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MpSeph
Cow Field Creature



Registered: 06/17/19
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Loc: Gulf Coast USA
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MentalPariah said: Took the kids fishing and found this spiny softshell in the mud!!

I Use To Catch These & All The Other Freshwater Turtles In Streams & Ditches As A Kid, Good Times
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schmutzen
King of the side-pins



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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: MpSeph]
#27337696 - 06/06/21 03:19 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Eastern Spiny Softshell. I have two as pets in a 100 gallon tank, they're very playful and bring me a lot of joy. I don't handle them as someday I'll release them.
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MpSeph
Cow Field Creature



Registered: 06/17/19
Posts: 3,283
Loc: Gulf Coast USA
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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: schmutzen] 1
#27337702 - 06/06/21 03:22 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've Got 2 Box Turtles, One I've Had For 15 Years, The Other For About 6.
They Wouldn't Know What To Do If I Released Them Lol They Are Home Trained
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Shroomhunts
Hunter Gatherer



Registered: 05/07/18
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Soft shells are bad ass, never seen a baby in the wild tho only at the pond store
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RenegadeMycologist
On the case



Registered: 12/05/20
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Loc: Serbia
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Here I am, in my backyard, enjoying nice weather, birds singing, snorting some blow, and suddenly i spot this 2m long fucker overstepping on my property:
Natrix natrix
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schmutzen
King of the side-pins



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He wants a taste of that sweet, sweet booger sugar.
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RenegadeMycologist
On the case



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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: schmutzen]
#27338595 - 06/07/21 08:20 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Anyway guys, is it illegal to kill snakes where you live ? Here where I am it is punishable by law. Allegedly they keep rodent population under control or something... I don't need to kill it, I avoid killing any animal, but I don't really like him this close to my house, so I thought about cuting his head off if he shows up again. He started hising and twisting when I approached him then run away.
Is there some other non violent technique to keep them away ? Someone told me they don't like burnt smell, maybe to put some rag on fire ? Heewwlp
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schmutzen
King of the side-pins



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Sorry I know nothing about snakes.
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seldom seen
April Fool



Registered: 11/03/07
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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: schmutzen]
#27338819 - 06/07/21 12:00 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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It's non-venomous. Let them eat rats?
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April Fool



Registered: 11/03/07
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No recent pics of reptiles but I wanted to throw these in here. I've never seen a green snake in the wild that's my current herping life goal.

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MentalPariah
Pariah of my mind


Registered: 03/18/18
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seldom seen said: No recent pics of reptiles but I wanted to throw these in here. I've never seen a green snake in the wild that's my current herping life goal.


All critters are welcome here!! I love praying mantis, I'm fact, I have one tattooed on my arm! That closeup of that dragonfly is dope as shit aahaha
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April Fool



Registered: 11/03/07
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Thank you, much appreciated!
Fkn love praying mantis and dragonflies...I have a cpl more closeups of the dragonfly I'll post em up today at some point.
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raffib128
Stranger


Registered: 08/05/20
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Loc: Vermont
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Lot of great pics on this thread lately.
Lytta sayi (Say's Blister Beetle):

This butterfly hung out on my finger for a couple of minutes:

I'm fully addicted to nature photography for observations!
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beadle
Registered: 06/06/21
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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: raffib128]
#27341785 - 06/09/21 03:02 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Cool thread
I rescued this six footer from almost getting smashed on the road the other day, biggest I've seen since I was a child too. Of course this was while I was out scouting for new mushroom spots to hunt in.

Edited by beadle (06/09/21 03:03 PM)
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schmutzen
King of the side-pins



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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: beadle]
#27342229 - 06/09/21 09:33 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's a big nope rope.
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beadle
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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: schmutzen]
#27342543 - 06/10/21 06:16 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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He almost bit a major plug out of my @ss too!
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evlyshrooms
willi weilii



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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: beadle]
#27342565 - 06/10/21 06:37 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Do you know what kind of snake?
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beadle
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It's a gray rat snake, very common. I find them all the time, just not so damn large!
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April Fool



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Re: Herping and foraging [Re: beadle]
#27342587 - 06/10/21 07:16 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nice save beadle!
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beadle
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Thanks man!
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