I guess it's due to the unusually warm weather this year. I was out working on the chicken coop and he was curled up under some lumber I was moving. Copperhead, about 2 1/2 feet long. Wow. It's a little early for snakes, or so I thought.
ANyway, the kids were around, so I utilized my favorite pest control tool........my Kimber. 1 .45 Corbon sent him to snake heaven. Had it been a black snake or corn snake, I would have relocated him, but with 2 little ones running around, I think I made the right call.

ANyone else seen any slithering reptiles out this season yet?