3rd Cottonmouth in less than 2 weeks on my place.

[flintknapper]

Went to pull the cards on some game cameras this afternoon. At one of them...as I approached the tree the camera is mounted on, I noticed the grass moving just ahead of me about 3 feet. Clearly a snake moving through the grass....though I couldn't actually see it.

We have a lot of different snakes on the property, chiefly Rat Snakes. Quite a few Copperheads in this particular area. Anyway, it crawled up against the base of a large Water Oak and stopped. I moved up closer to take a look and could see the white mouth 'gapping'. Dead give away...it was a Cottonmouth. I had just killed one 4 days ago about 20' from where this one was.

And another one up by our house a week before that.

I keep our yard (several acres) around the house mowed short and keep the pastures in good shape (look more like mowed hay meadow). So I don't know why all the movement suddenly.

I didn't have anything in the back of the Land Cruiser except a couple of fishing poles and a boat paddle. So.....Boat Paddle it was.

Normally, when I encounter them out the woods....I just let them go on their way. But this one (and the one right before it) were both in a spot I go to regularly. Guess I'll need to start wearing my boots for awhile.

Hmmm....can't load the Youtube for some reason.

 

[sparkyv]

Yeah, that's too close to the house for me.

 

[notku]

I have had so many snakes this year including rattlesnakes, never seen so many. Aggressive too, killing rabbits in the hutch, never experienced it before.

 

[GaryS]

There have been some in our neighborhood, but I haven't see any. Which is a bit of a surprise as we have about five rabbits living underneath our shed.