Our first copperhead this year

[Barton]

He crawled out of the burn pile after I lit it up. I smacked him a couple of times with the leaf rake. He's a bit skinny, hasn't fatten up since winter hibernation.

 

[jonyyuma]

He crawled out of the burn pile after I lit it up. I smacked him a couple of times with the leaf rake. He's a bit skinny, hasn't fatten up since winter hibernation.

Looks like he missed his mouse quota..Glad he missed you and the dog too?

 

[deezler]

Copperheads are truly magnificent creatures, so beautiful. You had to kill him?

Darn sure glad we don't have them up here in the frozen north though! Although if our winter and spring seasons continue like this year... they'll be here soon enough.

 

[jonyyuma]

My experience is they are one of the most aggressive snakes down here, maybe it is the heat. They will not hold or back-down if you get too close..I see a lot of them as hatbands, due to their pretty scales..or rattlesnake band.

 

[Western]

Walking into the house last night in the dark, I actually was thinking "copperhead". Copperheads are the only snake I kill without 2nd thought, like Jony said, they seem to bite 1st.

 

[Tomtint]

Eeeech, I hate snakes.

 

[creekbend]

Diet & bites | Copperhead snake | stories and myths

 

[mguitas]

He crawled out of the burn pile after I lit it up. I smacked him a couple of times with the leaf rake. He's a bit skinny, hasn't fatten up since winter hibernation.

Glad you posted some pictures, i got to see what they look like now. Don't see them often, but seen them out at the farm once or twice. It's was always hard for me to indenify them from water snakes.

 

[bullbreaker]

My experience is they are one of the most aggressive snakes down here, maybe it is the heat. They will not hold or back-down if you get too close..I see a lot of them as hatbands, due to their pretty scales..or rattlesnake band.

:thumbsup:

 

[bullbreaker]

He crawled out of the burn pile after I lit it up. I smacked him a couple of times with the leaf rake. He's a bit skinny, hasn't fatten up since winter hibernation.

Your much kinder than I"am I probably would have smack him with a shoval !

:thumbsup:

Boone

 

[Barton]

Looks like he missed his mouse quota..Glad he missed you and the dog too?

No dog, but my daughter (adult visiting from Indiana) just added a few sticks to the pile the day before. The pile was a small one about 2' high by 4' and was just started 3 days before.

Deezler: I really,really, really dislike snakes in my yard that can bite me and make me sick. The copperheads are so had to spot in leaf litter mulch. I'll attach a picture of part of our "yard."

Don: Yeah, he was stretched out and not moving when I saw him about 3 feet from me.

Mike: I decided to post the pictures because they are pretty good representation and not all tore up. I guess I broke his spine.

Bullbreaker: Well, if I had a canon in my hands he would have gotten that treatment. :laughing:

 

[EddieWalker]

Good job on killing it!!!!

I saw my first snake of the year today, but it was just a harmless rat snake. Not very big, and just like yours, very skinny. Sadly, I must admit that I was on the mower and it was too fast for me.

Eddie

 

[2manyrocks]

I was told that a small copperhead is about the worse thing to bite you because he's going to juice you up with all he's got.

From my experience, they are more aggressive than rattlesnakes and more steathly.

I've already seen two garter snakes and I think I saw lightening bugs earlier this week. I'm in Middle Tennessee. Guess it will be 100 degrees in May at the rate we're going.

 

[eagleeyetv]

Copperheads are truly magnificent creatures, so beautiful. You had to kill him?

Darn sure glad we don't have them up here in the frozen north though! Although if our winter and spring seasons continue like this year... they'll be here soon enough.

The only good Copperhead is a DEAD one!:thumbsup:

 

[bullbreaker]

IMO most aggressive snake around this region
Cottonmouth (aka : watermoccasin)
Pigmy Rattler
Eastern Diamondback
Coral Snake
Pythons



Boone

 

[Johnp33]

We get diamond back rattlers across the river from me, they are protected. I have no idea what you are suppose to do if you find one, a friend of mine sees then all the time and he is about 100 yards from a school play ground.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

they are protected. I have no idea what you are suppose to do if you find one.

I box them up and ship them to PETA...




David

 

[bullbreaker]

I box them up and ship them to PETA...

David

:laughing: :thumbsup:
Hello again David, hopeing none of your sunday school students read this.

Boone

 

[Topkicker]

When I lived in Missouri, I encountered copperheads on a daily basis. They're very hard to see in woodpiles and leaves. I might have already posted these. You can see their massive fangs in the first pic.

 

[StanR]

I kill every copperhead and cotton mouth that I see.

My wife wears snake boots 100% of the time now...