Moccasins are not that agressive, as a general rule the nonvenomous water snake is more agressive than the water moccasin. Around here about 95% of the "moccasins" killed are actually the non venomous water snake. There was a study done here in south Georgia and it showed that a moccasin would only bite 20% of the time when picked up and only about 60% of the time when stepped on. Most people are bitten while trying to kill them. Leave them alone. In my life I've only known 1 person to be bitten that wasn't provoking the snake, and he was bitten by the mocasins close cousin the copperhead while picking up leaves.
