Be warned - it may be a bad year for snakes.

[smokeythecat]

Or a very good year if you are a copperhead. The 17 year locusts will be hatching soon and the copperheads think it's a gift from God and will come out and gorge on them. So...be extra vigilant where you step!

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges - Grab it through Amazon!

[Tpmetal]

Sometimes for reasons like this, I enjoy living in ny where the only venomous snake will warn you its there.

 

[smokeythecat]

I thought copperheads were in parts of New York...my neighbor supposedly killed one over a year ago before they moved, however, I think it was a northern water snake. His description made it too big for a copperhead.

 

[Steve in PA]

I like to gorge on locusts. Good source of protein. Fry em in a pan and dip em in butter

 

[newnan man]

It's the 2 legged snakes that scare me.

 

[Tpmetal]

I thought copperheads were in parts of New York...my neighbor supposedly killed one over a year ago before they moved, however, I think it was a northern water snake. His description made it too big for a copperhead.

Nope, at least there are none in western ny.

 

[Fat]

It's the 2 legged snakes that scare me.

Election year or not, can’t ever get rid of them all.....

 

[ticndig]

I see dozens of snakes every year ,I raise chicken which attract snakes. the snakes love eggs ,baby chicks and the mice that are drawn to the lost feed.
here's one from last year I got out of the chicken nest box and it bit me good. I'm getting old and slow but I can still go.
The only snakes I kill are copperheads near yard. I wear boots year round and watch what I'm doing.

 

[billb]

Yes copperheads are here in NY..A while ago I was fishing and sitting on a rocky bank replacing a hook and a large one crawled inches behind me,,seeing it so so close was incredible,,

 

[smokeythecat]

I just bought my fishing license today. Don't know when I'm going. Playing tag with contractors these days.

 

[GoDeep]

We have Timberback Rattlesnakes here in South East Minnesota. They are pretty majestic creatures and won't bite unless heavily provoked or stepped on. They usually warn you too if you get too close. My son almost stepped on one and i heard the rattle and something instinctual in that noise that kicked in and i grabbed him back before it even registered it was a rattler, as he was ahead of me as we were walking along the edge of the field. He was all coiled up there, waiting for some prey to walk by.

 

[Tpmetal]

Yes copperheads are here in NY..A while ago I was fishing and sitting on a rocky bank replacing a hook and a large one crawled inches behind me,,seeing it so so close was incredible,,

Where in ny are you? Gotta be further east i guess? A lot of people mistake milk snakes or water snakes here in western ny for copperheads.

 

[metrotec]

Most rattlesnakes make a warning, rattling. BUT Timber rattlers usually do not make a sound. THUS "Don't Tread On Me" is the motto. They strike without warning!

 

[Slingshot]

Or a very good year if you are a copperhead. The 17 year locusts will be hatching soon and the copperheads think it's a gift from God and will come out and gorge on them. So...be extra vigilant where you step!

Also be careful where you put your hands when berry picking or cutting brush, as copperheads are climbers, and they will be in the brush and trees looking for cicada larvae.

 

[HunterMF]

There are definitely copperheads in NY. I used to put them in my baseball glove to move them off the field! Haha! Being in MD I always look out for cottonmouths and copperheads. Good thing we have shovels if needed! Haha!

 

[smokeythecat]

Would you believe in Maryland it is not legal to kill any snake.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Just saw and caught my first garter snake of the year. I have to catch them to say hi.

 

[LaTxHunter]

I hunt in Texas and Louisiana and we have snakes year round

Our Jack Russell Terrier was bitten by a now dead Copperhead in our backyard, curled up in a patch of chives. We saw a 5-6' King Snake sunning himself on a dirt road a couple of days ago. I know King Snakes aren't venomous but the things that you'll do when one slithers under your feet can cause you to hurt yourself

Or a very good year if you are a copperhead. The 17 year locusts will be hatching soon and the copperheads think it's a gift from God and will come out and gorge on them. So...be extra vigilant where you step!

 

[HunterMF]

I did not know that! I won’t harm the slithery little fellas! I was in the woods yesterday looking for some old bottle dumps. Found one from around the 40s-50s I believe, but no snake friends!

 

[Kantuckkeean]

Where in ny are you? Gotta be further east i guess? A lot of people mistake milk snakes or water snakes here in western ny for copperheads.

SUNY-ESF says that copperheads in New York are mainly in the lower Hudson Valley and scattered throughout the Catskills.

Snakes are cool.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck