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These are from spring of '08. saw about 50 cottonmouths, about half of what we normally see. may have been due to the flood conditions or we just got there a couple days before the mass migration from the den.

Big cottonmouth sunning

Another big one

This guy was probably a second yearling. he was sunning in a hole in a fallen tree about 6' off the ground.

Classic namesake pose

Another in the water

Almost set my backpack down on this yearling. Excellent example of how well their camouflage works

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Josh Loehr

That looks like a hell of a fun day, what state was it in if I may ask.
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Archie Bottoms

This is in southern MO. Definitely a fun day; we try to go every year. The cottonmouths all come out of the den on almost the exact same date each year. Even on a sub-par year like this one was there is always tons to see. Lots of non venomous water snakes turtles, shore birds, etc.

If I would have had the camera this year (still kicking myself) I'd have pics of them piled up 6 on log and tons of little ones hanging 15' above the water from vines on the cypress trees.
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Josh Loehr

Nice pics. I had similar results at snake road in IL, this past spring.

Mike
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Great field shots, my favorite is the "cot" in the log shot.
Thanks for sharing.

Great pictures, thank you. I live on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay [Alabama], our winters don't push snakes to dens. In January and February they have to lay low for a week or two now and then, but would never be able to witness something as cool as this. Seeing 50 cottonmouths in a day would be exciting.