Interested in how far north anyone has seen a cottonmouth?

Use to trap south of Little Rock and would see them on a regular basis during warm spells.

we have some in parts of KY.

Furthest north I’ve seen them is around ft. Leonard wood MO.

They're in Southern Ill, and there are places in W. Kentucky that will freak you out.

Around here people claim common watersnakes are cottonmouths. People are certain they're really cottonmounts and they're venemous. The adults look extremly similar, and have a sour attitude. But they're just water common snakes.

Compare cottonmouths to some of these common water snakes

I've grabbed many water snakes where I had to check the eyes to see its not a cottonmouth, but no, I have never seen an actual cottonmouth other than in captivity.

Well someGuyInKansas this is your lucky day. You have my cordial invitation to come on down to Murphy's pond, and the Benton bottoms in Kentucky to get to see, touch, and stare into the elliptical eyes of a beautiful genuine cottonmouth.

No charge, and once you smell them (before seeing them) your going to fall in love, Lol.

Seriously, if you ever want to wade into a hundred of them, we can make it happen.

If it’s aggressive it’s a water snake. If it’s nonaggressive it’s a cottonmouth. I see more cottonmouth’s on dry land away from water down here than I see near the water.

I'm in Georgia and I've never seen one. In our state they're mostly in the southern half. They do come up to the southern parts of metro Atlanta and go all the way up the western side of the state. Most people around here mistake water snakes for cottonmouths. A lot of the state doesn't have suitable habitat for them.

^ All true.

Mike C
If ya need any, lm pretty sure Bossman, Varmint Shooter or l can surely spare a few to send ya!

I get several each spring in my yard. I'm about 40 miles north of north Carolina border. I have a creek that runs thru my property and there are some big ones by the creek.

ky_coyote_hunter, I have no doubt they exist in high numbers in some places. Just not around here.
I think I'll pass on your offer though. Thank you for keeping them all. I'm ok with the people around here being wrong.

Here's Evan Coppage in the Benton bottoms...Been stepping around this concentration my whole life.


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This picture clearly shows why they are called cottonmouths.

Keith

That one there looks like it has been brushing the teeth with Crest .dem teeth is white as they can be. If I steeped on him I could turned brown. We sure have our share of them here. We have some with a head big as a turnip root.

…. Now thats some snakes right there partner

You betcha Savell, gets a little sporty after dark. Lol.

Dang