Post by Ryan on Apr 20, 2006 17:52:57 GMT -5
Ok it's been really nice for the last three days and it's been absolutely killing me that I couldn't go looking for snakes because I was working. Well today I was off early so I stopped at home to pick up the camera and went straight to the dens!!
Total count was 7 Rattlesnakes and 1 Bullsnake ;D And I know I probably walked past many more and didn't see them because of the long grass, man these little suckers blend in well here on the prairies. There was one spot where I thought I could see a hole about 20feet from where I was standing but there was a patch of long grass all around it and I just had a feeling that something was there....man was I right!! I very very carefully took a few steps in and then spotted the first one about 4 ft in front and to the right, as soon as it saw me it started rattling. As soon as it started it made another one start going about 3ft to it's left, and then that one set off a 3rd snake another 3ft to it's left. I hadn't even looked at the hole I thought I had seen yet so I worked around those three and sure enough there was a big bastard right at the hole too!!
Awesome day!! Man I love finding these guys. Anyway here are some pics of todays and this years first finds..........
Here's the lone Bullsnake today, sitting wedged in the middle of a bush.
ENJOY ;D
Total count was 7 Rattlesnakes and 1 Bullsnake ;D And I know I probably walked past many more and didn't see them because of the long grass, man these little suckers blend in well here on the prairies. There was one spot where I thought I could see a hole about 20feet from where I was standing but there was a patch of long grass all around it and I just had a feeling that something was there....man was I right!! I very very carefully took a few steps in and then spotted the first one about 4 ft in front and to the right, as soon as it saw me it started rattling. As soon as it started it made another one start going about 3ft to it's left, and then that one set off a 3rd snake another 3ft to it's left. I hadn't even looked at the hole I thought I had seen yet so I worked around those three and sure enough there was a big bastard right at the hole too!!
Awesome day!! Man I love finding these guys. Anyway here are some pics of todays and this years first finds..........
Here's the lone Bullsnake today, sitting wedged in the middle of a bush.
ENJOY ;D
