It must be the season for close encounters with snakes. Last week while I was at work at Betty's her daughter was walking down the steps beside the patio when she felt a breese on her face. A brown snake was sunning on the patio and fortunately the rails ruined it's aim or she would have been bitten on the face. Betty heard her screem and the snake suffered lead poisoning.
Keith I too spray snakes to keep them away they turn fastest if you can hit them in an open mouth with a jet spray at 150psi.