Great ending! I reached down to pick something up and almost grabbed a copperhead instead last year. I did quite the peepee dance before liberating it from this cruel world with a shovel. I need some of those snake shot rounds. I've seen and treated quite a few snake bites working as a medic in the Ozarks. They can get ugly. If it is just localized swelling we usually transport to a local hospital 30 minutes away. If it is an obviously bad reaction we fly them to a facility with antivenom. That's an expensive ride.