Road Cruising Eastern NC
 

Last night after dinner I went road cruising here in eastern nc (Croatan Natl. Forest). It started out slow but as the sun disappeared, the snakes appeared in full force. I was only cruising for 20 minutes, but saw 5 snakes. 3 of what I suspect were water snakes. They were too fast to capture on film, and i wasn't 100% sure they werent cottonmouths, so i let them go. I did however find one dead on the road. :(

http://crystalcoastnews.com/images/herps/watersnake.jpg
I also spotted 2 copperheads on the way out.
http://crystalcoastnews.com/images/herps/copperhead.jpg

Happy Herping,
Jason

I went looking for copperheads recently but didn't have any luck. when is the best time?

I had a lot of luck at night after a decent rain. I'm going to go again this weekend :)

where in NC are you located, Im just geting into the field searching and havent found much yet

Im in Greenville, but spend alot of time in columbia nc and washington nc

me and my good friend chuck hurd went road crusing and cought 1 nice female southern copperhead...