Rarely do I kill snakes, I have been bitten by both a copperhead, and a water moccossin, while swimming. Both times were under the water.
I have been known to stop while driving and move them across the road. They have and serve a good purpose.
I also like to eat the big rattlesnakes in Texas. Lloyd, I thought the U.P. of MI. had rattlesnakes throughout? When I was a kid in detroit, one of our neighbors was bitten by a big ole rattler up there. or maybe it was just northern MI.?
John