Tis the season again

Snakes are out and about in large numbers
Touch wood not in my yard but have been in 2 out of 4 of my neighbours
Was a very good season for them last year with all the mice around
They are very healthy and large for this time of the year
Just spent the last hour trying to coax a 2 metre brown out from under about 5 tons of brick rubble............... unfortunately didnt work and gave up after the light faded
Hopefully the blue cattle dog marks on his backside might have done enough damage to make it deceased