Two very nice posts, Daniel.
I have some land in the Green Swamp, we need to touch base to see if any of your herping areas are near it....
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- January 20th, 2011, 7:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: CENTRAL FLORIDA'S GREEN SWAMP Part 2 Getting Wet
- Replies: 31
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- January 13th, 2011, 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mostly South Florida... Mostly (2 of 3)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6103
Re: Mostly South Florida... Mostly (2 of 3)
Wow, what a nice king!
- January 12th, 2011, 8:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mostly South Florida... Mostly (2 of 3)
- Replies: 15
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Re: Mostly South Florida... Mostly (2 of 3)
Very nice, Trey.
Re: Getting Landowner Permission
I created a waiver form for getting landowner permission for wildlife study on private property. Waiver for Wildlife Study on Private Property http://www.scribd.com/doc/44863031/Waiver-for-Wildlife-Study-on-Private-Property You can download or print the PDF directy from the website. The property ow...
- January 10th, 2011, 7:37 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 5 Years in Florida: A Retrospective (Part 2)
- Replies: 43
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Re: 5 Years in Florida: A Retrospective (Part 2)
Both parts were sweet!!
- January 9th, 2011, 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 5 Years in Florida: A Retrospective
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11320
Re: 5 Years in Florida: A Retrospective
Wow, has it really been 5 years??
Good memories from many of those animals...
LOL, at the Coral pic showing my 40 year old homemade hook!
We need to get out once more for old times sake before you leave. Give me a holler!!
Good memories from many of those animals...
LOL, at the Coral pic showing my 40 year old homemade hook!
We need to get out once more for old times sake before you leave. Give me a holler!!
- January 9th, 2011, 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
- Replies: 64
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Re: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
umop apisdn wrote:So now I guess posting false locations is not against the rules, while posting true locations is.
Only to those without a sense of humor.
- January 9th, 2011, 2:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
- Replies: 64
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Re: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
Otherwise, I rest my case. You don't have a case. Your first post moved the goal posts from the discussion about revealing spots to suggest that people who won't give up Cham spots must support the release of exotics, when there is no correlation between them. I will make it simple for you: The vas...
- January 7th, 2011, 1:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
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- January 7th, 2011, 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
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Re: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
What I am saying, very specifically, although it should have been crystal clear, is that some of the responses in THIS thread, plus a couple hints I saw in other threads, very strongly suggests that some members here are concerned with protecting a spot where illegally introduced animals can be col...
- January 1st, 2011, 8:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: KY Serpents
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18470
Re: KY Serpents
Very nice, Jason, but what is that snake doing in that great photo of a big fly??
- December 28th, 2010, 8:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2010 Kentucky Snake Post.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29981
Re: 2010 Kentucky Snake Post.
New Pine in 2010?
Looks gravid in the pic too!
Looks gravid in the pic too!
- December 27th, 2010, 2:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: L. c. occipitolineata
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1798
Re: L. c. occipitolineata
I need to find another, just to redeem my photography skills.Josh Holbrook wrote:Seriously though, Lloyd has a couple - though certainly not National Geographic shots .
- December 25th, 2010, 7:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild caught albinos???
- Replies: 264
- Views: 115138
Re: Wild caught albinos???
I never name my herps, but I would make an exception and call that one Marty Feldman.Harold of the Rocks wrote:Here is a Pacific Gopher a friend of mine found as a hatchling and later gave to me.
So far there are some poss. hets produced.
Ben
- December 21st, 2010, 7:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End of the Year, Let's Keep it Going... #2 - LAMEST LIFER
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6813
Re: End of the Year, Let's Keep it Going... #2 - LAMEST LIFE
I found a L. splendida in my driveway.
It had escaped from my collection.
It had escaped from my collection.
- December 20th, 2010, 7:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Random day request...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3198
Re: Random day request...
Lindsay wrote:Lloyd -was that a non-canefield king? If so - tell us more (but not too much more).
No, we changed plans midday due to the rain and hit the canefields a bit to try to save the day. It worked.
- December 19th, 2010, 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Random day request...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3198
Re: Random day request...
We got lots of rain too. But managed four snakes. 2 Racers, garter, and Fla king.
- December 17th, 2010, 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I tried today.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4282
Re: I tried today.
Nick, you might want to go East and check out the areas near Deland, or go West and check out the areas just West of Disney.
Interesting stuff in both places.
Interesting stuff in both places.
- December 17th, 2010, 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Random day request...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3198
Re: Random day request...
I'll be hitting Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties, High of 77, with possible rain in the 'eve. Not planning on night activities, but for Tim's sake: Sunrise: 7:01am Sunset: 5:33pm Moonrise: 3:18pm Moonset: 4:23am Day length: 10h 32m, putting the day in an 11-way tie for shortest day of the year. He...
