GRIZZLYMAN

We have all the bad ones down here. I wear snake boots anytime I'm out in the spring, summer, or fall. I have even seen cottonmouths into December. My biggest worry isn't stepping on them. It is sitting on them when I'm out turkey hunting in the spring.

This time of year, I see snakes, about half of them the bad ones, every time I go out.

mez

Not true. A realtor and very prominant citizen in College Station, Texas died a little over a year ago from a copperhead bite. Was in the papers when I lived there. He killed the snake and it was a copperhead.

While in Tejas I wore the snake gaiters as well. The boots were way too hot for me and not very comfortable. There weren't very many rattle snakes around College Station, but a lot of copperheads and moccasins.

I was there three years and hog hunted every weekend with dogs. About half the time was at night. I only saw 1 moccasin in three years and no copperheads.

cr422

That was a Massasauga rattlesnake, the only venomous snake in Michigan. They're small, not very venomous, and often don't inject venom when they bite.

They're also protected so next time you see one, don't kill it.

I know a guy who squatted down to take a dump, got bit by one. No venom, no reaction.

LouisianaTomkat

I never see the same snake twice, and they are all "good" snakes after I meet them = DEAD SNAKES.

GMMAT

I love talking to people in NC about snakes.....lol.

First off....we do have timber rattlers near where I live.....but I've never seen one. The copperhead wouldbe the most dangerous snake in my parts (realistically).

Second......ANY time ANYONE sees a snake near water, here......it's a Water Moccasin. Funny thing is....I don't believe there's a water moccasin this side of I95

buttonbuckmaster

Sounds like people I know. No one ever sees a black snake. They are all copperheads/rattlers/cottonmouths. Of course when I see one, it may as well be a cobra....lets just say I leave a slippery trail getting out of there.

bigdawgwill44

ya i'll probably just get a pair of snake gators that come up to the knee

Philg

this past season i was wonder out to my tree and stopped to look around and while standing there i heard a hiss. i was intsantly worried. I remaind still and keep listening. I heard it several times before i realiezed that it was right in front of me. When i looked down i nearly sh... It was the largest diameter snake with the biggest mouth i had ever seen. I broke and ran so fast i nearly lost all my gear. I did know i still had any type of quickness but i do. I later done the research just to find out it was not poisoness. It was a spreadenatter (eastern hogg nose). oh and i was wearing my rocky snake boots b/c i a ***** cat when it comes to snakes.