I don't have a lot of experience catching copperheads or snakes in general.  I decided I wanted to catch this snake - who I shall intermittently call Pierce because of his weird piercing eyes - without touching it.  Touching a new thing for the first time takes some getting used to and I didn't want to be getting used to something while also trying to be good at it...  I told my wife and son to throw me a stick.  A stick that was near them but far from me and the snake.  I was a little frantic, this being my first copperhead capture.  Everyone was standing around, at a distance, staring, gawking, and not getting with it.  I had to yell at them, "Get with it".  I don't like yelling at people.  My son brought me a hockey stick and my wife brought me a big green laundry grass clippings  tub made by Rubbermaid.  I pinned the snake with the hockey stick, trying not to make it mad,,,  I didn't want it to think humans were out to hurt it.