Lookin 4 some Cotton mouths

[Aries]

I have never been out specifically looking for watter moccasins, but now i have a dream of black snake skins on an osage bow, and i can't shake it .  Can you guy give me some tips on when, where, and what weather conditions to look for these guys at. i live in South central Oklahoma, and i have a few ponds and small lakes i can check.

[huntertrapper]

good hot weather. in places where they sun shines through. flat surfaces whre they could lay in the sun. under logs, but risky case of poisinus snakes.

[mullet]

  I don't know about OK. , but when I hunted in Wichita Falls I saw them around the Tanks.What I noticed, though ,they were kind of puny compared to the ones in Florida. Also saw some this morning down in Louisiana.

[cowboy]

Yep, their coming out about now. Look for the scummiest, shallow water - with game (fish, frogs, minners type stuff) and you aught to find some moskins. Late spring when it's hot and humid seems to be the best time. I'm in north central TX so should be about the same.

[DanaM]

Of course your not going to kill them just for the skins right, I'm sure yer planning a tasty meal of snake

[huntertrapper]

i know if i got a good snake. id be eaten him.

[El Destructo]

They are OK for an Appetizer...but they just don't eat like a Steak does!! I like to cube them up ...batter them....and then deep fry them till golden Brown...and serve them like a side dish or something.... I never just kill a Snake for the sake of a Skin....because all you have to do in the Spring and Fall...is to drive the side roads at night after it starts to cool down...and you can find all kinds of them trying to keep warm on the edges of the Pavement...or run over already trying to keep warm....

[Justin Snyder]

They are OK for an Appetizer...but they just don't eat like a Steak does!! I like to cube them up ...batter them....and then deep fry them till golden Brown...and serve them like a side dish or something....

They eat better than steak.  I love a good snake fried in a dutch oven.   Justin

[Coo-wah-chobee]

 BEEF....................whats that ? STEAK ....................whats that ? Yummy........... snake and cabbage ! ..........bob

[DanaM]

Never had snake, then again their really ain't to many up here. Eastern fox snakes get big but ya just don't seen them
very often anymore.

[huntertrapper]

not many in more northeren areas, eh? i cant say ill be out lookin for them, but if i see a rattler, i never have before, i will probably shoot' em for meat and hide.

[cowboy]

Some of the ponds and creeks around here are just slitherin with em . Me and the brother used to sneak up on em in the water, grab em by the tail, spin em around in circles and let fly - we were easily amused back then . These were just your average water snakes of some sort - we kinda avoided the fat black ones.

[Hillbilly]

I'd like to get hold of some cottonmouth hides one of these days, too. The're closely related to copperheads, and the younger ones have a nice pattern that kinda resembles a copperhead. We don't have any water moccasins up here in the mountains, though-just the non-venomous water snakes.

[El Destructo]

In the Oklahoma Panhandle...on a couple small Lakes called Dead Indian ....and Lake Vinson....they are all along the Shore...you have to watch you step for sure....they will litterally follow your Boat or Canoe around the Shoreline...and when you drag in a Fish....they will try to take it!!....My Buddy George was beating one in the Head last Summer when it tried to get His Crappie....He beat it with a Plastic Boat Oar!!!

[Aries]

I have been keepin a keen eye on the sides of roads as usuall, i have just recently added snake on the list
I haven't quite worked up the courage to eat a poisoness snake yet, i didnt know how to go about the preperation... cough.. good excuse right     Ty