Copperheads out today
Just finished shooting 9 copperhead snakes by a under road curvet pipe.
We have 6" riprock around the ends of the pipe and there must have a nest on one end.
They were coming up in between the rocks.
Nice and warm and sunny here, must have brought them out.
Most of the snakes were 12" to 20" long and only about 3/4" thick.
A few were fatter.
20 gauge pump == cylinder choke ==with 7 1/2 light loads==range 7' to 20'.
Wish I had 1 radish to make a salad with the meat.
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We have 6" riprock around the ends of the pipe and there must have a nest on one end.
They were coming up in between the rocks.
Nice and warm and sunny here, must have brought them out.
Most of the snakes were 12" to 20" long and only about 3/4" thick.
A few were fatter.
20 gauge pump == cylinder choke ==with 7 1/2 light loads==range 7' to 20'.
Wish I had 1 radish to make a salad with the meat.
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Does it taste much like Possum? 0 -
Tastes like CHICKEN!!!
But sometimes you can break a tooth.......next time, I'm using 00 buck, there's only 7 of them to pick out......... :shock:0 -
Got one out by my garage yesterday when mowing. .410 and a load of 8's 0 -
Copper snake is easier to fix than possum but possum on the half rack smothered in Baby Rays is just out of this world. :arrow:KenK/84Bravo wrote:Does it taste much like Possum?
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Grasshopper wrote:
Copper snake is easier to fix than possum but possum on the half rack smothered in Baby Rays is just out of this world. :arrow:KenK/84Bravo wrote:Does it taste much like Possum?
Mmmnnn, ................mmmnnn....................Copperhead and Possum on the grill. Deliverance, is that you?
Que Banjo.0 -
As John Wayne and I have said the only good copperhead is a dead one. Not real prevalent around here but you will run into a few. Went mushroom hunting Saturday to add those to the possum fry that night and didn't see any. Saw a few snakes but the good kind. I really hate those aggressive creatures. 0 -
I"m no snake expert, I think Hedog is the resident snake expert, but I allways thought rattlesnakes nested together in one big group, sounds like the copperheads may do the same thing by having them all bunched together, may keep an eye on the place for a few more days to see if you got them all....... 0 -
I've only eat rattlesnake, and that was really good. Do copperheads taste good? 0 -
remingtonoaks wrote:I've only eat rattlesnake, and that was really good. Do copperheads taste good?
Yes.
Like Possum.0 -
hillbille wrote:I"m no snake expert, I think Hedog is the resident snake expert, but I allways thought rattlesnakes nested together in one big group, sounds like the copperheads may do the same thing by having them all bunched together, may keep an eye on the place for a few more days to see if you got them all.......
If you're talkin about hibernating when you say nesting then you would be correct. but in the warmer months they go their separate ways to nest and have offspring0 -
remingtonoaks wrote:hillbille wrote:I"m no snake expert, I think Hedog is the resident snake expert, but I allways thought rattlesnakes nested together in one big group, sounds like the copperheads may do the same thing by having them all bunched together, may keep an eye on the place for a few more days to see if you got them all.......
If you're talkin about hibernating when you say nesting then you would be correct. but in the warmer months they go their separate ways to nest and have offspring
Like Possum.0 -
KenK/84Bravo wrote:remingtonoaks wrote:I've only eat rattlesnake, and that was really good. Do copperheads taste good?
Yes.
Like Possum.
Thank you for the answer Ken, now my next question is what does possum taste like? I have eat of strange things in my life, but Copperhead and possum are two I have not had the pleasure to try0 -
The rip rap soaked up the sun's rays and warmed the snakes making them lively........you cooled then down, good job 0 -
neighbor at the lake place snagged a 38" copperhead last year about 25' from his fornt door......<<<>>> a biggun 0 -
?A man that will step aside for a snake might as well walk.?
Woodrow F. Call0 -
I bought my snake tongs off of Amazon for $46, and I catch 'em.0 -
allen griggs wrote:
I bought my snake tongs off of Amazon for $46, and I catch 'em.
Why do you hunt snakes in your drawers? Don0 -
I, for one, am glad he had them on. 0 -
It's cool no problem. I also had on my snakeproof tennis shoes.
This photo is a little shakey, I had the hardest time convincing my girlfriend to go out there and take the photos, I guess her hands were shaking.
Women, go figure.0 -
Don,
Why do you think the snakes are in his drawers? That snake looks nekkid to me!
Merc0 -
dcon12 wrote:allen griggs wrote:
I bought my snake tongs off of Amazon for $46, and I catch 'em.
Why do you hunt snakes in your drawers? Don
Because he has no neighbors to see him?0 -
Last time I found an agkistrodon in my yard, I placed it in a bucket and relocated it away from humans. 0 -
Don he is a man of action. You need to be ready to go at a minuets time. LOL
You above all should know that.
You get a pass this time. I am guessing you are having a bad day.0 -
Got 2 more late afternoon.
Seems to be 2 different nests or dens.
The snakes coming up from the top of the rip-rock near the roadway are all very subdued greys with hard to see hourglass markings. The ones that are coming out from the base of the rocks where it meets the river bank dirt are very brightly marked, and appear to be younger, thinner, shorter.
The dens would be about 15 feet apart.
After reading articles about Tennessee copperheads, it followed what the reports said:
Our copperheads will be found near "eco-changes". A place where water meets dirt==rocks meet water= dirt meets rocks, ect ect.
I'm now calculating how much blasting powder to take out both at once.0 -
Can you post a picture of one of the snakes, Bob? 0 -
A few years back I was waist deep in water cleaning out a clogged pond spillway, looked down and I was surrounded by a nest of water moccasins , let me tell you, they will give you the ability to walk on water 0 -
I don't have a photo hosting service. I'll take some pics of the ones the birds didn't get to and maybe if I email them some can post them???
Will try tomorrow.
This pic is the type of hourglass banding we have around here. Very pronounced triangle heads. Yellow to tan underbellies. Some have the same banding but looks like a faded gray over it.
http://www.tennsnakes.org/copperhead.htm0 -
hillbille wrote:I"m no snake expert, I think Hedog is the resident snake expert, but I allways thought rattlesnakes nested together in one big group, sounds like the copperheads may do the same thing by having them all bunched together, may keep an eye on the place for a few more days to see if you got them all.......
Good point, Id like to know that answer as well.0 -
Cornflk1 wrote:hillbille wrote:I"m no snake expert, I think Hedog is the resident snake expert, but I allways thought rattlesnakes nested together in one big group, sounds like the copperheads may do the same thing by having them all bunched together, may keep an eye on the place for a few more days to see if you got them all.......
Good point, Id like to know that answer as well.
Read here....
http://www.tennsnakes.org/copperhead.htm
"""Copperhead snakes are social and over winter in dens. Dens are most often in rocky hillsides with southern or eastern exposure to the sun. These "snake dens" will be returned to year after year and may contain a large number of snakes, including timber rattlesnakes and gray ratsnakes. The wintering site is some distance from summer feeding grounds, requiring the snakes to migrate. In October the Copperhead retreats to its underground den to hibernate until late February or early March. """0 -
I am glad you posted that picture because the corn snake looks almost identical to the copperhead. The primary difference, the corn snake is same width as the body, not arrowhead shaped. 0
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