I know in June at around dusk, when it warms up you can often cruise dirt roads located near pastures and wooded (not a lot of cedar) hillsides and find copperheads coming down to hunt and crossing the road.
The rat snake we just caught over the weekend was in the early afternoon and in a ravine just down the hill from a chicken house across from a pond..dont know if that helps.
I keep hearing the advice that artificial cover (AC) is the best...Basically that just consists of car hoods and pieces of tin. The snakes go under them to warm themselves and take shelter. When you flip, make sure you use a long handled piece of sturdy metal or wood (preferrably a snake hook), and gloves in the event of a Rattlesnake lurking underneath. Also in car hoods the snakes will often coil up in the actual hood itself.. Reptiles Magazine had a nice field herping article this month.
I also recommend hiking boots that come well over the ankle to about mid calf..Not very attractive, Unless you have legs like BW or Brett..LMAO!
But Copperheads are often hard to spot, and you might just step right on one.
