Howdy ... a newbie here. I have 132 acres involving 3 separate properties. e have a total of 5 ponds on the properties. Three were existing but quite small (under 3/4 acre) when we bought the land last year. We've significantly expanded those three ponds and added two new ones averaging 5 acres.
I raise and train Labradors so my ponds were designed with retriever training and duck hunting in mind.
Oh, I forgot to mention ... I HATE snakes!
One was foolish enough to enter one of our dawg runs last Tuesday evening around 9:30. An eight month old female Lab alerted me to something being awry by her barking. I flipped on the kennel area lights and saw a 3-1/2 foot snake in a corner of the concrete run area.
Got the dawg out of the way and bang-bang, a GOOD snake. Took the pic the next morning. 44" of dead non-venomous rat snake (I think) together my .357 loaded with CCI rat shot.
Here's one of our ponds. The one closest to the new home we just built. The dawgs obviously enjoy the water, regardless of it's size!
