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Ernie Caldwell Diaries.....

Last two.....

saved the best two for last......
 

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Warnrnig.....

**WARNING**

The next post will be graphic. The one that broke my heart. A truck was about 200yds in front of me and he hit this gem. WHen I got there he was still moving and I got out my hammer to smash his head. He stopped moving however and snapped a few shots. Only because he was a beautiful snake and a large one.

Again, WARNING, very graphic. Don't look or scroll fast if you don't want to see a DOR.
 
Really hurt....

The third Coachwhip I've seen and the largest.....
 

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You can see.....

the tape measure in one of the pics. This guy was 76 inches.
 

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Awwwwwww... Love the hoggie... I don't know if I could have let that one loose!!!

And so sad about the coachwhip. I haven't caught one that big yet, but I still hope to. Too bad about him getting run over... what a beauty he must've been...
 
Do people not even try to avoid running over snakes? Seems a big guy like that would show up on the road. Poor guy--he was a beauty!

As for the little hognose--how DO those little guys get so cute?
 
That hoggie is HOOJE! And the other pictures are gruesome, but at least you came along right away so the snake didn't suffer.
 
Thanks for the responses....

Awwwwwww... Love the hoggie... I don't know if I could have let that one loose!!!

And so sad about the coachwhip. I haven't caught one that big yet, but I still hope to. Too bad about him getting run over... what a beauty he must've been...

It was agonizing to turn him lose Fred.
Do people not even try to avoid running over snakes? Seems a big guy like that would show up on the road. Poor guy--he was a beauty!

As for the little hognose--how DO those little guys get so cute?

That Hoggie is far from little.

That hoggie is HOOJE! And the other pictures are gruesome, but at least you came along right away so the snake didn't suffer.

He was HOOJE. Love the spelling. LOL
 
To hot for herps.....

on a regular basis these days. I only have a few more weeks at EC. But I do have some stuff ya might find interesting......
Just like these clouds.....
 

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Your stimulus dough at work.....

Here is your contribution to Polk County. A few trash cans for the community.....
 

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Concrete every day.....

First real bridge I've done. You them pouring a traffic seperator, then a gravity wall......
 

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Finally.....

I may have seen three Corals in the last 20 years. This is the third Coral I've caught at this site.....about 20 inches.....
 

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Nice looking coral, Craig! Wow, where is all the garbage that fills up all those bins going to go...
 
About three years ago.....

Nice looking coral, Craig! Wow, where is all the garbage that fills up all those bins going to go...

I did work a brand new garbage dump South of Winter Haven. I found a DOR Coachwhip on that job.
 
Nearing the end....

of my stay at EC. Next week will be the end. On the plus, I'm heading to South Florida and Burmese Python land.

Cooling off a bit lately. Seventies in the morning, high eighties in the afternoon. Herps coming out again. A few DOR racers this week and a ribbon. A heartbreaker in a beautiful Rough Green I'l have pics of later. And a nice Glass Lizard as well.

To start, three garters in three days. A juvie racer and a special surprise....

I caught the garter, kept him ofr a day and then turned him lose....
Juvie racer on the same day....
 

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Second Garter.....

in as many days. Good lookin specimen.....
 

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Third in as many days....

Tiny guy here, full of tude. Took a few and turned him lose....
 

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