Poisonous snake, first one seen this year

   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #61  
Where did they think copperheads lived, condos by the lake???? Good grief ...

I have been asked a time or two..."you mean you have your own well?"
 
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #62  
I killed a 4 foot snake in my pond this morning. I was walking around the bank and it slithered out into the water about a foot in front of me. It came up floating on top (full body) so I went to the house, got my shotgun and dispatched it. Don't know if it was water snake or moccasin but it is dead now. Regardless of species, I don't want them laying around my pond or eating my frog friends that eat my unfriendly bugs. I usually kill 3 or 4 small copperheads each year when weeding my flower beds or edging the sidewalks. Never seen an adult just the juveniles.
 
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #63  
Where did they think copperheads lived, condos by the lake???? Good grief ...

I've been doing a lot of jobs over the past two years for folks moving from the city. I always warn them about snakes (wild hogs too), mainly because most of them just plain never thought about it before.
 
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #64  
The good thing is that the wild hogs will eat the snakes. Just not enough of 'em! :D
 
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #65  
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #66  
Today my wife was reaching down to remove the leaves from this pepper plant when . . . . she almost had a heat attack.

HMMM, those recycled cow feed tubs make a good snake (copperhead) trap also.
 

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   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #67  
Today my wife was reaching down to remove the leaves from this pepper plant when . . . . she almost had a heat attack.

HMMM, those recycled cow feed tubs make a good snake (copperhead) trap also.

don't you just love it when one of those are near your hand or foot... I know I sure do.:shocked:
 
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #68  
Copperheads are testy, rattlers will run or at least make noise often times, but cottonmouths and copperheads will both make a point of biting you.
 
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #69  
Copperheads are testy, rattlers will run or at least make noise often times, but cottonmouths and copperheads will both make a point of biting you.

And the cotton mouth's will ENJOY doing it!
 
   / Poisonous snake, first one seen this year #70  
And the cotton mouth's will ENJOY doing it!

I've had packs of them chase me and my boat in spring and fall around South Mills, NC years ago.
By packs I mean 3-5 snakes, not hundreds.
 

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