Pro tip : The length of the pool pole makes for some high velocity launching. You probably could have hit the same woods without leaving your yard. I ‘helped’ some frogs ‘relocate’ last year.
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You're doing it lacrosse style. Try a counter balance with weight, trebuchet style...You'll get some distance.
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We had a fairly large rat snake lounging on our patio after a meal a couple of years ago. As much as I tried talking DW into letting him use our yard as his home, she would not relent. I got him into the pool net and was walking down the street to relocate him to a nearby park. Next thing I knew, he was coming up the pole directly toward me. I promptly dumped him into the nearby gutter.
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It’s hard to tell in that pic, but judging by the shape of the head it looks like a harmless species, not a copperhead.
You are correct about the tail on a copperhead.
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He's coming right for us, Ned! It's Coming Right For Us - South Park | South Park Studios US
I get a little bit of anxiety everytime this thread gets bumped... 
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Classic baby copperhead. Beautiful pattern. But I do not want it in my pool.
It is not cool
I'm not a fool
I do not like them Mr O'Toole
I do not like them, in my pool!
With great apologies to Ted Geisel...