- December 11th, 2010, 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: We Still Need SE Chapter Education Specialist Nominees
- Replies: 7
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- December 6th, 2010, 6:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mostly South Florida... Mostly. (1 of 3)
- Replies: 23
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Re: Mostly South Florida... Mostly. (1 of 3)
Very nice, Trey!
- December 5th, 2010, 7:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
- Replies: 64
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Re: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
Chris Ivins wrote:Kris, No Cham's were hurt in the gunfight.. LMFAO
It's bad enough to bring a knife to a gunfight, but a canepole??
- December 4th, 2010, 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Is Not A Crime
- Replies: 152
- Views: 24001
Re: Herping Is Not A Crime
[quote="Josh Holbrook]
But the popping noises don't and they came from that direction, IMO.
.22's do ricochet alot. . .
But the popping noises don't and they came from that direction, IMO.
- December 4th, 2010, 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Is Not A Crime
- Replies: 152
- Views: 24001
Re: Herping Is Not A Crime
Thanks to Jeb Bush, in the state of Florida we have a law called the castle doctrine. You can lawfully shoot anyone trespassing on your property. Before that you could only shoot in fear of your life, and if you were for example in your car you could shoot if you could not flee. Being a gun toting,...
- December 4th, 2010, 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Is Not A Crime
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- Views: 24001
Re: Herping Is Not A Crime
Well put Mike.
Upon reflection, it really was a unfunny joke to be put in the situation, when doing nothing wrong.
We really need to invite some of the herping LE along next time...
Upon reflection, it really was a unfunny joke to be put in the situation, when doing nothing wrong.
We really need to invite some of the herping LE along next time...
- December 1st, 2010, 9:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Yellow crowned night heron VS pygmy rattlesnake
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Re: Yellow crowned night heron VS pygmy rattlesnake
And very close to that location a few years back.
- December 1st, 2010, 9:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Yellow crowned night heron VS pygmy rattlesnake
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Re: Yellow crowned night heron VS pygmy rattlesnake
Here is my best.
Hm, that's too big. Let me play with it.....
Oh well, best I could do, that's why Chris is THE man.
Hm, that's too big. Let me play with it.....
Oh well, best I could do, that's why Chris is THE man.
- November 27th, 2010, 8:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with Pituophis ID please
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2489
Re: Help with Pituophis ID please
One per person, not counting albinos, plus can't buy or sell.VanAR wrote:In FL you can only possess one southern per household (or something like that). Dunno about other states.Are there laws prohibiting the possession of pine snakes?
- November 27th, 2010, 7:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with Pituophis ID please
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2489
Re: Help with Pituophis ID please
A Southern and a Patternless Pine. My understanding is that most of the patternless Pines are claimed have both Northern and Southern in them. But is is also possible that this is a conceit to get around the Florida Laws on Southern possession....
- November 19th, 2010, 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: In Search of The South Florida Rainbow Snake
- Replies: 35
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Re: In Search of The South Florida Rainbow Snake
So, for those whose scientific training is a bit more recent than mine:
What would be needed to document the current existence of SFRS? Live or Dead Specimen only? Photos? Measurements and scale counts? A shed? Swear on a Bible?
Just so I do it right the next time I see one.
What would be needed to document the current existence of SFRS? Live or Dead Specimen only? Photos? Measurements and scale counts? A shed? Swear on a Bible?
Just so I do it right the next time I see one.
- November 16th, 2010, 11:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
- Replies: 64
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Re: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
Yeah, to me the Glade's is more than the park itself, too. ;) Maybe I'm having a completely dumb moment (it's been a long and busy few months), but the way I'm reading some of the replies is that Florida basically has no collecting laws? If so, this completely contradicts much of what I've read, he...
- November 15th, 2010, 8:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
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Re: Looking for some chameleons in the glades
""I can't think of any collecting laws that would be applicable to chams except tresspassing laws. The few spots I know about have had people shot who were tresspassing to collect." If they're in the Glade's, then they enjoy the same protection as native species. It's not a free for ...
- November 9th, 2010, 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Dealing with annoying results...
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4737
Re: Dealing with annoying results...
Nice pics guys. I am a guy who always carries the camera in the car but rarely uses it. :lol: First, I save it for special finds. Second, I usually don't want to lose prime herping time for photos, although this is mostly a cruising rule and flipping is different. Of course, that means my skills are...
- November 1st, 2010, 8:05 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I CALL RANDOM...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3313
Re: I CALL RANDOM...
Thanks for the report.
What type of Panthers have antlers??
What type of Panthers have antlers??
- October 31st, 2010, 10:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The eggs have started hatching!!
