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Old Mossy Horns
Do they range as far west as Falls Lake?
Yeah, that west of 1-95 is easy to disprove.I have seen them on ft bragg and camp mackall - further south but west of a line from falls
And definitely west of i-95
This is what the state herpetologists have found over a 6 yr study. They taught me this when I worked for our Zoo.I have always heard that the Fall Line where the Piedmont meets the Coastal Plain was the western edge of their range
Yeah, that west of 1-95 is easy to disprove.
Richmond has a pretty good dose also.yes Moore Co and Harnett county have them pretty much all over
Richmond has a pretty good dose also.
I used to hunt right on the Richmond line. One of the guys lived right there and was always talking about how bad they were there on a creek at his place and having to keep them off when he would go fishing with his kids. I was kind of skeptical to I went with him once. You would just have to see them to believe it. It was right off 220/73 also.Our pond in Richmond county close to Norman next to the new 220/73 has its share of them.
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I used to hunt right on the Richmond line. One of the guys lived right there and was always talking about how bad they were there on a creek at his place and having to keep them off when he would go fishing with his kids. I was kind of skeptical to I went with him once. You would just have to see them to believe it. It was right off 220/73 also.
Some water snakes get really fat, one reason they are mistaken for cottonmouths. Dogs chased it, doubt a cottonmouth would have ran. Those things can be ornery. Had one run me up on the truck hood once. I threw sand at it, to get it to move to get a better look. It moved OK , straight up out the ditch striking blind as it came toward me. I had to jump on the hood to get out of the way.Thanks...coulda been a copperhead or a water snake. The thing was FAT! I actually saw it on land when I stopped to let the dog pee. The dogs chased it for a hot second but I hit the e collar and screamed at him and he left it.
Fat body, narrowing neck, head shape, pattern, all raised red flags...
would not surprise me if a bengal tiger came walking out of the woods
your first clue may have been that it allowed the dog to "chase it for a hot second"Thanks...coulda been a copperhead or a water snake. The thing was FAT! I actually saw it on land when I stopped to let the dog pee. The dogs chased it for a hot second but I hit the e collar and screamed at him and he left it.
Fat body, narrowing neck, head shape, pattern, all raised red flags...
how did you hear about that? I was keeping it to myself as no one would believe me,,,
got this one on the ol' game camera about 10 miles from Grassy Island
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Currituck county is the snakiest county in NC or VA. There are more cottonmouths there than anywhere I have ever seen. We burn our marsh for the ducks, but I think the snakes benefit more. We burned for the first time in 10 years when I was in college. I have never seen more cottonmouths in my life. Its nothing to see 5 or 6 in an hour when we walk out on our path in the summer.your first clue may have been that it allowed the dog to "chase it for a hot second"
A cottonmouth would likely have just bit the dog or you or both if you screwed with it.
Learned that lesson on currituck many moons ago.
I have no idea of their official range.