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by chad ks
June 25th, 2023, 9:58 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: January 2023 Herping in the Southeast
Replies: 5
Views: 3764

Re: January 2023 Herping in the Southeast

Great post! Let’s get the forum running again.
by chad ks
January 16th, 2015, 7:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 2014 EOY report...KS, MO, OK, TX...
Replies: 20
Views: 11319

Re: 2014 EOY report...KS, MO, OK, TX...

Good looking year, Chad. I may have to take you up on coming up there at some point. As always, I love the calligaster. Those milks sure are lookers. Great find with the pair copulating, I really like the look on both of them too. I guess those alterna are pretty neat ;) -Kyle Thanks Kyle! Yeah I g...
by chad ks
January 12th, 2015, 1:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 2014 EOY report...KS, MO, OK, TX...
Replies: 20
Views: 11319

2014 EOY report...KS, MO, OK, TX...

Hello Folks. My end of year report doesn't compare to many of the ones folks have been putting up, but I thought I'd share it anyway. After moving back to northeastern Kansas I decided that I would focus my energy and efforts on NW MO. Eastern KS is a wonderful place to herp, as many of you know. Th...
by chad ks
January 7th, 2015, 12:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 2014 Year in Review: IL, KS, MO, OK, TX
Replies: 12
Views: 8002

Re: 2014 Year in Review: IL, KS, MO, OK, TX

Very nice year Chris. I have a feeling that next year you'll get an alterna.
by chad ks
December 27th, 2014, 3:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
Replies: 28
Views: 18466

Re: Hot Stove Herping, 2014

hot dawg that was some prime stovage Mike!
by chad ks
December 18th, 2014, 12:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 2014: Lions & tigers & bears-- oh my! (mostly Peru and S.A.)
Replies: 8
Views: 5333

Re: 2014: Lions, and tiger (sharks), and bears oh my! (+Herp

daaaamn, absolutely stellar post. I love seeing any and all wildlife from Africa. Well did.
by chad ks
December 12th, 2014, 10:44 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My real 2014 year in review...
Replies: 16
Views: 8044

Re: My real 2014 year in review...

If there was still a picture of the week...I would nominate your eastern coachwhip periscope shot in a heart beat. Great series, outstanding photography.
by chad ks
November 17th, 2014, 9:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Looking back at the Midwest
Replies: 7
Views: 5563

Re: Looking back at the Midwest

Hilarious! I can't wait to see you dominate NE now...
by chad ks
January 10th, 2014, 9:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: New Field Project aimed at rediscovering the Golden Toad!
Replies: 29
Views: 8959

Re: New Field Project aimed at rediscovering the Golden Toad

If I had extra money to donate to any charity organization or worthwhile pursuit, I would give it to this project. In fact I might soon enough, and if that time comes I'll be contributing something. If any group of herpers could ever rediscover anything, I think it's this one. I hope you guys raise ...
by chad ks
December 18th, 2013, 11:34 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Milksnake changes published
Replies: 62
Views: 51149

Re: Milksnake changes published

Evolutionary Psychology is a legitimate science, but it's young and in an underdeveloped stage of progress. It isn't reducible to just a buncha thought experiments in the minds of academics. Neuroscience and psychiatric methods can test the hypotheses of evolutionary psychology.
by chad ks
November 3rd, 2013, 1:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Topic: herpers herping.
Replies: 135
Views: 48533

Re: Topic: herpers herping.

This thread is awesome.
by chad ks
July 16th, 2013, 1:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Turtles or birds?
Replies: 64
Views: 40534

Re: Turtles or birds?

Saying that a sound is only a pressure wave until it is perceived by a human (or other organsim capable of perceiving that pressure wave) isn't quantum mechanics, nor is it philosophy. It is semantics. And philosophy and quantum mechanics are different fields. Yes, they may have some common origins...
by chad ks
July 13th, 2013, 11:59 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Turtles or birds?
Replies: 64
Views: 40534

Re: Turtles or birds?

A 'sound' is recognition of received and processed sound waves... without the receiving apparatus and sufficient cognition to process sound waves... there are only sound waves, bouncing off stuff. Then why are those called "sound" waves? Sound exists in the absence of perception. If a tre...
by chad ks
July 3rd, 2013, 2:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tanning Roadkill Skins
Replies: 26
Views: 10262

Re: Tanning Roadkill Skins

Step one: go roadcruising.

…but you don't do that, right Justin?! ;D :beer:
by chad ks
July 2nd, 2013, 12:00 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: UT, W TX, NM
Replies: 13
Views: 7877

Re: UT, W TX, NM

You might indeed, Matt. :thumb:

Chris- no Sistrurus in this post unless I overlooked one.
by chad ks
May 3rd, 2013, 10:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Full Moon Cruising Along the Rio Grande
Replies: 6
Views: 2931

Re: Full Moon Cruising Along the Rio Grande

That's awesome! Those trimorphs are not easy to find...
by chad ks
April 15th, 2013, 8:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: ... panhandling pituophids ...
Replies: 11
Views: 4382

Re: ... panhandling pituophids ...

