Snake stories

[CRJR45]

I bred and raised corn snakes and sold them at reptile shows through high school and into college. This is me after help (wife) . I’ve caught a couple hatchling bull snakes and raised them up but ended up releasing them where I found them. I like leaving wild snakes in the wild now (after I catch and photograph them of course).

I get it , my cousin was that way as a kid. He would jump on a snake to catch it . Me , not so much .
In Michigan we had Blue Racers that would get over six foot long , and if you chased them they would turn around and charge you while shaking their tail .

 

[sclancy27]

I love snakes. I found a real beauty this weekend. I'm 6'1" for reference.....

 

[Mallardsx2]

All total, there were 13 babies that came out of her and they were ALL biting and snapping at the stick that I was killing them with. The babies are HIGHLY venomous.

 

[Mallardsx2]

 

[brymoore]

Wife reached into the coiled water hose on the ground to water her hanging plants this weekend. A rubber boa slithered out of the coils making her jump up a few feet in the air in surprise.

We had the same rubber boa in the landscaping last year.

 

[Gr8bawana]

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I love snakes. Saw the first bull snake of the year just last night while out walking to pick asparagus.

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Pretty sure they den somewhere around us. Pretty much every May I see one or two, a few years back they were all over. Caught 3 in like 15 minutes, I was like a kid in a candy store. Few days later I found 2 more, maybe they were the same ones idk.

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Townsend also has melanistic (black) phase garter snakes. Lewis and Clark wrote about them in their journal. Had the perfect shirt on that day.

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Both times we’ve floated the Smith River I’ve seen and caught a nice bull snake. Probably the biggest bull snake I’ve caught. Also seen a garter eating a fish both times.

No matter how un-venomous or friendly they may be!

 

[Hem]

I now have a better understanding of some HT members.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

I now have a better understanding of some HT members.

Hunting Herping is Conservation!

 

[Hem]

Hunting Herping is Conservation!

We are all warped in our own way.
My immediate interpretation of herping is a bit different.

 

[CRJR45]

We are all warped in our own way.
My immediate interpretation of herping is a bit different.

Hmmm , is this story HT rated ?

 

[Hem]

Hmmm , is this story HT rated ?

I dont have a story. Clean bill of health since the beginning.
But getting herped WAS a concern back in the day.

 

[Wild Bill]

Seems like I run into a couple snakes a year chasing grouse. Seems like 50/50 bull snakes and prairie rattlers. Talked to a fella at the bar a couple years ago that guided rattler hunts around the area. Typically targeted them on cool sunny fall mornings when they’re sunning themselves in prairie dog towns. He had some interesting pictures and stories. My dog doesn’t seem to give a rip about them, which works for me.

Tiny little guy from a couple years ago. He was as ornery as they come. Tried to strike a handful of times while I prodded at him.

 

[MTTW]

My wife likes to sit on the patio in the evenings and has a small table there to set her drink on. A while back this little guy decided he wanted to hang out in the shade of her table. That didn't go over very well. He had just enough buzzer to make a decent warning.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I love snakes. I found a real beauty this weekend. I'm 6'1" for reference.....View attachment 408107

Is that snake alive?

 

[Walkathon]

We've got bull snakes where I live in central MN. It's really sandy and the place is full of pocket gophers. My old neighbor caught a decent sized bull snake last year, and I had him bring it to my house and I let it loose in the back yard (2.5 acres). Was hoping it would reduce the pocket gopher population. Didn't see the snake again and still have gopher issues. Hope the snakes move in and eat the gophers. Never had an issue with bull snakes and it doesn't bother me at all to have them around. Rattlesnakes scare the heck out of me and I'm always afraid my dogs will get bit by one when I have them out west camping etc..

 

[sclancy27]

Is that snake alive?

Yes, and still is.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Yes, and still is.

@antlerradar, @sclancy27 must have been one of those super smart kids who had no common sense.

 

[sclancy27]

@antlerradar, @sclancy27 must have been one of those super smart kids who had no common sense.

I love snakes.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I love snakes.

I am just the opposite, but I don’t kill them…

 

[D_Walt]

A couple weeks ago my wife and I were filling some wildlife water stations at night, I backed the trailer up to the water tank and my wife hopped out of the truck to spot the water cart back to the water tank, she hopped back in the truck and said “nope, big rattlesnake by the trailer”.

I hopped out of the truck and there was a 5-6 foot rattler behind the water cart, he went up under the trailer. I had my wife pull the truck up and I tried to get the snake to back into the brush. He wouldn’t go and eventually went under the 300 gallon IBC tote that we use for the water station. I could see him coiled up under there and figured if I kept the corner block between him and my foot I could go ahead and fill it with water. Wife shined the flashlight on the snake and kept an eye on it while I put the hose in the tank and turned on the pump. Filled the tank and the snake never moved. We don’t usually kill them unless they’re by the camp or an area where people frequent. They get pretty big down here.

The kids were pretty fascinated with them when they were little.



We have a bunch of blue indigos too, they eat other snakes and are pretty cool, the kids catch them from time to time.

6 or 7 foot indigo eating a 5 foot bull snake last year


My son when he was 9 or 10 with a 6 or 7 foot indigo he caught