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05-02-2002, 08:11 PM
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A friend of mine and I decided to take off on Sunday afternoon and herp all night out in West Texas (Val Verde/Edwards counties). We drove out there, seeing numerous DORs... western diamond backs, coachwhips, tx ratsnakes, ground snakes, and a horrific find - a completely flattened banded rock rattler.
Living... we came across a few western diamond backs, a nice big adult coachwhip (which I almost brought home, but they are sometimes problem feeders if you take them as adults so I figured I wouldn't bother). Then... the thing that made the whole trip worth while. We came across a living, breathing, rattling, banded rock rattler which got bagged and brought back with us.
We came across a nifty find...
I wish the pic had come out better, but the orange/brown pile at the top is a pile of ring-tailed cat droppings. Very fresh... still steaming. The stringy thing hanging in the middle of the pic is a freshly killed blackneck garter snake. Musk still in the air. When we pulled up we must have scared the cat away from his meal. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
Was fun... not much of an adventure, but thought I'd share because I'm bored. =)
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05-02-2002, 08:30 PM
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cool...
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05-02-2002, 08:55 PM
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What a crying shame about all the DORs, but the rest is totaly awesome! I love the pics. I am soooooooo jealous now. But there is supposed to be some 'huge yellow with black blotches and long head with a bad attitude' in my backyard. Unfortunatly, I am the only one who hasn't seen him/her. Nobody in my family was willing to try to catch it so I could see it. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_frown.gif[/img] I am going to try to find it, I want a pic so you can tell me what it is.
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05-03-2002, 08:10 AM
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Bet you had loads of fun too. Cool pics
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05-03-2002, 08:31 AM
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Yeah, despite the gruesome finds, sounds like you had a blast. I would love to do that sometime myself. Not sure how many snakes I can find in this part of NY or back in Colorado.
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05-03-2002, 03:07 PM
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So who's got the banded rock rattler? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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05-03-2002, 06:13 PM
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My friend has it, with the agreement that the next time we find one, I get it. =)
Rav
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05-05-2002, 09:37 AM
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Oil, Cattle and Snakes..if you aren't into at least one of those pretty hardcore...Texas is no place to be.
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