Funny story: During the first week in our new home, we found a snake who lived very close to our back porch. My mom tried to remove the snake with a rake, but the snake got away. Later (that weekend) I saw the snake, wrapped around the branches of a plant that grows right next to our home. I don't like snakes -- but I wasn't too concerned with it. Sorta like, if we don't bother it -- it shouldn't bother us. But my wife had other thoughts.
I shot that snake... in the head... with a 9mm.