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We have plenty of those here. I've caught several and none have tried to bite. You may be able to lay some cardboard on the ground as a hide and catch it by flipping the cardboard or board, tin or such

 

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On more than one occasion, I have seen rat snakes fairly high in a tree. On time, blue Jay's were dive bombing one that had a huge belly. Obviously it had just pigged out on eggs or baby birds.

 

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We would occasionally get bull snakes to sell in a pet shop I worked in. Most were fairly docile and easily handled if you took care. We had 1 or 2 come through that would bite every chance they got