Lance Benedict wrote:This is not misinformation
From your environmental science son's flicker site, gravid female found under rock in August 2010 in a NATIONAL PARK:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfki ... hotostream
Your son tubing the above snake, again, in a NATIONAL PARK
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfki ... hotostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfki ... hotostream
There are two messages here: 1) That's clearly illegal activity and 2) It's really bad herping etiquette. Surely you can appreciate that since you go to great lengths to stress your adherence to hunting rules and its standards of etiquette. Surely a 28-year-old with a degree should know better.
I don't condone the "ugh approach," but I can understand his concern given your sons' track record and the continuous stream of BS they put out in this thread. Their statements here haven't done anything to convince me that they have adopted more responsible herping methods.
I too am just visiting, to dispel the misinformation I became aware of that had been posted about the harassment of me personally on the day in question. I can not address past events, as I was not present. All I can do is address the events that occurred on the day in question, when I was present with camera rolling, and let the chips from that incident fall where they may.
I do like that photo of Matt. Good composition and lighting, excellent resolution. Anyways, I would like to add that I do appreciate the folks here and their dissuasion of my sons from handling rattlers. I tried to do this as well, not that I really care about the snake so much, but because I don’t see any point in putting ones safety and health at risk like that, especially when it’s one of my sons.
Even though I’ve been a critter hunter since before many of you were born, and love to find reptiles and amphibians probably as much as you “herpers” I’ve got lots to do with the whitetail deer archery season approaching. Scouting setups, prep, filming into for videos and the like.
But again I find myself having to dispel untruth. I can assure you that the photos in question were not taken in a “National Park”. I’m going to ask you nicely, once, to refrain from posting inaccurate information .
Then we can all get back to sharing the woodlands all us uncouth rednecks are funding for everyone else to enjoy. And we’ll all get along fine, just as long as no one gets in my face again and tells me what I can and can’t do on my own time while I’m on public land.