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- Views: 1726
Re: The eggs have started hatching!!
Sweet.
Congrats!
Congrats!
- October 29th, 2010, 10:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First Random Day
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- Views: 2697
Re: First Random Day
I don't know how you can nap on a herping day. I don't care if it started snowing in the middle of the day... If I napped I'd be thinking I'd miss an awesome shot of a snake in snow. ...Just couldn't do it. Cool corn picture! I love that pose. I got up at 6:30 and drove 2 hours before I started. I ...
- October 28th, 2010, 8:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First Random Day
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- Views: 2697
Re: First Random Day
FYI, I don't count DORs. Lloyd, does this mean you saw more snakes than listed? Good account. I like the simple brilliance behind the "nap." I'll try that sometime. :mrgreen: (By the way, your Moonrise was 7:05P and 99% visable.) Thanks for picking a Random. Heck, if you're going and know...
- October 27th, 2010, 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First Random Day
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Re: First Random Day
OK, couple of days late, but here it is: About 4 hours of AM flipping started at 9 and turned up one Ringneck, a Racer on the crawl, and one tired Lloyd. On the road in between spots: one probable Racer, one probable Yellow Rat, and one Garter. Took a mid afternoon heat of the day nap and food break...
- October 27th, 2010, 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some randoms for a slow chapter...
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Re: Some randoms for a slow chapter...
What county for the Indys??
- October 23rd, 2010, 7:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First Random Day
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- Views: 2697
Re: First Random Day
Sorry guys, I need to expand my invite list...
Lousy flipping but decent cruising day, but no special finds.
I'll summarize and post a pic or two tomorrow.
Lousy flipping but decent cruising day, but no special finds.
I'll summarize and post a pic or two tomorrow.
- October 22nd, 2010, 8:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First Random Day
- Replies: 15
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First Random Day
I'm going to use Tim's idea and call a random day tomorrow for Okeechobee county. Flipping in the AM, and if I have any energy left(flipping solo wears me out), cruising in the afternoon and evening.
- October 22nd, 2010, 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: GPS - Custom Maps
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3253
Re: GPS - Custom Maps
Can anyone tell me why I cant get Google Earth to my desktop after I download online? I used to have it but then something happened, my computer hiccuped or something and I havent been able to find it (Earth) after downloading it. Thanks Dave And it was the computer that hiccupped , not me ... so n...
- October 19th, 2010, 8:18 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake track ID please...
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Re: Snake track ID please...
Unicycle.
- October 4th, 2010, 11:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Random night. 9/28/2010
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- Views: 2990
Re: Random night. 9/28/2010
Yeah, and we average one snake per trip. About 30 items to flip.
Not real flipping by non Florida standards.....
Not real flipping by non Florida standards.....
- October 4th, 2010, 8:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Random night. 9/28/2010
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- Views: 2990
Re: Random night. 9/28/2010
South Florida flipping outside the canefields? What's that??
- October 1st, 2010, 9:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: garter bite hurts really bad.
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- Views: 2814
Re: garter bite hurts really bad.
hey, I caught a blue garter today and he/she was big for a garter. and surprisingly(not realy) he bit bit me and musked and crapped all over the place. It was pretty cool because for one I live in seminole county which is on the east side of fl and I didnt know they where blue over here. it was als...
- September 13th, 2010, 8:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Should I infiltrate the ranks?
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- Views: 7405
Re: Should I infiltrate the ranks?
Jason Hull wrote: Keep in mind that these dudes were not breaking the law but instead taking advantage of a state offered program. At some point their continence drove them out of this and they no longer partake.
More proof that some commercial collectors are full of crap??
- September 11th, 2010, 9:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica 2010 (DUW, DOR warning)
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Re: Costa Rica 2010 (DUW, DOR warning)
Brian had never seen a croc before, and we were anxious to get to a popular spot. Unfortunately, I failed to notice the speed limit go from 80kph to 60 kph and got nailed going 85kph. About $550 later we were furiously on our way again. DO NOT SPEED IN COSTA RICA. Seriously?? I got pulled over in C...
- September 5th, 2010, 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: One September night...Corals
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8696
Re: One September night...
Tim, that was amazing...
Any luck today??
Nice meeting you last night, Jake!JakeScott wrote:Very interesting phenomenon. I agree with Bill. All the snake babies are out and about right now. But it is still very unusual to see that many in one area, and at night.
-Jake Scott
Any luck today??
- September 5th, 2010, 9:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gophersnake bluffing ... Why is my wife mad at me?
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- Views: 5666
Re: Gophersnake bluffing ... Why is my wife mad at me?
After a little more practice, I have an 8' Pituophis lineaticollis we can move him up to.