been bit twice. Got hit by a cottonmouth when I was sixteen at Actons Dam on the Cahaba. Two fang holes, no poison, no swelling.
Got hit in left calf in 1985ish in Greene Co while turkey hunting. I was walking steady thru an open hardwood stand trying to get ahead of a turkey. Never rattled, never knew it was there till it hit me. I threw up twice right there, killed the snake and owned to my buddy to come to me. We walked a mile to the truck. Checked bite at truck, one fang hole, some blood. Drove to Eutaw 30 min away. Only had minimal swelling so we said fk it and went to the bait shop for a bite. Had to have a big cyst removed from the bite location ten years later.
