Originally Posted by astrodav
Not geocaching, but working with AP&L (Entergy) years ago, I was bitten by a Copperhead not too far from your area. I actually lived at the time in Sheridan, but my office at the time was the one in Little Rock, which included the Sardis/East End area. I drove myself to the VA hospital & pretty much passed out right upon entering the ER. But they shot me up with several vials of anti-venin, which screwed me up worse than the snake-bite itself, & patched me all up.
A couple years later I got it again from a baby Rattler I was trying to play with. (I have a nasty habit of doing that, since I'm not afraid of snakes at all :oops: ) But his fangs were just barely long enough to penetrate skin & I received no AV for it .... didn't want any after the first time.
Got another bite about 3 years ago from, of all things, a little Green-Snake that .... well, I was playing with too.
I can tell you with affirmation, as you most likely can also, it's not an interesting experience.