Excellent post, John. And that's quite a purdy desert pine you found.
by chad ks
March 17th, 2013, 3:56 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question about herping Big Bend NP
Replies: 8
Views: 3891

Re: Question about herping Big Bend NP

I would listen to Tanks, and Chris' advice is stellar if you want to avoid being confronted by the park police. However, my experience is that you're more likely to be harassed outside of the park than inside…and if you aren't collecting, then it makes no difference. The only thing I'd do differentl...
by chad ks
January 27th, 2013, 10:56 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: It’s About Time I Introduced This Guy
Replies: 22
Views: 7559

Re: It’s About Time I Introduced This Guy

...so many congratulations to you Mike, and to Mary. She's beautiful, and Fielding is a treasure. He's gonna lead one helluva good life. Best,

Chad
by chad ks
December 29th, 2012, 12:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: the gadsden flag
Replies: 23
Views: 4581

Re: the gadsden flag

did not know that. thanks. i wouldn't fly it outside. unless things got really bad, then i'd fly an inverted us flag with this one underneath. -ben If you really feel like letting it fly if the government doesn't grow the hell up, then you could easily be a tea party member yourself. It isn't a bad...
by chad ks
December 21st, 2012, 9:29 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Best place to live for herping and every day life
Replies: 114
Views: 50007

Re: Best place to live for herping and every day life

I know this is slightly off topic but I'd like to present a somewhat hypothetical question. If you could start fresh in life, no job, no family, and finances and credit in order, where would you live? Things to make mention of your reason would be proximity to civilization (jobs, sustenance, findin...
by chad ks
December 15th, 2012, 8:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: End of Season Report...
Replies: 23
Views: 7118

Re: End of Season Report...

Thanks for the responses everyone!
by chad ks
December 10th, 2012, 11:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herpin' Hounds...
Replies: 27
Views: 9185

Re: Herpin' Hounds...

If this is a post intended for all of us to share our herping hounds, then cheers to a great novel idea for a thread, or at least an idea I've yet to see on this forum. I'm happy to oblige! This is Somalia, or Molly for short. She's a purebred American Bull dog Scott type x Johnson type, and I can't...
by chad ks
November 30th, 2012, 10:50 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Senticolis, a year in review
Replies: 18
Views: 4625

Re: Senticolis, a year in review

I really like posts like this which focus on a specific species. So you use an ATV to find Senticolis? That is really cool.
by chad ks
November 30th, 2012, 9:16 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The Ankle Biters Present: A Weekend Trip to Mexico (DUW)
Replies: 42
Views: 18950

Re: The Ankle Biters Present: A Weekend Trip to Mexico (DUW)

Great post Dell.

I nominated the very last pic, by Kris Hass, for POTW (in spite of the obnoxious water mark), because THAT'S what herping with friends is all about.
by chad ks
November 14th, 2012, 9:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Chiang Mai City Herping
Replies: 12
Views: 8891

Re: Chiang Mai City Herping

Great post, but the Caecilians were a show stopper for me. Wow.
by chad ks
November 14th, 2012, 2:47 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The End of AZ Chapter Forum!!
Replies: 29
Views: 8263

Re: The End of AZ Chapter Forum!!

After that much effort can they have a little post vent on?? Of course they can, Brian. I never said otherwise, nor criticized them for doing so. (My comment about not caring about folks' dismay over a clique dissolving was in response to your sarcastic post aimed my way, not to what Dave and TC po...
by chad ks
November 14th, 2012, 2:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Yay: I rediscovered a snake thought lost for over a century
Replies: 32
Views: 8526

Re: Yay: I rediscovered a snake thought lost for over a cent

Epic! Congrats man, that's a once in a lifetime achievement, though hopefully not for you!
by chad ks
November 5th, 2012, 10:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: End of Season Report...
Replies: 23
Views: 7118

Re: End of Season Report...

Thanks everyone! Cheers.
by chad ks
November 4th, 2012, 3:28 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: new timber topic....UH-OH!!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 3308

Re: new timber topic....UH-OH!!!!

deja vu x 3 :thumb:
by chad ks
November 4th, 2012, 10:29 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question: How Has Sandy Effected You?
Replies: 5
Views: 1293

Re: Question: How Has Sandy Effected You?

It hasn't affected me at all, other than my thoughts for the folks who it has affected. ;)
by chad ks
October 28th, 2012, 2:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: End of Season Report...
Replies: 23
Views: 7118

End of Season Report...

