I've only dealt with one wild bullsnake and at first I thought it was going to be a feisty catch. As with most wild snakes, to catch it I pinned it at the back of the neck then picked it up while making sure to keep the head restrained not knowing if it would bite. When doing this it hissed loudly and repeatedly, giving me the impression it was going to be a very defensive individual. I don't know if yours is striking or just bluffing with a hiss but after a minute I got the impression that the hiss was a bluff and as soon as I let go of the head it stopped hissing and relaxed. Bullsnakes are one of the few North American species that can hiss loudly and it's generally a bluff. This, of course, won't mean much if yours is actually biting

The numbers are simple:

# of males . # of females . # of unsexed individuals.
I asked the same question a short while back, lol.

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