Thanks Erik,

yeah i donlt really plan on playing with copperheads while doing my field work, but they have caught some in the pitfall traps, and their are apparently tons of them, that may need moved etc so i figured better be safe and get one.

I was very surprised at how red this snake was though, i only saw the last half sticking out of the hole and it was dark black with a line of red dots down its back, the front half was more normally colored... wish i coudl have gotten some more with the natural sun, but my shutter speeds were already high and i though the harsh light/ dark shadows were to much ( should have used the histogram in camera)