Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
Most of my currently living relatives keep shovels and sticks at every corner of their summer cottages and at practically every tree along every little path for the same purpose. We don't get along.
It takes more energy to commit such an act than it does to scare them off with a broom....
Lets face it a broom is cheaper than a shovel too.
Its not like they are doing themselves a favor by hurting those snakes, more like promoting rat and mice population growth!