I was swimming in the creek behind my house when a I decided to sit on a fallen log like a moron, I look over and about 7 feet away from my is a big fat angry-looking water moccosin, because I was in the water I didn't have a camera with me but that's not why I've made this thread
I live next to a creek and there are water moccasins all around here, I keep the grass trimmed down because I've come across them in my yard and I have my 3 year old brother in law that love to play around in the yard.
My goal is not to kill them, but understand their habits, when they like to bask areas they like to hang around, ect so my family can be safe around them and avoid coming across them.
So far I have told everyone that if you come across one, don't poke it with a stick or Steve Irwin-it and just leave it alone.
I've been told they have a nasty temper.
My family want to hire someone to kill them, which not only makes me sick to my stomach but doesn't make any sense since more will just show up from traveling in the creek.