Ed, This is for the “Wild America” doubter in New Jersey. I have hunted and hiked from the Pine Barrens to the Delaware Water Gap. I have seen very large, long, thick copperheads and water moccasins reaching six to eight feet. Through the years in the Pinelands I have seen pine snakes reaching eight feet long, easy. I am not an expert myself, but I know what I have seen in the wilds of New Jersey. By the way, there are timber rattlers and scorpions in the Pines. People don’t even believe it. Tell the doubter to check the Internet.

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Or we could just send “the doubter” into the wilds of New Jersey with a machete and a bag of trail mix. Come back in a week and tell us if you believe in snakes.—Ed. Note