Anyone else overrun with copperheads this year?

[MontagueMech]

Not sure why there’s such an increase with them this year but they are thick around the houses and barns. One of the cats keeps getting bit at night. Been mowing over them lately. At night I no longer get out to open the gates without a spotlight. They are out tonight on the gravel roads.

[Fishndude]

I haven’t seen one yet. That’s odd

[Geezy Rider]

Guess I need to start hunting them.

[CabezaBlanca]

Saw one get a cow on the leg yesterday.

[oktx]

Haven’t seen one yet. I’ve only seen two snakes all years both nonvenomous.

[Hogmauler]

Not a one. Coach whip and rat snakes

[haas0311]

Not copperheads but this year was the first year we saw a rattler in the back years. He didn’t get a pass.


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[Cookiemonster1]

I've seen 1 "scared the **** out of me snake" but no others. He was hiding under my trash can when I went to put it to the street.

[softpoint]

A friend of mine missed stepping on a copperhead by a few inches today near Milano, It was laying under the tongue of one of his trailers, an adult, about 2 feet long.

[ThisLadyHunts]

We’ve seen a few more, especially near the house. Not what I would call a preponderance but their proximity has me a little concerned.

[Low Fence]

Been expecting to see one any day. Haven’t seen a snake of any species

[sandbill]

Haven’t seen a one in Montague Co., Tarrant Co., etc

[elhefe]

Haven’t seen any yet in Montgomery. Typically one every other year or so. Did have a rat snake that I relocated behind my wood pile to let him do his job over there

[Big Lee]

What county?

[Man]

I stepped on one last weekend picking dewberries at the local park. I got lucky and stepped on its head before it hit me. Kiddo saw it under my shoe and screamed then i cleared about 8ft in one leap. Im colorblind so those buggers are invisible to me unless they are stretched out fully and i can see the long silhouette.

[sailor]

If I see one, I'd consider it being over run...

[ken800]

I've stumbled upon 2 hog nosed and 2 coral snakes already this year. Until the last couple of days, it has been really dry so perhaps they are looking for water? I've read that snakes are more active in drought. I suspect they were coming up toward the areas I have water...

[175gr7.62]

Killed 2 small copperheads last weekend at our camp.


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[RifleBowPistol]

My wife found two copperheads under some lumber a month ago, those have been the only snakes we have seen. I just cleared two areas of trash/brush piles and lots of yaupons. Multiple people have suspected the big brush/trash pile that was beside our driveway was an area that held a lot of snakes, not sure. Stray cats, liked hanging out on the other side of that large pile, I never found any signs of snakes around it. I loading up that whole pile in a 40 yard dumpster, it all went away.

After all of the brush clearing, I suspected we might start seeing more snakes around the house, looking for a new home. So far no snakes have been seen, since clearing and cleaning. I have also gone and walked the two bare areas, looking for snake tracks across the bare ground, it's very soft soil, so snakes should make easy to follow tracks. But I have not found one snake track across those two cleared areas.

Since we have moved here, we have killed two or three copperheads a year. I have seen one very large one, around 3 1/2 to 4 ft. long. All the rest have been 2 ft. or less.

[ELKAHOLIC]

Killed 2 of them in my barn last week. One was the biggest I’ve ever seen.
And a cotton mouth the week before.

[okrattler]

I wish. That'd be awesome. We don't even have those here.

[MUZZYSLINGR]

Haven’t seen any snakes out & about so far.


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[MontagueMech]

Ran over a long one crossing the road. Was too dang tired to get out and see what it is. Thankful just to make it back to the house and get some much needed rest.

[oktx]

First one of these this year.

[esoct25]

The places I frequent I've noticed a drastic decrease in snakes. I'm thinking hogs eat them?

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[Tryton]

I've seen 2 so far in Limestone county. More than normal.

[Fmjag64]

That was last year for me in NTX. Went from killing 1 in last 15-20 years to killing 7 last year all around the barn right before dark.

[jonezy00]

I killed one that was on top of the stacked cord of wood Saturday.

