Are you guys sure about cotton mouths? to some all snakes look like snakes.I've lived here for almost 16 years, and cant honestly say I ever saw a live copper head or rattle snake.Snakes yes but most of them harmless, and of some use.Dont get me wrong, I dont like water snakes, I leave them alone, but if and when they make a serious attempt to bother me, I use the 22 cal snake charmer, but only used it once in all the years I dfished, and that was at night with a crappie light out. I live in the boonies, not an urban area, have found several long snake skins in my sheds, but I keep it to myself. But man show me a spider, and its ape spit time for me.