Snake stories
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CRJR45
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Oh hell no , hunt would be over !
antlerradar
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My wife likes snakes, She has had a few as pets. When she was in high school and collage she had a nine foot boa in a big cage at her parents house, but when she moved out west she found her another home. Later we were going through some of her boxes of junk and there was a nine foot shed skin from the boa. We gave it to a friend in Ashland that was having an issue with bums hanging out behind his business after hours. He put the skin out where it was easy to see and cured his issues with the bums over night.
Caseknife
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Beautiful coloration on that snake.
Caseknife
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Coming home from work one evening a few years ago, there was a bull snake about 5' long stretched across the driveway at the neighbors lane. My window was down so I looked out at it. That snake slowly idled off the lane giving me the stink eye the whole time. Had a little bull snake about a foot long coiled up on one of the patio chairs, little bugger just hissed at me and said that was his spot! They have attitudes.
beagle001
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Summer of ‘24, my wife and I took the boys to Custer State Park again, and stayed at Game Lodge in one of the cabins.
We had just arrived from the 13 hour trek so the boys were restless and running like they’re apt to do, while my wife and I got unpacked and the cabin settled.
The guy in the campsite across the drive from us was packing up and getting his motorcycle onto the back of his trailer, so I heard his ratchet going. I was on my 3rd trip into the cabin from the car and I heard the ratchet again, but couldn’t figure out why it sounded like it was under the deck of the cabin… I peaked over and the guy was nowhere in sight, as one of my kids jumped up onto the deck and there was the buzz again… then I knew.
I ordered the munchkins into the cabin and flagged down some CSP maintenance, who called in their snake guy. It was a fun hour-plus of taking floorboards off and trying to grab that slick little fella (and one attempt where it was “grabbed” but not good enough). The CSP staff finally got it and took it for relocation.
The next day, we were hiking the trails around the new bison center, and my older boy was running off ahead and being a snot. I reminded him that while it was unlikely we’d see another rattler, he needed to be aware and I made him come back to within 10 yards of me again. About 30 seconds later, while he was sassing, this guy was laying on the trail. Took a lot less persuading to keep him close after that.
We had just arrived from the 13 hour trek so the boys were restless and running like they’re apt to do, while my wife and I got unpacked and the cabin settled.
The guy in the campsite across the drive from us was packing up and getting his motorcycle onto the back of his trailer, so I heard his ratchet going. I was on my 3rd trip into the cabin from the car and I heard the ratchet again, but couldn’t figure out why it sounded like it was under the deck of the cabin… I peaked over and the guy was nowhere in sight, as one of my kids jumped up onto the deck and there was the buzz again… then I knew.
I ordered the munchkins into the cabin and flagged down some CSP maintenance, who called in their snake guy. It was a fun hour-plus of taking floorboards off and trying to grab that slick little fella (and one attempt where it was “grabbed” but not good enough). The CSP staff finally got it and took it for relocation.
The next day, we were hiking the trails around the new bison center, and my older boy was running off ahead and being a snot. I reminded him that while it was unlikely we’d see another rattler, he needed to be aware and I made him come back to within 10 yards of me again. About 30 seconds later, while he was sassing, this guy was laying on the trail. Took a lot less persuading to keep him close after that.
beagle001
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Same year, I hunted that general direction, and found this one on the road one morning. He was feeling pretty lethargic, and barely moved. I straddled him at first thinking it was a cow pie. Pic is deceiving on size… I think he’d have been hard pressed to hit 18”
