First family herp hunting of the season

We went out saturday for the first snake hunt of the season. And had a blast.

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And strolled up on this little guy enjoying an afternoon swim.
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Looks like gorgeous forests by you! Cool find!

That area looks gorgeous! Ive been to SC a few times and thought the area was beautiful. What is the snake in that last pic? It sorta looks like the coloration of a copperhead but the head looks too slim to be one.

Nerodia: Water snake. They are commonly mistaken for cottonmouths down here and are usually killed on site. Such a shame.

Wow, looks like fun. And pretty too.

Looks like ya'll had a great time!

nice! 99 times of a hundred around here they call those "cottonmouths" never seen an actual cottonmouth yet!

Funny I asked the boys if they wanted to go snake hunting today too!

Great pics!

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Originally Posted by womsterr

nice! 99 times of a hundred around here they call those "cottonmouths" never seen an actual cottonmouth yet!

Funny I asked the boys if they wanted to go snake hunting today too!

Great pics!

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lol we get the EXACT same thing here. I actually dont think Ive ever met anyone outside of this hobby that truly knew what a cottonmouth did look like. I find these killed all over the place every year and its because so many people swear they are cottons.

Great pics! Yeah we have the same problem here with people thinking the water snakes are cottonmouth's. Drives me crazy.


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