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    From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 23 08:33:43 2025
    Re: Re: Brr
    By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Sun Nov 23 2025 08:13:46

    In theory, yours should be getting warmer also, which makes one
    >wonder where all the copperheads went? Farther North? :D

    Apparently not. It doesn't look like temperature was the main thing
    that caused their disappearance. The only place I saw mentioned in
    Canada where they still have them was in Gaspesie National Park
    in Quebec. A map of where they are found in the USA showed mainly
    mid southern to southern states in the East half of the country
    pretty much all the way up to the Canadian Border near the East coast.

    Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the heat but they are
    all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe they have a natural predator there, or maybe it has something to do with the composition of the soil... or the type of areas they prefer may be too damp in Florida.

    Mike
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  • From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 23 12:16:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Sunday 23.11.25 - 08:13, you wrote to me:

    This year my sister, whos cottage is not used from late October
    until May, built one of those Pail traps, ...

    The beauty of these is that they have unlimited capacity since
    the mice never get to the bait and the pail can hold lots of
    them, and the antifreeze not only kills the mice but it stops
    them from smelling if it starts to warm up..

    I emailed you a pic of one that was built and used here. It
    wasn't as effective as a plain ol' bucket with some water!

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Tue Nov 25 08:49:28 2025
    (Copperheads) are Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the
    >heat but they are all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe they have a natural predator there, or maybe it has something
    >to do with the composition of the soil... or the type of areas they
    >prefer may be too damp in Florida.

    Maybe.. Hard to say but the map seemed to show a straight horizontal
    line near the top of Florida which seemed odd.. Visa expired? B)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Tue Nov 25 08:49:28 2025
    This year my sister, whos cottage is not used from late October
    until May, built one of those Pail traps, ...

    I emailed you a pic of one that was built and used here. It
    >wasn't as effective as a plain ol' bucket with some water!

    Yes, it will be interesting to see if we have any luck with them.
    (She bought 2 - for 2 buildings) The ramp setup might help or
    hurt that. As I mentioned ealier, I took a tiny bit of peanut butter
    and touched it along up the ramp hoping the mice would smell that
    more easily and follow it up looking for more.

    The ramp on hers looked pretty steep to me but I guess it's been
    tested by the maker, plus I've seen mice walk vertically up a wooden
    wall so they are pretty good at getting places..

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ROB MCCART on Tue Nov 25 11:12:25 2025
    (Copperheads) are Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the
    >heat but they are all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe they have a natural predator there, or maybe it has something
    >to do with the composition of the soil... or the type of areas they
    >prefer may be too damp in Florida.

    Maybe.. Hard to say but the map seemed to show a straight horizontal
    line near the top of Florida which seemed odd.. Visa expired? B)

    Maybe their state does not report stats on vipers or, at least,
    copperheads. <shrugs>

    Mike


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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/1 to MIKE POWELL on Thu Nov 27 09:18:49 2025
    (Copperheads) are Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the
    >heat but they are all over Texas so maybe not that..

    Maybe.. Hard to say but the map seemed to show a straight horizontal
    >> line near the top of Florida which seemed odd.. Visa expired? B)

    Maybe their state does not report stats on vipers or, at least,
    >copperheads. <shrugs>

    If you just ask the question, it says online that there are copperhheads
    in Florida in very limited areas, maybe a few more places than the
    huge map of the USA showing their range I saw showed the other day.

    They said they are far less common than the other 5 venomous snake types
    in Florida.

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