My question is in Louisiana, if you are on your private property & you own chickens for instance, & you have a nuisance snake killing your chickens, do you need a license to kill it? I know, shoot, shovel & shut up. But I was just curious the legality of it. I know people my whole life that have killed snakes on their property with no fishing license, were they technically breaking the law? They could claim fear for life or nuisance I suppose.

Law states:
All persons engaged in the collection of native reptiles and amphibians for noncommercial purposes must possess one of the following licenses: (1) A resident must possess a basic recreational fishing license. (2) A nonresident must possess a basic nonresident fishing license.
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
9685 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 10:38 am to
Collection is considered taking for meat. It’s more meant for frogs and turtles although some people do eat snakes.

If you kill a snake on your property and dispose of it you are fine.

Edit: Other than a Louisiana Pine Snake. I doubt you would ever see one, but that’s probably the only snake that could actually get you in trouble for killing on your property.
This post was edited on 6/24/24 at 8:47 pm
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
7043 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 10:42 am to
S hoot
S hovel
S hut up
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
6684 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 11:46 am to
Doesn't matter what it is, if it's attacking your livestock, you can kill it.

Well, maybe not a bear, but pretty much anything else. Nobody will bat an eye at a chicken snake.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43932 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:01 pm to
quote:

S hoot
S hovel
S hut up


When I was younger it was more often

S hovel
S hovel
S hut up

Or maybe even

S hovel
S hovel
S ay something to everyone you know
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
72932 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

When I was younger it was more often

S hovel
S hovel
S hut up

For me during the Summer it was more like:

S hovel
S hovel
S hovel
S hovel
S hovel
B itch about the hard arse ground
S hovel
S hovel
Take a break
S hovel
S hovel
B itch about all the shoveling
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
13647 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:20 pm to
quote:


When I was younger it was more often

S hovel
S hovel
S hut up

Or maybe even

S hovel
S hovel
S ay something to everyone you know



Gotta hang the dead snake up where the live ones can see what will happen when the FAFO....

If I am on the capital steps in Baton Rouge and snake comes along and surprises me im probably gonna kill it. If I see it and know its there not so much but if it surprises me its probably gonna die....
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43932 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:21 pm to
quote:

quote:

When I was younger it was more often

S hovel
S hovel
S hut up


For me during the Summer it was more like:

S hovel
S hovel
S hovel
S hovel
S hovel
B itch about the hard arse ground
S hovel
S hovel
Take a break
S hovel
S hovel
B itch about all the shoveling



If I'm being completely honest it was
S ee snake
S hovel separates head from body
S hovel remains into nearby coulee

Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31164 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:23 pm to
Yall don't have a garden hoe?
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43932 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 12:23 pm to
quote:

If I am on the capital steps in Baton Rouge and snake comes along and surprises me im probably gonna kill it. If I see it and know its there not so much but if it surprises me its probably gonna die....



Now that my kids are adults, I generally just shoo them away unless they are venomous (rare for me at my house now) and my wife has not seen it.

If the wife sees it, it's dead
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43932 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 1:36 pm to
quote:

Yall don't have a garden hoe?



Done that too.
Posted by White Bear
Deer-Thirty
Member since Jul 2014
17375 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 1:49 pm to
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
10213 posts
Posted on 6/24/24 at 6:09 pm to
hoe, hoe ,hoe
Posted by Red Stick Rambler
https://i.imgur.com/2j5cbGm.jpg
Member since Jun 2011
2342 posts
Posted on 6/25/24 at 1:07 pm to
quote:

If I am on the capital steps in Baton Rouge and snake comes along and surprises me im probably gonna kill it


Sorry, but that's a bad example - everyone knows the snakes are inside the capital....
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
13799 posts
Posted on 6/25/24 at 4:06 pm to
So you should make it go back inside?
Posted by bamadontcare
Member since Jun 2013
3737 posts
Posted on 6/25/24 at 7:40 pm to
Who buries a snake?

Why?
Posted by latech15
Member since Aug 2015
1291 posts
Posted on 6/25/24 at 8:10 pm to
Kill all snakes. Leave em where they lay.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
74172 posts
Posted on 6/26/24 at 10:42 am to
Bury if anywhere near the house. Rotting snake is one of the most rancid smells of all dead animal smells.
Posted by Ncook
Member since Feb 2019
753 posts
Posted on 6/26/24 at 11:01 am to
Hold my beer !!!
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7983 posts
Posted on 6/26/24 at 11:28 am to
For what it’s worth, I don’t think it’s illegal to bend over, pick them up, and move them.

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