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Copperhead in the Austin area #5598236 02/13/15 10:54 PM
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We have killed about 8 copperheads in the last two months in Giddings TX. They have just now started showing up. Been copperhead free for many years. Anyone seen an increase in copperheads???


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Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5598278 02/13/15 11:29 PM
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Eight huh? eeks333

Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5598399 02/14/15 12:50 AM
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Makes sense to me, use to lay telephone cable in Bastrop, now there is SOME copperheads there, not really to far from Giddings.

Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5598431 02/14/15 01:11 AM
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The cats killed a small one about a month ago. They brought it up on the porch to scare the wife and kids one morning.


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Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5598442 02/14/15 01:17 AM
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Yes is the answer, the copperheads have always been here though. Also found a coral snake in the back yard 2 years ago.

Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5599049 02/14/15 02:10 PM
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I live in Bastrop and we have always had tons of them here. I could see them in Giddings no problem. We see some Coral, some rattlesnake, and some Water Mocasins too, but Copperheads the most common.


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Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5599270 02/14/15 04:21 PM
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Gotta agree. They have always been there. You are just seeing more of them for some reason.


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Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5599276 02/14/15 04:27 PM
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Warmer temps this fall in my area than normal have things moving around a bit earlier. Rainfall or lack of it can change patterns some also.


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Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5599493 02/14/15 07:41 PM
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some what wetter conditions in the past months, so there is more food source the last 6 months, I found cotton-tail nest all winter long, or I should say my jack russlle found them


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Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5599921 02/15/15 02:55 AM
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Snake population here is slowly returning. Didn't see a single snake of any kind for about 18 months after the fire in 2011. Copperheads are easily the most common venomous snake around my place.


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Copperheads are fairly common on our land. Hard to find them until you are pretty much right on top of them.

Re: Copperhead in the Austin area [Re: YellowDog] #5600442 02/15/15 06:01 PM
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I killed 13 last year in my front and back yard. Nasty little boogers. My poor dog finally built up a immunity to their venom. He got to where he would swell up and swell down in about thirty minutes after being hit.

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