Not me !!Originally Posted by Neal
I have neither the knowledge nor the tools to catch or house a hotI just admire them from afar.
I agree though, they have the nicest colors. The ones I see most are actually the Eastern Diamondbacks, young ones. They are quite temperamental!! sheesh..
The only other venomous one I've seen around here was a HUGE Cottonmouth! I was riding a friends horse on the trails when something caught my eye. Shiny, black and round. Almost looked like rolled up black "something". By the time my brain registered what I was seeing (enormous cottonmouth with a simply huge and wide head) the horse was about to put his front foot down right next to it.
OMG, I about wet my pants and braced myself for the horse to jump and bolt after getting bitten. All I could do was look down.
Thankfully it was a cooler day and the snake seemed sluggish. It never even lifted its head and threatened with the open mouth. Of course the horse set down the back leg right next to the snake, too ! The snakes normally stay away from the actual trails, but it was a cooler day so the snake was basking in the sun out in the open.
I've had an adult Copperhead stretch out across a trail once where I tried to walk a horse. That one just kept staring at us, didn't want to budge. So we just waited until it relaxed and went on its way..
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