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Copperhead Snake Birthing Season Is Here
Posted on 4/9/20 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 4/9/20 at 12:46 pm
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The baby snakes are born with venom and will strike to defend themselves.
Usually, about 8-10 copperhead snakes are born per litter, so if you see one, there are probably others around.
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Posted on 4/9/20 at 12:46 pm to pioneerbasketball
F that.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 12:50 pm to Janky
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F that.
Fire 'em up
Posted on 4/9/20 at 12:54 pm to pioneerbasketball
A fricking litter. I never knew it was called this. Why the frick can't these things repopulate like pandas or white rhinos.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:03 pm to pioneerbasketball
That momma is a big arse copperhead.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:03 pm to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:03 pm to pioneerbasketball
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.
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.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:06 pm to Gtmodawg
quote: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
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.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:09 pm to choupiquesushi
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
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:17 pm to Gtmodawg
Where there is 1 Cooperhead, there is 2. Last year wife(no pics) was cleaning a flower bed. I went out to talk to her for a minute, as she looked over her shoulder to me, I saw him. Had I not came out to talk with her the next patch of weeds she went to pull she would have grabbed him. Head off with a shovel. In the next week, killed 2 about 100 yards from the wife’s pet. They are bad business
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:31 pm to choupiquesushi
I would rather choose a hognose.
But like you said a copperhead bite rarely even requires antivenom.
But like you said a copperhead bite rarely even requires antivenom.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:36 pm to Outdoorreb
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But like you said a copperhead bite rarely even requires antivenom.
If treated w/ antivenom, the insurance company may not pay for it.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:38 pm to pioneerbasketball
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.
I told him either a shotgun or flamethrower was needed.
Personally, I would move.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:39 pm to Wtodd
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Fire 'em up
In the rear with the gear
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:39 pm to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:45 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Copperhead Snake Birthing Season Is Here
No it isn't. They give birth in late summer and early fall. That's an old viral photo.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:48 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
Is that the reason, or is it because majority of the time it isn’t needed? (I wouldn’t know anything about the insurance side)
I have never been bitten, but I remember in Herp. we were taught that copperheads bites very rarely (almost never) killed people and that they mostly were treated with just antibiotics and pain relievers.
I have never been bitten, but I remember in Herp. we were taught that copperheads bites very rarely (almost never) killed people and that they mostly were treated with just antibiotics and pain relievers.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:53 pm to Teague
I was wondering about that too. I haven’t seen cottonmouths mating yet. I figure they would be close to the same mating season.
And gestation period.
And gestation period.
This post was edited on 4/9/20 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 4/9/20 at 1:57 pm to 4Ghost
quote:find one just about every other year in my yard. BR suburbs....
Where there is 1 Cooperhead, there is 2. Last year wife(no pics) was cleaning a flower bed. I went out to talk to her for a minute, as she looked over her shoulder to me, I saw him. Had I not came out to talk with her the next patch of weeds she went to pull she would have grabbed him. Head off with a shovel. In the next week, killed 2 about 100 yards from the wife’s pet. They are bad business
Posted on 4/9/20 at 2:02 pm to 4Ghost
Where there is 1 Cooperhead, there is 2.
The extension agent told me that also....I didn't know they were that common but apparently so.
The extension agent told me that also....I didn't know they were that common but apparently so.
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