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by Time on January 20, 2011
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We were living in Fox River Grove, Illinois when I started catching Wood Frogs, Spotted Salamanders, and American Toads. I was Seven years old then. We moved to Barrington Hills, ILL on my 10th Birthday and by then I was catching Dekay's Snakes, E. Milks, Fox, and more.
I went through phases. First was amphibians. Second was Turtles. Third was lizards. Fourth was snakes.
Venomous snakes became my passion before I was even out of High school. Fortunately I had a mentor.
I moved to Texas in 1985 for the warmer weather and the SNAKES!
That being said...it's still hard to beat a walk down "Snake Road" with my fellow herpers!
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by AquaHerp on January 20, 2011
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eh.... that's okay Rob. Because now Ray is here in New Mexico :).
The herps may indeed come back and I think they will for Brookfield. But, it may take a change in the guard first.
DH
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by varivenom on January 20, 2011
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Catching my first horny toad in the field behind my grandfathers house. It was a blurry spiral from then on of any and every reptile I could catch, trade, or buy. Not to mention books and videos galore. Caught my first hots at about 6, but never started keeping them til I was 12 or 13. All local stuff to start, but that was short lived. By 16 I occupied two rooms of my mothers house one for chameleons, gecko, torts, lizards, and tarantulas. The other for hots and nons/constrictors.
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by Rob_Carmichael on January 20, 2011
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Doug, I'm looking forward to visiting Ray; he sends me pics of his property and all I can ask myself is "why in the hell do I live in Chicago?!" Buy hey, we've got the Bears!!
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by snakeguy101 on January 21, 2011
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Let's get some more responses here and get the trolls in the past. This is an interesting topic.
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by agkistrodude on January 23, 2011
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I'd have to say the reptile house at Brookfield Zoo is what got me started. I spent a lot of time there when my parents would take me in the '60s, and more time when I could get there on my own. As a kid, I saved up my allowance and paper route money and bought a juvi Eastern Indigo snake that I kept until it died of old age. (they were still legal when I bought it)Living in suburbia Chicago, (Villa Park) there weren't many places to find cool herps close to home. A couple of creeks that we'd catch crawdads, an occasional turtle or frog was about it. Once I could venture further, either by bicycle, or when I started driving, I started finding all kinds of neat critters, until in '81 I ventured further, to Georgia, and forgot my way back! Take care, Marty
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by Time on January 23, 2011
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Wow! Small world. I lived in Villa Park for a year prior to moving to Fox River Grove.
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by agkistrodude on January 24, 2011
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Cool. I lived in VP from 1961 - 1981. Class of '77. Still have a bunch of family and friends up that way.
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by pdk9Roper on January 26, 2011
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I got my start way back in the third grade, while living in Southeast Alabama, I found a rough green snake in some vines on a fence and watched it for along time and was so intrigued by the way it looked and, so graceful and beautiful, after I caught it, took it home and made an enclosure and kept that first snake for several years. That started it for me, every since that first snake, I have read, observed and studied snakes and continue to this day. There is always things to learn, no matter how long one has been involved with these magnificent creatures.
I have enjoyed reading the other stories of getting started, good thread.
Keith
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