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    Herping today

    Took my kids herping today. I usually take them through the trails not far from my house and find snakes basking here and there. But today we were pressed for time so we cheated and went to a couple of plywood boards on the edge of a local golf coarse that I knew of. First board we flipped had a nice sized eastern milk snake under it. The second had 7 adult garters under it. 5 gravid eastern females 1 eastern male and 1 gravid short head. My kids could not believe we found so many in one shot. I don't know if I will be able to keep them from flipping boards now lol.
    Ed

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    Re: Herping today

    Good job, Dad.
    Steve
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    Thats awesome! I love going out herping, I haven't had the chance to lately and Im loosing it! haha. Good find!
    It'll feel better when it stops hurting.

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    Re: Herping today

    Nice!
    God Bless,

    Michael Demastus

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    Re: Herping today

    Eddie
    Nice brother. Taking my kids snake hunting is one of my favorite thing to do. Did u let them keep one?
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    Re: Herping today

    Sounds like it was a good trip. That's a lot of snakes to find in one place!
    Lora

    3.0 T. sirtalis sirtalis, 1.1 T. cyrtopsis ocellatus, 1.0 L. caerulea, 0.1 C. cranwelli, 0.1 T. carolina, 0.1 P. regius, 0.1 G. rosea, 0.0.1 B. smithi, 0.1 H. carolinensis

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    Re: Herping today

    We did not keep any from this trip. We have a a ton of mouths to feed right now lol

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    Re: Herping today

    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie View Post
    My kids could not believe we found so many in one shot.
    I think my record was 3 rubber boas, two yellow bellied racers, about 3 dozen northwestern garters, and a couple of alligator lizards. All under one 6 X 12 ft. piece of plywood.

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