The north portion of the county I live in has timber rattlers and copperheads. I remember hearing all the tales about how bad the snakes were on a certain farm, and the workers had to wear sections of stove pipes on their legs when they went out in the fields to work. Of course, I never met anyone who had witnessed it, only people who had heard about it.
I've hunted all over that part of the county, and have yet to see a poisonous snake. I also have never worn stove pipes either. Granted, this is not a part of the country that is known as a haven for snakes, but they are here, and I'd think the first thing one would need would be a good eye and some common sense.
