Snake ID?

Bout stepped on this yesterday while scouting. Cottonmouth? Blocky triangle shaped head and thick bodied. 20 or so yards from a marshy area and creek.

Banded water snake....

That will bite your ass in a flash and put you in the hospital.

Can’t tell from the pic but very possible

Kill em and them find out what it is!

Not the best of pictures but it's a cottonmouth.

Thanks guys. Sorry for the less than perfect pic. Looked like a mean SOB so I didn't stick around long... Was s nice looking spot though.

That's a cottonmouth.

Color phase cottonmouth

Can’t tell for sure without seeing the head but it does look like a cottonmouth

If I didn’t have my pistol I would have found the nearest thick limb and beaten that sob until my arms were tired. I never give a cottonmouth a pass.

Meaning that this is a color variant of cottonmouth or that they change color either throughout the year and/or during their lifespan?

Noted. I was unarmed.

The only good snake, is a dead snake.

Scouting without a pistol? You taking chances, man!

Can’t see the head. Body favors a CM

I'm new here... 🤷‍♂️

Dang sure looks like a CM.
I gotta go get me some snake boots.

I was wearing my snake gaiters at least...

looks like a Congo ready to shed

That's just a water snake.

Good rule of thumb is if they got a thick ole body and coil up like that they're getting killed. Long skinny snakes are the good ones generally. Cottonmouths and copperheads both look like fat bodybuilders compared to a rat snake. Rattlers can be long and skinny, but at least they got a rattle to identify.

Pick him up by tail and look at his rear end if it looks like a nasty a-- hole he will bite you

How’s a banded water snake gone put you in hospital??

I hate those things.

Well ,,, there are 3 different kinds of moccasins. That's one of them

Yes that is a cottonmouth/moccasin.

Sarcasm related to a recent snake ID post.

Had to be there I guess.....

So you didn't kill it?

Geta LOONG limber piece of wood. sapling or limb. Beat it till its dead! Limberwith conform to the ground, a stiff piece of wood won't. Could get you bit too.

10-4, missed that one