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OnlyForNow
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In reply to Fishing Fools • 8:25p, 9/12/16
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Where was this? Beautiful timber.
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8:39p, 9/12/16
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That's a fat canebrake.
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8:41p, 9/12/16
South of Wellborn! Fun watching it flatten out!
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9:14p, 9/12/16
Grass snake pic....zoom in and look lower right. Looks like a head. Turtle, maybe snake. Then go up at about 11 o'clock and there appears to be a reptilian color pattern in the grass. Might have been more there than you thought.
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9:42p, 9/12/16
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12fmane,

You hear of timbers all the way down around Hallettsville? Guy was showing me pictures of one today and I thought that was pretty far south and west for their range. I have no reason to doubt him I was just curious.
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9:51p, 9/12/16
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12f, same question about timbers. We have a place in dime box and have friends in Caldwell that see them every now and then but we have never seen one. Just curious.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 9:56p, 9/12/16
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We've seen a few this year near Sheridan on a job site.
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10:05p, 9/12/16
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One of my friend's killed this poor snake this evening.

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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 10:23p, 9/12/16
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The old timers around our place just north of Victoria say there are Timber Rattlers in small numbers out in that area. Dewitt County. I trust them.

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12fmane,

You hear of timbers all the way down around Hallettsville? Guy was showing me pictures of one today and I thought that was pretty far south and west for their range. I have no reason to doubt him I was just curious.
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 10:39p, 9/12/16
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That's nearly where it was. Just south of Sheridan on a gas processing facility.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 6:19a, 9/13/16
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We might know some of the same folks.
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5:03p, 9/13/16
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All of the live oak/post oak dominated areas will have them (Dime Box, Hallettsville, Edna, Victoria. They aren't particularly common in any of those place but are present, especially around water. I've seen a few from those areas including two on Coleto Creek in Victoria. I think the San Antonio River is as far SW as they go and Ottine/Lost Pines is getting to the edge of their western range that far north.
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9:24p, 9/13/16
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I'll play. Took this picture on Fayette County Lake back in the spring of 2014.
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In reply to RO519 • 9:26p, 9/13/16
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Pic not coming through, but I want to see it. Our place is on Lake Fayette
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7:50a, 9/14/16
AG


Attempt number 2.
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12f Mane
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7:51a, 9/14/16
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Cool shot! Looks like all diamondback watersnakes.
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7:51a, 9/14/16
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I'd torch that brush
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8:00a, 9/14/16
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They were all up in the tree hanging out above the water as well. I flipped around the bush a few times then got out of there. The whole bush gave me the hee-bee-jee-bees.
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9:08a, 9/14/16
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What kind of snake is this? Thinking chicken snake but not 100% sure. Caught in my parents house.


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In reply to BB675 • 9:10a, 9/14/16
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Corn snake
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9:22a, 9/14/16
AG
Looks like a (very) juvenile rat snake.

And this is now a Sunchaser "How Many" thread, thanks to RO519.
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In reply to Daddy-O5 • 9:22a, 9/14/16
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Corn snake
No, rat snake!
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In reply to RO519 • 10:32a, 9/14/16
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whatever they are, I've been teaching the kiddos how to shoot all year picking these little guys off with the .22
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12:13p, 9/14/16
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My coworker found this snake under his dishwasher this morning. He had to capture it and take it outside, where it met its untimely demise. I can't see the head but I'm guessing a hognose. Thoughts?

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In reply to TxLawDawg • 12:15p, 9/14/16
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Yep. Sure looks like hognose.

Why capture and then take it outside to kill it? If he had the composure to capture it, why not just let it go?

Just curious.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 1:40p, 9/14/16
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I'm not sure. Probably a combination of (1) a terrified wife because it had gotten in the house, and (2) a general lack of knowledge of types of snakes. A lot of people don't know how to tell whether a snake is venomous and are unaware of the potential benefits of having certain snakes around.
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In reply to TxLawDawg • 1:45p, 9/14/16
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Completely understand and not trying to attack you're friend. I'm just a little surprised the snake made it out of the house alive and the kitchen wasn't burned down. Most people can't make it that far.
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6:56p, 9/14/16
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rat snake???

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In reply to shano0603 • 7:09p, 9/14/16
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rat snake???


Yes
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In reply to FrioAg 00 • 8:45p, 9/14/16
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whatever they are, I've been teaching the kiddos how to shoot all year picking these little guys off with the .22

In my opinion this isn't a great thing to pass on to the next generation. Doesn't really instill any respect for wildlife and serves no management purpose.
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In reply to 12f Mane • 8:51p, 9/14/16
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I respect that, i just don't share it.
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8:53p, 9/14/16
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In reply to 12f Mane • 8:56p, 9/14/16
AG
I would almost always agree with this statement. But it's like killing roaches, mice, and rats - These broad-banded water snakes are just that, along with yellow bellies they don't really occupy unique niches and they typically have a crap attitude.

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In reply to OnlyForNow • 8:58p, 9/14/16
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quote:
I would almost always agree with this statement. But it's like killing roaches, mice, and rats - These broad-banded water snakes are just that, along with yellow bellies they don't really occupy unique niches and they typically have a crap attitude.

But they aren't household pests or nuisance animals. There is no arguable reason to kill them for target practice.
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In reply to 12f Mane • 9:01p, 9/14/16
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Very arguable that they are a nuisance, as most things are.

Definitely not a pest though.
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