How to draw the snake out and then how to catch it is a top priority.

Wipe your hands with Yunjing and Realgar before catching a snake, and then spray Yunjing and Realgar water, and the snake will be weak and slow to move. At this time, the left hand holds the handle, and the right hand holds both sides of the snake's head and neck, and then takes out the handle to grasp the second half of the snake, and then puts the snake into a cloth bag or an iron cage for preservation. This method is suitable for beginners to catch snakes. But it's not very reliable. You can give it a try.

Second, the neck pressing method

Neck pressing is one of the most common methods to catch snakes. When the snake crawls or crouches on the ground, quietly press the snake's neck from behind with a special snake hook or an ordinary wooden stick or bamboo pole. If you can't hold down your neck at once, you can hold down any part of the snake so that it can't escape. At this time, you can hold down any part of the snake with one foot so that it cannot escape. Then you can hold the snake's back with your other foot. Then you can press the tool forward to the head and neck, press the handle with your left hand, hold both sides of the snake's head and neck with your right hand, and then take out the handle to grab the second half of the snake and put it in a cloth bag or a covered bamboo cage.

If the snake is on uneven ground or in a position that is not suitable for neck pressing, you can also hook the snake to a suitable place with a snake hook, and then press the neck to catch it.

If a snake is caught from a snake cage, a snake box, a snake nest or a snake hole, it can be hooked out with a snake hook first or lured out with a bait. The formula of snake bait is as follows: 50g of coffee, 0/5g of pepper/kloc-0, 3 egg whites and 30g of flour, which are evenly mixed to form a sticky ball and placed in the hole to lure the snake out of the hole. When the snake smells delicious, it will come out to look for food, and then catch it according to the above method.

Third, the snake method

In order to avoid direct contact with poisonous snakes and ensure life safety, a special snake clip can be designed, with a long handle and a slightly curved mouth, from the back of the snake to the neck. First put the snake body into the container, then put the head and neck together with the snake clip into the bottom of the container, and prepare the cover. When the snake clip is released and taken out of the container, cover it immediately. With this kind of snake pliers, the size of the mouth of the snake pliers should be adapted to the size of the snake, and it is difficult to control whether it is too big or too small. (Figure 4-2).

Fourthly, lasso method

If you see poisonous snakes lurking in rocks, ground or grass, you can catch them in this way. It is troublesome to catch snakes in this way, but it is not easy to be bitten. Before catching snakes, use a bamboo pole about 10 meters long to open the bamboo joint in the middle, and put on a thin plastic rope or thin iron wire with certain hardness and elasticity to make a movable trap. When catching a snake, hold one end of the bamboo pole and rope in your hand, aim the ring at the head of the snake from the back of the snake, then quickly cover the snake's neck and tighten the ring immediately to catch the snake. But don't pull the ring too tightly, so as not to hurt the snake's neck or suffocate (Figure 4-3).

Five, the snake method

This method is suitable for areas frequented by poisonous snakes. Where bamboo grows, some branches and leaves of bamboo can be removed first, or bamboo can be pulled to the ground and fixed to make it look like a bow and arrow. Then hang a big hook with a string, hook the live frog on the hook, and then tie these strings to the bamboo branches. When the poisonous snake sees these live frogs, it will swallow them. In the process of swallowing the frog or after eating the food, as long as it struggles a little, it will pull open the fixed point of the bamboo tip on the ground. Because of its mechanical elasticity, bamboo will bounce off, and then the hook can catch the poisonous snake. This method is the same as fishing.

Where there is no bamboo, you can also insert bamboo stakes, then tie the hooked rope and use live frogs as bait to catch snakes (Figure 4-4).

Six, mask method

This method is suitable for catching poisonous snakes with fierce personality and great mobility, such as king cobra and squirrel snake. When people get close to the king cobra, it often raises its head and neck, whirring and sometimes attacks people actively. At this time, you can throw hats, straw hats, clothes, sacks, hemp fibers and so on. Cover the head of the snake, then press it with your hands or feet, then try to grab the head and neck and put it into the snake cage quickly. If a poisonous snake is disturbed, you should be extra careful when catching it. It is best for two people to cooperate, that is, one person covers the snake head with a straw hat and then presses the snake body with a long stick. Another person can pick up a straw hat or something, quickly press the snake's head and neck with a long stick, and then two people can catch it together.

Seven, lighting methods

Catch snakes at night and shine a flashlight on some poisonous snakes that are afraid of light, such as golden ring snakes and silver ring snakes. Poisonous snakes tend to shrink into a ball under strong light. You can catch it with other tools at this time.

Eight, the net bag method

This method is suitable for catching poisonous snakes or sea snakes that move quickly or swim in the water. The specific method is to tie an iron ring on the top of a bamboo pole about 2 meters long, and then open the mouth of a long cylindrical mesh bag or hemp bag and hang it on the iron ring. When catching a snake, use the net bag to meet the snake head suddenly and quickly, so that the snake enters the net bag, and immediately shake the handle of the net bag, so that the net bag is wound around the handle, so that the poisonous snake can never escape. Then align the mesh bag opening with the snake cage opening, pour it into the cage, and quickly cover the cage.

Nine, digging method

Digging holes is suitable for catching snakes during hibernation. This method can also be used to catch snakes with strong burrowing ability. Before catching a snake, you should first find the snake hole, identify the snake hole, and know whether there are snakes in the hole and what snakes there are. Generally speaking, it can be identified from the aspects of holes, snake excrement and snake slough. Usually snakes like to hibernate in rat holes near hills, mountains, graves, barren slopes, ridges or ponds; Most holes face south or southeast, where sunlight can shine. The hole is smooth and bright, and snake excrement, snake slough and falling scales can be seen outside the hole. Snakes' excrement is often mixed with bird hair and mouse hair, fresh, yellow and thin, and has a special fishy smell. It can also be identified by snake slough.

When digging a hole, pay attention to whether there is a fork in the snake hole. If there are branch holes, they should be plugged one by one. Generally, the main road is dug first, and then the branch road is dug. When you see a snake crouching in a hole, you can clamp it with a snake or hook it out with a snake hook, and immediately put the snake to be captured into a snake cage and cover it tightly.

Smoke method

When digging a hole to catch a snake, if there are many branches in the snake hole and it is deep, and it is impossible to catch a snake by digging a hole, you can smoke the snake. This method is labor-saving and time-saving. You can consider catching poisonous snakes in the cave first. The specific method is: first make the main hole bigger, then plug the other holes, then put the lit firewood into the main hole, and then blow the fire smoke into the hole with paper fans, bamboo hats and straw hats. When the firewood burns out, it will scrape out the ash, and then spread a layer of dry soil to prevent the snake from being burned when it climbs out. At the same time, half of the holes should be blocked and the remaining half should be pasted with mud. It will take about 15-30 minutes. Because the snake can't stand the stimulation of the smoke in the hole, it has to climb out. When the snake head penetrates through the mud and sticks out, immediately hold the snake head with your hands or pliers, and then drag the snake out by force. However, it must be awakened that sometimes the snake in the hole rushes out of the hole because it can't stand the stimulation of smoke. So be extra careful and prepare wooden sticks or other snake catching tools in advance. When a poisonous snake rushes out, hold it down quickly and catch it. If you can't smoke it all at once, you can smoke it many times until you finish smoking the snake.