Quote Originally Posted by bplgocards View Post
Hope you can find a long stick to keep them back with! If you manage to kill/capture one, take pics of it so we can really determined what it is.
...or better yet, have a friend take a lot of photos of you as you try to catch one. Could be an interesting spectacle...

Be careful! And I hope you don't kill it...I'm no fan of cottonmouths, but even when it comes to snakes I prefer catch-and-release unless I plan to eat one.