Beware of your surroundings

This is my second run-in with a snake in one week. This copperhead was underneath my JD mower. The scary part was I had two tires I had to apply air to. Then I cranked it and backed up after raising the deck.
This is what I saw (alive of course). It went straight under my building. Had to pour bleach around two sides of the building to flush him out. The thing that concerns me now is are there any eggs under the building.
It's a 12x16 and one end sits real low to the ground. Anyway just giving yall a heads up. The Lord looked after me on this one. Biggest live copperhead I ever seen. About 3 ft long and fat.

Copperheads do not lay eggs, born live and wiggling.


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Wow, glad it worked out. Good job.

Copperheads look like this in my area.
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that snake looks like a Brown water snake !!!! Brown water snake - Wikipedia

but you are spot on about Beware of your surroundings the is the time of the year snakes are on the move , getting ready for winter hibernation !!!

Ridge, I killed two of those in my front yard last year after I cleared about 6 acres of woods, I separated their heads from their bodies with a sharp spade.

check out this webpage and roll over 'northern water snake' and look at the picture.

Snakes of South Carolina and Georgia | SREL Herpetology

The point is it’s a dang snake and we’re all glad it lives no more!!!

I got them around my house along the old cattle pond. Not pets but they do the pest control along with the black snakes. Time of the year with the cool down they will get out of sight and soon find a place to spend the winter. You got a lot of toads around your house? If so you'll see another most likely. You need to worry about the one Redge posted. That's the one that will put a hurting on you. Be careful.

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This is my second run-in with a snake in one week. This copperhead was underneath my JD mower. The scary part was I had two tires I had to apply air to. Then I cranked it and backed up after raising the deck.
This is what I saw (alive of course). It went straight under my building. Had to pour bleach around two sides of the building to flush him out. The thing that concerns me now is are there any eggs under the building.
It's a 12x16 and one end sits real low to the ground. Anyway just giving yall a heads up. The Lord looked after me on this one. Biggest live copperhead I ever seen. About 3 ft long and fat.

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Are you positive that's a Copperhead? Color looks off to me.

I like the one poor man shows! A dead one!


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I compared it on line and it comes up a copperhead. Its head had more of a triangle shape until I put the 4-10 to it. I do have lots of toads around from the small lake I live on. So now I'm concerned if there are more.

So I looked at both and it looks like yawl may be on to something . It may be a brown water snake.
To be quite honest with you I hope it was. :pray

I thought Water Snake but pictures don't always tell the tale.
But water snakes are harmless and eat a lot of rodents. Why no love?.

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I thought Water Snake but pictures don't always tell the tale.
But water snakes are harmless and eat a lot of rodents. Why no love?.

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Because of that saying...."A good snake is a dead snake!" LOL:):)

Yeah I'm trying to turn those markings into copperhead but it's saying water snake to me. I'm no expert though by a long shot. You have a pond, lake or creek nearby?

edit to add: just saw OP's post #12 above. Since you do live on a lake, I think that may just be what it was. Either way, I can't stand any of 'em really. If I have any question I shoot first and ID later! Had to evict a black snake from the chicken coop this summer. I told him he had one pass and if he came back I'd kill 'im next time. So far he's believed me.

Nice link!

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check out this webpage and roll over 'northern water snake' and look at the picture.

Snakes of South Carolina and Georgia | SREL Herpetology

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Just about all poisonous snakes in N America have a vertical looking pupil. Just google a rattler, cottonmouth and copperhead and see for yourself. The Corral snake may be the exception. Most of us don't want to get close enough to verify...

Ah! Don't be scared pick it up! :Rofl Baby Copperhead I found it on the boat ramp at Big Allison. I thought it was a worm at first.

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My belief is that there are two kinds of snakes and only two kinds. Those that are dead and those that should be dead!!!!!!!!!!

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Just about all poisonous snakes in N America have a vertical looking pupil. Just google a rattler, cottonmouth and copperhead and see for yourself. The Corral snake may be the exception. Most of us don't want to get close enough to verify...

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I don't want to be close enough to see those

Sad they have to go, but- way to go. :biggrin

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Just about all poisonous snakes in N America have a vertical looking pupil. Just google a rattler, cottonmouth and copperhead and see for yourself. The Corral snake may be the exception. Most of us don't want to get close enough to verify...

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I don't want to be close enough to see those

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They also have a pit between their eyes and nostrils hence the name "pit vipers". But again, who wants to get close enough to see that? I have learned that a water snake when feeling threatened, can flatten its head and it appears triangular, like a cottonmouth. Markings can be similar so, again, the pupil and pits are dead giveaways. So feel free to get nose to nose to examine his pupils and nostrils, lol!