Critters in your wood pile?

[daninnewjersey]

Wondering what some of you have found taking up residence in your wood pile. Found these 2 beauties while cooking some ribs over the weekend. They were totally non aggressive but needless to say I'm getting a pair of nice welding gloves before my next cook....especially since a lot of my cooking starts off at night......:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

 

[Ham14]

When I had my Lang I would find plenty of snakes and bugs. Didn't mind the bugs but the moccasins I didn't like. I kept my wood stacked up against a shed so that didn't help.

 

[cyberstrategist]

My stack is about 6 inches away from the building by about 12 feet long and 6 inches off the ground. I get prenty of spiders but no snakes since they don't have a place to curl up. The only other critters I get sometimes are boring bees. They just don't know how to live it up, I guesss...lol.

 

[Jason TQ]

The red dot means pet them, right??

 

[Groundhog66]

Plenty of black widows around my house, but I have yet to find any in my woodshed.

 

[redchaserron]

On Labor Day weekend I fired up my stick burner for the first time in a while. The Firebox on my pit was FULL of roaches and geckos. Once I got a fire going in there they vacated quick.

 

[pjtexas1]

i find lots of lizards and a few spiders. i try to wear gloves if i am digging around further than the top layer.

 

[Free Mr. Tony]

Never actually found a creature, but plenty of vol droppings. That's how I figured out I had a problem in my back yard. First clue.

 

[Fwismoker]

Not a fan of spiders...at all! Black ones YIKES!

 

[blazinfire]

Man....... Great now you just made me the most paranoid person trying to go get a piece of wood for the smoker! Doesn't help I'm cooking today!! Guess I'm taking my time grabbing a piece of wood. LOL

Actually I have a few spiders in my wood shed, and a land crab. Other than that I haven't seen much. I love my wood shed!

 

[bergenguy]

When I had a homemade wood crib with pallets as the floor, I had chipmunks and plenty of creepy crawlies. Even had a woodchuck and a skunk under it (at different time). Now that I've bought commercial metal racks which keep the wood about 6in up from the ground. I don't see much in the way of critters.

At my parents house in upstate NY, the woodpile is a haven for snakes (all non-venomous) you can't pull a split without seeing a pile of shed skins.

I've always been careful when reaching for wood from a pile ever since I was a kid and heard of guy (in Westwood NJ I believe) who got bit by a copperhead that was in his woodpile (fortunately I'm fairly certain the guy lived). I've always had a phobia about woodpiles since then.

 

[Joe Black]

I always wear gloves when handling wood. It's just too easy to find critters in there. As for snakes, a good rub and spritz with #6 shot. Works every time.

 

[BBQ Freak]

i find lots of lizards and a few spiders. i try to wear gloves if i am digging around further than the top layer.

me too

 

[el_matt]

Black widow. Not uncommon in Central California. They won't kill you (or so I've been lead to believe) but I hear their bites are quite painful. Fire kills all.

Matt

 

[BillN]

Lots a lizards, killed a wood rat in my temp pile today, plus all the expected bugs and spiders. I do think the lizards keep down the majority of insects though.