I have property off of Hwy 277 west of Abilene, much of this area has been burner during recent range fires. With the mumber of fires you would think the snakes would be eliminated, but this is not true. We drove out to look the area over last week and found a fairly large snake near my son's deer blind. My problem with seeing one, afterwards all I can do is watch the ground.
hardertr, The vaccine works really well. It has been around for several years now, but was not real popular with a lot of Vets until recently. My old cow dog has been vacinated three times (annually), he is old and seldom leaves the yard now, but I like to keep him current for those times when he acts like a puppy and wants to go with me. My Vet said the shot will increase the chance of surviving a bite by about 75%, so if you have a good dog it is worth the price. Course I have owned a few old dogs that were bitten several times with no ill effects, but I also lost one to a snake bite.
