See a couple of copperheads or more every year here on this place.
Used to catch one in a minnow trap almost every time I threw one in the branch. Copperhead, not a banded water snake.
We have a couple a 5 ft king snakes that I see laying on our creosote bridge decking, from time to time, especially in the fall. I have no idea how long they live but they have been around about 4 yrs, they hunt copperheads so the family here knows not to run them over
