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.
The biggest largemouth I have ever seen was below that dam. Had to be 10 lb.s or close. Huge. No one ever caught it far as I know. Was laying next to the wall and I thought it must have been a carp but looked closer and it wasn't. Who'da thought?
