My brother and I growing up new of the general location of a big arse black snake or a bull snake most of the time...not hard to find. We would reguarly catch field mice under the hay bails when feeding the cattle, we placed the snake in a 55 gallon barrel and start tossing in mouse after mouse. We feed a bull snake something like 14 mice one day when cleaning out a grain bin...must have been like Thanksgiving lunch for him that day! After feeding we just layed the barrel on its side and watch our not so little friend slither away