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All snakes are beneficial - Please don't kill them unless you absolutely have to.

Venomous snakes when found in my yard, generally cotton mouth and/or coral I usually re-locate with a long pole grabber.

However, one very small coral snake looked like it wanted to get in the house through the brick drain hole and I very reluctantly killed him.

Be aware, over 90% of bites happen when snakes are handled and not when you're simply in their range when you walk by them. As I've a fair amount of snake handling I've never been bitten. So, if you want to relocate a snake, be VERY cautious.

Another method to get them out of your yard is to bang a long handled shovel on the ground near them as a motivator to herd them out and no I'm not talking about them killing with a shovel...