I can’t imagine either. I lived down there as a kid. With a healthy fear of rattlesnakes.
I use a hoe, best snake tool there is.
I got cornered in my work shed back in the late 70’s a cotton mouth between me and the door and the hoe. I was in a tight spot and that moccasin was getting territorial. luckily, I had a basketball on the bench right behind me and I got the basketball and dribbled the snake into submission then I reached for the hoe and lopped his head off.
I lived in a trailer, right next to a swamp and I had more snakes in my yard and more encounters with water moccasins than I even care to remember. Water Moccasins are ornery snakes. I hear that Sidewinders are pretty vicious Critters themselves. I try not to kill snakes cuz I do understand their value, but I am not getting bit by no snake if I can avoid it, and if I cannot avoid it then I want to do everything I can to neutralize the snake.