re: Copperhead Snake Birthing Season Is Here

killed a decent size one right off our back deck late last summer.. i'm sure i'll find more this year...they all gonna die

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if you are gonna get bit by a venomous snake copperhead is way better than coral, rattler(especially canebrake) or moccasin of course if I have to get bit by a venomous snake please let it be a pigmy rattler

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I think youre right. My lab got bitten by a Western Diamnondback 3 years ago during dove season...she gets the immunizations and it didn't cause her any problems, just some slight swelling on her left front shoulder where it hit her....bet it scared the shite out of her LOL...she didn't frick with them much after that LOL. My vet told me she would've probably had about the same reaction without the immunization, after he had sold me on the idea to the tune of about $180! Better safe than sorry.

One of my buddies that was with us when it happens has some FINE GSHs and the get bit all the time....he said it was lucky it was a full grown snake...it was about 4 foot long but fat like a water moccasin...because it probably only bit her and didn't inject any or very little venom....he said his dogs react very differently when bitten by juveniles because they inject to kill where a mature one knows how taxing that is on their own survival and will only inject enough to disable / eat its victim or scare it off if it knows it can't eat it...obviously the snake knew the dog was to big to eat so there may be some truth in that.