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Catch of a lifetime!
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:40 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:40 am
Back in south Florida, but stopped for a bit in north Florida to break up the drive. Hit a spot and while waiting for a friend to show up to meet us, just a few steps out of the parking area I ran into my first ever coral - a very nice sized one!
I’ve always wondered what I would do if I came across one - I mean…how could you NOT pick it up, right?
Just a gorgeous snake! Handling it felt surreal.
Ended up being my best herping day ever. Also got a Dusky pygmy rattler, then drove down south the get a scarlet snake, a Florida cotton, Florida banded water snake, 3 brown water snakes, and a striped crawfish snake (another lifer).
I’ve always wondered what I would do if I came across one - I mean…how could you NOT pick it up, right?
Just a gorgeous snake! Handling it felt surreal.
Ended up being my best herping day ever. Also got a Dusky pygmy rattler, then drove down south the get a scarlet snake, a Florida cotton, Florida banded water snake, 3 brown water snakes, and a striped crawfish snake (another lifer).
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:45 am to TigrrrDad
So is this where we can see the "red and yellow kills a fellow, red and black friendly jack" saying come into play?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:50 am to TigrrrDad
bruh put that thing down you're making me nervous
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:56 am to TigrrrDad
That is a good sized coral. Only one I have seen was the size of a pencil and that was in the Sabine National Forest. Very pretty looking snake and the size of its mouth isn't exactly conducive to a bit on a human. But lord knows I didn't want to tempt it anywhere near what you do.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:00 am to TigrrrDad
Do you get an adrenaline rush from handling these snakes?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:04 am to Large Farva
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Do you get an adrenaline rush from handling these snakes?
He probably gets a hard-on
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 10:07 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:06 am to TigrrrDad
That is awesome. Next on the list is an eastern. 
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:17 am to TigrrrDad
very cool find, very hard find.
how was handling it? was it relatively docile?
how was handling it? was it relatively docile?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:28 am to Large Farva
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Do you get an adrenaline rush from handling these snakes?
For sure.
quote:
He probably gets a hard-on
That’s why I carry those little blue pills on my snake adventures.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 10:29 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:35 am to caro81
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how was handling it? was it relatively docile?
It was flighty at first - when I spotted it at my feet it was already on the go. Was able to hook & tail it to walk it the few steps back to the open parking area, and after it crawled around a bit it settled down some. When I ditched the stick and started handling it, a few times the bitey end came back up in my direction but never in an aggressive manner - more focused on just trying to get away. I think I probably could have straight up free handled it without getting bit…but I damn sure wasn’t going to find out.
I briefly attempted to tail the pygmy, but that lil fricker was having none of it.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:42 am to TigrrrDad
Different strokes for different folks.
Not this ole boy.
Not this ole boy.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:48 am to TigrrrDad
Why are snakes heads still attached in those pics
Posted on 4/16/24 at 10:54 am to TigrrrDad
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Just a gorgeous snake! Handling it felt surreal
When I was in the eighth grade, I found one of these beautiful candy cane specials out in the tree line beyond the football field during P.E. while hiding from the coaches to avoid sweating like a pig. I put it in my underwear so that I could freak out the other kids when we got back into the locker room. Needless to say, it bit me several times.
I never experienced any ill affect at all, but I noticed that the good looking girls started to treat me like a stud from that point on. They always asked to see what I had in my pants.
I've seen those rascals several times while scouting the woods in the early spring. When I see them I bow my head and thank them.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:09 am to TigrrrDad
So now that you have caught one of the deadliest snakes in the world, is there one snake you will not catch?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:11 am to TigrrrDad
Beautiful coral snake. I've been fortunate enough to see a few of them in Central Texas growing up. I was digging for arrowheads at my grandpas ranch and found one, just sat there and watched him for about 30 minutes, he caught a couple crickets in that time. It's the one venomous snake that gets an automatic pass and relocation if found around my house.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:39 am to TigrrrDad
Damn, awesome!
I've been looking for corals and duskys pretty hard but I still have never seen either.
Care to share the general area?
Also, do you just walk around trails/the woods and use your eyes/ears? Or do you flip a bunch of rocks and timber?
I've been looking for corals and duskys pretty hard but I still have never seen either.
Care to share the general area?
Also, do you just walk around trails/the woods and use your eyes/ears? Or do you flip a bunch of rocks and timber?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:01 pm to TigrrrDad
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I mean…how could you NOT pick it up, right?
For a modest fee I will demonstrate my special technique for this.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:17 pm to TigrrrDad
Don’t you know “red and yellow kill a fellow “. Great catch.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:23 pm to TigrrrDad
T-shirt labeling checks out.
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