> Copperheads and two species of rattlers here already in NY. I don’t believe we’ll ever see cottonmouths here.
My pharmacist got bit by a rattlesnake this past summer while vacationing in Allegheny State Park near the New York/Pennsylvania state line.
Yup. I hunt east of there on the PA border on the southern tier of NY. They’re there. More in PA, but plenty in NY. And they’re illegal to kill. So remember the 3 S’s. Shoot Shovel and Shut-up.