Shump- nice timber rattler

I personally love snakes, used to work at the reptile houses in various zoo's (national, San Diego, and private) But Copperheads are mean SOB's and i have had them lunge at me more then any other snake. Not a fan of them. As a kid i used to catch copperheads around the day care center to protect the other kids (my father was the head guy at the reptile house/bird of prey house at the national zoo, so i grew up with snakes and hawks/eagles and owls in my house.) But if you are in an area with a lot of snakes, snakes boots and or big rubber boots are a good idea, especially with copperheads, they dont give warnings.