Originally Posted by
Mojo31
Have you ever run over one with a mower?
I've done it twice - both water moccasins. Our first house had a creek through the rear property line. I didn't know it, but moccasins moved into the area one spring. The first one I ran over with the riding mower while mowing the back yard. The second was just a few weeks later and ran over it with the push mower while mowing along the edge of the creek. Scared the crap out of me both times. We immediately put up a "For Sale by Owner" sign and sold the house within two weeks. It was time to get out of there since we had two young kids, and I was afraid of them being in the back yard.
Nope. Nor do I think I've seen a water moccasin (in the wild).
Pretty rare to see snakes there. To the extent they exist, I imagine they hang out in the wooded area (there's a bank that goes down to a creek on the north side). Fortunately, they don't hang out on the lawn.