More people in the U.S. are bitten by copperheads than any other venomous snake. Hardly anyone ever dies from their bite.
They are actually uncommon around here tho I killed two right in my back yard and within 5 minutes of each other. That was the first copperheads I had seen in this area in 50 years.
When we lived in the country I killed a copperhead a week and we lived there for 16 years. I was raising 3 children so I had to keep them safe. That is when I Learned to hate snakes