Copperhead Snake Birthing Season Is Here

F that.

That momma is a big arse copperhead.

I lived next door to a county extension agent in Georgia a while back....good dude by the way....and his area of expertise was snakes, for whatever reason. We lived in a development where the lots were .3 - .5 acres....typical subdivision lots. I killed a copperhead in my backyard one evening and mentioned it to him a couple of days later and commented that I was surprised, given the number of dogs, cats, children and activity in the neighborhood that there'd be a copperhead about the place. He told me that in most of the copperheads range there was one on about every other acre!!!!! He said that the population estimates generally accepted by most states were understood to be woefully undercounted.....and that they were specifically well adapted to neighborhoods such as ours with hedges and tree lines and landscaping providing great habitat for mice, rodents and lizards and they were not in the least bit initimadated by household pets and people, with the only threat of cats competing for food in the form of songbirds and mice! It was news to me...


On that same note I knew a man who has since died (of old age, not snake bite) who was bitten by a copperhead and it cost him about $80K!!!! They don't normally kill healthy people but they can cause all sorts of nastiness that will kill you after the fact like decomposing flesh around the wound...that's what happened to this old boy and he almost died from the after effects....and spent $80K in the process.

My brother in law in Madison, MS sent me a pic of one he saw in a culvert on his land yesterday.

I told him either a shotgun or flamethrower was needed.

Personally, I would move.

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Copperhead Snake Birthing Season Is Here

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No it isn't. They give birth in late summer and early fall. That's an old viral photo.

An old timer once ask me where I lived. When I told him he said, “you mean stinger ridge”. He said my place was known for the copperheads. For years would kill 5 or 6 a year. Kind of reduced their numbers after many years. Always looking and never go out at night without shoes and good light. Keep shovel or I-hoe available. Still have to warn wife to the same. Copperheads like dry high ground. That I have. Have seen babies on concrete porch and edge of trees. Rat snakes, king snakes and armadillos are your friends.