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by venom on April 25, 2003
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would have to be the trip I took to Arizona last year. Had 2 snakes in mind to find, a Mojave from the southernmost "A" venom population and an Az coral. Went in the worst time of year, early june - 106 degrees during the day and wildfires everywhere yet managed to get both snakes.
The coral was prolly the most exciting. Glimpsed a pencil size flash of color just coming onto the edge of the road while jamming a long at about 70 in the rental truck on the way to where we were going roadcruising. Spun the truck in the road and made it back in time to yank the little bugger off the road before the next semi vaporized him.
Got the mojave the next night about 3 miles from Mexico.
That's my most exciting find so far - that is until I make it to Aus.........
-V
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by cottonmouth on April 25, 2003
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The 6ft + EDB that I found south of Savanna Ga, would have to be the most exciting for me. Found her in broad daylight under a piece of steet sign that blew over.
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Anonymous post on April 26, 2003
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Too many to mention .... but some of the most memorable ;
- my first Costal Plains Milksnake in the Pine Barrens at a spot that is now a Sunoco Station
- finding seven Timbers basking in one spot in the Pine Barrens
- Four Eastern Diamondbacks at one gigantic windfall on Okeetee
- the Baird's ratsnake in the path in the Chicos Mts
- The gravid scarlet snake that fell out of a log in the Pine barrens
- the gorgeous Canebrake found hunting Red Pigmy Rattlesnakes in Mattamuskeet.
- the one and only HUGE Indigo on the other side of a canal that was impossible to cross ... Damn ! But after a few minutes watching it on the embankment the snake actually entered the canal, swam across right to me for pics of my buddy holding him !
- the Baja Ratsnake on the road ; my FIRST snake in Baja and the one I wanted to see most !! Talk about having the 'Carl Kauffeld Snake Gods' looking over me :>)
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by BGF on April 26, 2003
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Hmmm... It would have to be the Stoke's sea snake (Astrotia stokesii) that I caught on camera during the filming of my episode of Snake Wranglers. Took six years and about 500,000 of documentary money! It was the strangest feeling to accomplish a goal such as that. It had been there for so long that there was a sense of loss not to have that challenge. Ironically, we went back to the same place a month ago, were there one night and caught a newborn Stoke's!!
Cheers
BGF
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by MattHarris on May 1, 2003
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Last Friday night, I caught a 6-6 1/2' female terciopelo that had scent trailed a rat it killed, right underneatht the Sirena ranger station in Corcovado National Park. I tried hooking it several times with this tool, that I can only describe as a modified hoe with a 6' handle...... After annoying the snake enough to get her to come out from underneath the bunkhouse, I bagged her with a butterfly net given to me by Charlie(the tapir researcher). The head ranger then escorted us the next morning while we took her about 1.5 km up the beach past the Rio Sirena and released her.
Man she was just awesome!!! Until I find my first black-headed bushmaster....this one is my favorite.
Matt
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