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Anybody else noticed the increase of Copperheads?
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by SnakeEyes2006 on August 26, 2007
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I have counted 20 D.O.R Northern Copperheads in the past 2 weeks on my same usual routes I take to go to College, I have also found 3 still very much alive ones, and my cousin has reported seeing 2 live and 5 dead as well. Is there any reports of more bites occuring, and why the increase all of the sudden?
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by skyChimp on August 26, 2007
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3 weekends ago I was bank fishing at Little Creek Reservoir in James City County, Virginia. I went into the concession house to buy some worms and noticed a snap-shot of a large northern Copperhead on the counter. The man told me to watch out if I was fishing from the bank as several had been seen since the water level was lowered. My son and I fished for 2-3 hours and then decided to walk the trail. I took not 10 steps into the woods and caught the distinct sight of a snake back coiling under a knee-high holly bush. I lifted the branch with a stick and saw a 2-2.5 foot copperhead under it. It pretty much made my summer.
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RE: Anybody else noticed the increase of Copperhea
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by 23bms on August 26, 2007
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Up here in NE PA, Copperheads and Timbers are starting to drift back toward their den areas. Once the movement starts, if you are in the right place on a warm humid night you can see remarkable (for this area anyway) numbers of them. You may be catching a similar movement down in your area.
I haven't seen any activity in the dens proper yet, but probably will start spotting some early arrivals in a couple of weeks.
jrb
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by MikeB on August 27, 2007
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Weather extremes tend to upset snake routines. Here in Oklahoma we had a very wet late spring and early summer, and lots of snakes have been on the move seeking high ground, harvesting the plentiful rodents spawned by lots of greenery and seeds, etc. In the southeastern states, things have been vary dry, and that would get snakes moving as well, seeking scarcer food supplies. In my experience anything that upsets the "normal" ecosystem in an area will stir up snakes, making them more visible. Fact is, there are always a lot of copperheads out there . . . we just don't see them until something flushes them out.
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by munge on August 27, 2007
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i've only seen one in 5 years and it was in the middle of a neighborhood.
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