I don't have a problem to much with snakes until I find them right there under my feet! I live in Florida as well and I think the snakes depend upon where you are. When I first moved here we had those hog-nosed snake/spreading adder, on the back of my property. They are hillarous. If confronted he will rare up like a Cobra and flair his head, if that don't work he roll over and play dead. Ater I cleared the woods off behind my house I haven't seen one in years.
I have seen my share of Eastern Diamondback rattlers and Cottonmouth snakes. You can just about bet anywhere their is water, creeks ponds and rivers around here there are going to Cottonmouths. The Diamondbacks any forested land you are gonna find them. I use to live more north of where I am now and the land behind us was forest land belonging to one of the paper mill companies. My father in law said he had lived there for 29 years and never saw a Diamondback up around his house! They clear cut the forest land behind us for several miles down thru their and for about 3 years after that we were inundated with Diamondbacks. I killed one at my mailbox that was 6'3" minus his head and rattles. I skinned him out and tried to tan the skin but the ants got to it! He had 14 rattles and a head as big as my fist and half of the other fist in witdth. I was going to eat him but my wife said if I put him in her freezer she was leaving me!!
Quick story, I use to bow hunt. Around here even in the dead of winter, if it is a warm day you can be guaranteed to see Diamondbacks on the road sunning themselves. I was always aware in the early season and on those warm days to watch for snakes. I started in to an area to hang and new stand to hunt off the next day. So had a stand slung over my sholder, as well as my bow hanging of one shoulder.
I was walking down a trail and ducked to go under a low hanging limb. So this is where I have to tell you my ears are messed up from working around power tools for years, so I use my other senses acutely when hunting. Any as I ducked the limb I hear what sounds like the ratlle of a rattlesnake, and by the sound it right under me!!
So I freeze and now I am scanning every inch of the terrain under me for the snake. Finally I decided I had to turn my head slightly and when I did. I hear that soft rattle again. Now I am really about to dirty my britches as I know that snake is there and he getting hotter by the minute. Can't see anything to my right so turn my head to left, and I began to laugh! After standing dead still for what seemed like a eternity, I had found my snake. One of my arrows in the quiver attached to my bow is hung in a tree branch abou the size of a match stick and each movement is pushing thru that feather and giving that
ch ch ch sound. It was funny after it was all over but, my legs felt weak when I finally started to move again!!