Friend called me to positively ID a snake that bit a guy picking tomatoes in his field today. He texted me the pic from the ER.



100% positive......Eastern Cottonmouth.

Said guy's hand was swelling bad and he was vomiting. This was a couple hours ago from the ER, so no updates.

I sent him a couple Eastern CM pics for reference...

That's rough. Hope the ol' boy don't lose no fingers or such.

No... I'll take getting buried in snow all winter instead of being anywhere close to those things

Everything and anything wants to kill us!! I hope he is alright and things turn out good.

…. Had a buddy get hit fairly solid by one… couple nights in the hospital and was out …. Took awhile for the swelling to go down…. But every time you saw him after that he had those tie on snake chap deals above his boots

…. Some how that cotton mouth got him above the knee

…. I’ve been hit by them a couple times in the boot .. but they didn’t get threw

… you knew you got hit though from the impact… those dudes can hit with some force lol

You can keep those (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) things....no thanks

Havent seen one this year but they are around. Hope your friend recovers well

Glad I live in the north.....I hope your buddy gets well.

I kill every one I see and copperheads as well

No use for either one of those

I might be wrong, but not too long ago I read the anti-venom for a snake bite is crazy expensive, like $50K.

…. Shoot I need to start milking venom

… knew a girl when I was a kid that got anti venom and it made her heart stop… they shocked her back into shape

… said it was an allergic reaction to the horse plasma they use in the mix or something

… her daddy was a firefighter down in Houston so had good insurance… not sure what the cost was

Yup....when you leave a pop in your truck ovah night...

You don't have snakes.

Rattles I don’t mind

More than 50% of the time They announce themselves

I hope we get a report that your friend is doing good

Hope he’s ok

For the dude said no use for any of them or any one else, copperheads make a right fine belt or wallet, I can never get enough of them !

Same as the other venomous ones, your missing out on some dollars and it's very easy to break them down and salt!

I hope he recovers quickly with no long term effects. Keep us updated.

Closest call we have ever had was when my younges was about 6 or 7. He would grab about every snake he saw even after having a garden snake bight the web of his hand. The boys were in the back yard and moved a corn hole board and there was a copper head under it. My lodest boy 2 years older stoped the young one from grading it saying " I think thats a bad one we better ask mom" she confirmed her and my daughter killed it then sent me some pictures of the things head still trying to bite after its removal. Had nice fangs. She picked it up with a shovel and put it in the outdoor wood burner to be sure the kids wouldn't end up geting bit by a dead snake if they decided to mess with it.

Current antivenin is made using sheep due to the high incidence of anaphylaxis reactions to the older horse serum based.

Between those and copperheads and black widows and easterns and mosquitos big as bats, it's many of the joys we have living in NC. And fire ants are taking over too. The bites stings from those dudes SUCKS!!

Hope dude does ok. CM bites are rough from what I hear.

Is that thing still alive in the back of that truck?hope the guys ok