Fishing In The Trees,Be careful! Snakes!

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2 hours ago, MoCarp said:

copperhead

I don't think that's a copperhead.  It has round pupils.  I've seen a bunch of copperheads, cottonmouths, kings, water snakes and one huge hognose snake this year already.

When the Missouri came up the snakes did too.

[BilletHead]

3 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I don't think that's a copperhead.  It has round pupils.  I've seen a bunch of copperheads, cottonmouths, kings, water snakes and one huge hognose snake this year already.

When the Missouri came up the snakes did too.

    Interesting observation Snagged! That is right on colors for a copperhead. It is almost like the eye part of the picture has been altered,

 BilletHead

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Also, the copperheads I've been seeing, their eyes are the same color as their bodies.  My wife even commented that we couldn't hardly see their eyes since they blended so well.

[MoCarp]

I have spent enough hours on the water in my 57 years, than many folks, here and where I grew up in the swamps around Mobile Al and SE Mississippi,

I have seen ONE cottonmouth in my life here, that was on the north fork of the Spring river in Jasper Co Mo.

in low light conditions a slit eyed snake pupil can seem round, if your that close with a cotton mouth you just asking for it!

Cotton mouths are hyper aggressive, the flairing of their mouth is a threat display

copperheads are our most common Venomous snake, poisonous is disingenuous term...if a peach was poisonous, you eat it and die...if it bit you and you died then its venomous!

that little fact cost me a grade point in University never forgot it....

As a note I have seen more timber rattlers than cotton mouths another rare snake here

floods do move many critters around, and a 6 foot timber rattler dropping in your lap will get your attention FAST!

 

[MoCarp]

from the MDC site

 

https://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2004/06/cottonmouth-confusion

[dtrs5kprs]

Same MDC that denied the existence of mountain lions in the state?

[Champ188]

I've spent hours on end up in the trees during my last two trips and have seen a grand total of one snake, which was a watersnake.

[dtrs5kprs]

26 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

I've spent hours on end up in the trees during my last two trips and have seen a grand total of one snake, which was a watersnake.

There were hordes of them in the bushes a couple of weeks ago. Not the trees, but the green outside stuff. Lot of them weren't sunning, but we're smack in the middle of the greenery. They would drop straight down through every so often.

Didn't see any in the yard trees.

[dtrs5kprs]

So stay out of creeks around 13. They're full of snakes. Just saying. 

[abkeenan]

Beardsley Creek was actually named Snakesley Creek originally due to the unimaginable amount of snakes that patrolled it's waters. Somewhere in the early 60's the name was changed because nobody dared venture into that creek with that name.  Could hardly sell property, a home  or much less a dock in those parts. True story. 87% of all cottonmouths in Missouri live in Beardsley. Don't go in that creek if you know whats good for you.