I'm the rare exception around here. I live and let live with snakes UNLESS they're near my home or usual work areas, THEN if they're poisonouse they are returned to nature ahead of their normal schedule. I killed a pretty big copperhead in my driveway yesterday, my hired hand said I couldn't get him, but my aim was true and those 16 inch tires did the deed.
We don't have that many in my homes immediate area, but we have a fair population of timber rattlers on some of my places. Beautiful snakes that I leave alone if at all possible. I don't see that many of them, which is good and bad. But, if you see one, they will sure change your concentration set if you are squirrel hunting. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> They are not a play snake, make a mistake with them and it is hospital time, if you get that far.
Water moccassins are a real pain, quiet, fairly pugnacious, and common. My least favorite snake.