Hello folks. I typically wait until the winter months to write up a report to share, but this year I'm sharing early. I'll leave the the coldest months to posts of higher quality, when we all need that therapy (at least those of us locked into winter mundanity). I did quite a bit of traveling last s...
by chad ks
October 9th, 2012, 1:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: NAFHA 2013?
Replies: 38
Views: 7208

Re: NAFHA 2013?

Oklahoma is in SERIOUS need of herping talent to spread out and fill in gaps. Like for Green Toads.
by chad ks
October 9th, 2012, 1:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Snake Road N.A.F.H.A. Report
Replies: 71
Views: 20767

Re: Snake Road N.A.F.H.A. Report

I think with that much herping talent there couldn't have been bad enough conditions to prevent animals from being seen. Looks like a blast!
by chad ks
October 9th, 2012, 10:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Someone is old!
Replies: 9
Views: 3136

Re: Someone is old!

Happy Birthday ya wise ole owl of the herping community. May your day be full of home made ear-lickin shit-kickin moonshine and hillside banjos with a side of Hyla trill. :beer:
by chad ks
October 7th, 2012, 3:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question about the Mojave rattlesnake and W. Diamondback
Replies: 17
Views: 7790

Re: Question about the Mojave rattlesnake and W. Diamondback

After you've found a bunch of them in places where they do not overlap and where there's no question of the identity, you'll be much better skilled at identifying them when they are found in overlap zones and even between hybrids between them and other Crotes such as viridis.
by chad ks
October 1st, 2012, 10:56 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Snake Road...
Replies: 26
Views: 7845

Re: Snake Road...

Wow, that baby Farancia is such a cool find. Awesome.
by chad ks
August 31st, 2012, 8:59 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Accidental DORs
Replies: 25
Views: 8207

Re: Accidental DORs

Weirdest thing I have hit was a bat. Flew right into my wheel well. Lots of birds (including a turkey and a common nighthawk), those unavoidable frogs and toads, ground squirrels, kangaroo rats, mice, and a skunk. Only 3 snakes that I know of; a great basin gopher, a garter, and a brown snake. One ...
by chad ks
August 29th, 2012, 10:21 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: June and July- White Sands, West Texas, Arizona.
Replies: 42
Views: 16738

Re: June and July- White Sands, West Texas, Arizona.

Image

"Nominate for Picture of the Week" <click

(wow, how'd you get this shot without terrifying the Anurans pictured?!)
by chad ks
August 18th, 2012, 10:53 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: conservation minded roundup and some positive press
Replies: 17
Views: 2964

Re: conservation minded roundup and some positive press

I understand how you feel, Justin, but I think the only way to control (and thereby hopefully improve) an oil giant's behavior is through tighter regulation, not by boycotting them and certainly not by ignoring whatever environmental initiatives they've sponsored in an effort to launder their reput...
by chad ks
August 16th, 2012, 4:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Roll call for NAFHA Snake Rd.
Replies: 88
Views: 24833

Re: Roll call for NAFHA Snake Rd.

fence sitting
by chad ks
August 3rd, 2012, 10:39 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sorry! A TX herp law question
Replies: 22
Views: 8155

Re: Sorry! A TX herp law question

Putting in my payment info for the license as we speak, happy? Money is tighter than ever, so I only wanted to clarify what my money is doing. I figure with the hot and dry conditions lately, I may be forced by lack of success to take to the roads anyway. I've just never needed a permit of any kind...
by chad ks
July 31st, 2012, 4:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: June and July- White Sands, West Texas, Arizona.
Replies: 42
Views: 16738

Re: June and July- White Sands, West Texas, Arizona.

Now that's a post. Almost speechless. :thumb:
by chad ks
May 31st, 2012, 5:06 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Wildcaught Hypomelanistic Eastern Milk
Replies: 7
Views: 1768

Re: Wildcaught Hypomelanistic Eastern Milk

Looks T+ to me...
by chad ks
May 30th, 2012, 10:18 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: R.I.P. Young Cage
Replies: 41
Views: 10018

Re: R.I.P. Young Cage

I had the pleasure to herp with Young a few times, and speak with him over the years about herping. As a herper he was nothing but an accumulation of wisdom and experience. Not unlike you Mr. Merker. Anyway, we seriously lost a great man. So sorry to Matt. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphoto...
by chad ks
May 29th, 2012, 8:30 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bullsnake photographed in Connecticut
Replies: 14
Views: 2674

Re: Bullsnake photographed in Connecticut

That'd be a gopher snake.
by chad ks
May 18th, 2012, 8:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Possible county record?
Replies: 13
Views: 1973

Re: Possible county record?

Still a cool find Paul.