[rjet]

This time of year I drive the neighborhood on UTV after dark to run them over on the road. I started marking calendar last year with kills per date. I am behind this year. Last year had 11 kills at this time but this year only 6.
First year I got 31, last year 26. Breaking the 31 record this year is looking tough.

[TexaRican]

Been living on the river a year this month. Killed a bunch when we moved in and have busted my rear on landscaping around the house plus cleanup down by the river. We have a big drain that had collected many year's worth of pecan limbs and other trash from the previous owner plus neighbors. I burned it last summer. Replaced 90% of the overgrown gardens around the house with white rock and got rid of huge bunches of overgrown iris and cannas. So far this year I've only seen our resident rat snake who gets a pass.

[duckhunter175]

Seems to be more of them than usual-- had two of the dogs bit on different occassions (and different snakes) while at my in-laws (Richardson/Garland area).

[ThisLadyHunts]

Originally Posted by rjet

This time of year I drive the neighborhood on UTV after dark to run them over on the road. I started marking calendar last year with kills per date. I am behind this year. Last year had 11 kills at this time but this year only 6.
First year I got 31, last year 26. Breaking the 31 record this year is looking tough.

This sounds like blast!

[Smokeater]

Are the cicadas about to start hatching out maybe? CH's love em.

[rocky]

Originally Posted by oktx

First one of these this year.
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Many mistake this snake for a copperhead, as I did early on. Copperheads usually get a pass, but I will kill this snake with extreme prejudice!!

[Kingfisher789]

What sort of snake is that Rocky?

[rocky]

Cottonmouth.

[oktx]

Originally Posted by rocky

Many mistake this snake for a copperhead, as I did early on. Copperheads usually get a pass, but I will kill this snake with extreme prejudice!!

Yup. This was not near any houses so it got a pass. It looks big but it was only a foot long.

[Roperyoung]

I've killed 4 in the last 2 weekends in Tyler county. In 2019 we moved in and killed over 30 that summer. They love the pine trees.

[Tryton]

A man in Midlathon was bitten by a copper head last week that took refuge in his shop tool box. He opened the drawer and reached for a tool and bam. Dry bite though so he is lucky.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news...184846967.html

[alien_scones]

Originally Posted by Smokeater

Are the cicadas about to start hatching out maybe? CH's love em.

They snacking on June bugs hanging around the porch

[texan4ut]

Killed two in Grandview outside my Mom's backdoor which opens to a carport two weeks ago. Got up early and stepped out the back door to check the weather. One was 3 feet away the other about a foot from the back door. Funny thing is I saw a Rat snake at the same backdoor the day before, which I let go so I loaded my pistol with Rat/Snake shot just in case I needed it. Walked inside grabbed and took care of the Copperheads.

[recar]

Originally Posted by TexaRican

Been living on the river a year this month. Killed a bunch when we moved in and have busted my rear on landscaping around the house plus cleanup down by the river. We have a big drain that had collected many year's worth of pecan limbs and other trash from the previous owner plus neighbors. I burned it last summer. Replaced 90% of the overgrown gardens around the house with white rock and got rid of huge bunches of overgrown iris and cannas. So far this year I've only seen our resident rat snake who gets a pass.

That is great habitat management. Dont give them a reason to be there. Eliminate sources of food, shelter and water.

[Kong]

I killed 7 yesterday, they seem to be everywhere up here this year. I haven't seen any other types but copperheads are all over. They have adapted to hang out up in cedar trees so watch yourself around them.

[Brett A]

Saw this little guy and decided my chores were finished till winter…

[El General]

Originally Posted by MontagueMech

Not sure why there’s such an increase with them this year but they are thick around the houses and barns. One of the cats keeps getting bit at night. Been mowing over them lately. At night I no longer get out to open the gates without a spotlight. They are out tonight on the gravel roads.

Where you at so I can stay away?

[jshouse]

Originally Posted by oktx

First one of these this year.
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did his head fall off?

[MontagueMech]

Originally Posted by El General

Where you at so I can stay away?

Drive to the Red River in Montague County. Stop and get out long enough to listen for loud screams. If you hear screams, get in your vehicle and keep on driving.