mx547 said:
we killed one at the track tonite.
Much to my wife's dismay; we (my daughter Kristy and I) do not kill our yard snakes.
We have a release area a few miles away that is (by now) well populated with snakes. We take them away, and take pictures when we release them.
If I ever run across a big Eastern Diamondback, though, I will have a desision to make. Probably won't end well for the snake. And they do occur in my area, though I have never been privleged to encounter one.
So far we have "relocated" a couple of nice size copperheads, and this baby cottonmouth. All pretty harmless actually. Not that I would want to get tagged by either, but not really scary. A big diamondback will hurt you.