I saw a pretty large copperhead (maybe 4 ft & fat) Sunday while on a hike with my daughter. Seemed already in winter lethargy, but was sunning in the middle of a hiking trail. It was mid-sixties, and I was a little surprised to see it out.

My college herpetology class lab (voluntarily) used to catch and milk poisonous snakes for use to make antivenom at the Medical University of South Carolina.

rocky--do you remember the short-lived panacea for snake bites that involved electrical shock from a car battery? Something about ionizing the venom......