Bandit, the snakes are out here with spring. I was in the ranch outhouse when a huge kingsnake uncoiled from behind the toilet and exited between my boots. We have mountain lions, which have been the double victims of both extremes; unethical hunting methods and now excess protection with starving cats and dead hikers. Knowledge is always the answer! Your descriptions are making me homesick for a place I've never been to! please save some of your information for the day we can visit ;O)