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Texas Rat Snake

sfaoldguy

sfaoldguy

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On the way back from town, I decided to take the long way which is a little back road I commonly travel at dusk for snakes and other herps. This is the only guy we found that night. He was really gentle but did the musked (is that a word lol) all over my hands. Anyone know any tips to get that smell off. That is some industrial strength stink. :puke01:

Texas Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri)
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Hope you enjoyed them.
John
 
that is cool...........what part of texas are you in? i don't know the real answer to get the smell off or your hands and i have never been musked, but if it is like fish which stay on for a while then i would try either lemon juice or vinegar and water. also, we caught a checkered garter snake the other day and after about 10-15 minutes it was just chillin like a corn snake.
 
gwb8568 said:
that is cool...........what part of texas are you in? i don't know the real answer to get the smell off or your hands and i have never been musked, but if it is like fish which stay on for a while then i would try either lemon juice or vinegar and water. also, we caught a checkered garter snake the other day and after about 10-15 minutes it was just chillin like a corn snake.
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I live in Woden (a little town outside of Nacogdoches, TX in East Texas). Found him about 6 miles from my house.

Thanks for the tips, I will try that. :cheers:
 
sfaoldguy said:
I live in Woden (a little town outside of Nacogdoches, TX in East Texas).
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:-offtopic i have lived in hallsville (longview) and palestine within the last 10 years.
 
gwb8568 said:
:-offtopic i have lived in hallsville (longview) and palestine within the last 10 years.
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I grew up in Hawkins, about 20 miles down hwy 80 from longview. My mother just retired from being a probation officer in Longview. I hope you didn't know her cause that would mean you were probably a bad dude lol. :cheers:
 
sfaoldguy said:
My mother just retired from being a probation officer in Longview. I hope you didn't know her cause that would mean you were probably a bad dude lol. :cheers:
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as long as her name is not kem kibbe then we are good.............because that was my p.o at one time. :cool:
 
gwb8568 said:
as long as her name is not kem kibbe then we are good.............because that was my p.o at one time. :cool:
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LOL nope. Her name is Guinda Cox. I take it you probably were not convicted of a drug or alcohol related charge because that was her main case load being that she had her own substance abuse counceling practice for years before she went to probation.
 
nice looking find. I have a few that I caught on my father in laws land about a year ago. I am in Cibolo, about 30 miles north of San Antonio.

As for the smell, Lemon juice works, and so does rubbing alcohol. Hope you got hte smell off.
 
Musk removal = wash hands with beer, half a can, drink the other half so if it doesn't work you will care less,
 
jjspirko said:
Musk removal = wash hands with beer, half a can, drink the other half so if it doesn't work you will care less,
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LOL, I can do that. Woohoo! Bring on the musk!

Actually I don't drink, but your suggestion made me laugh so I like it.

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John
 
No Prob John,

Just use what ya need and pass the bottle to me, I like Mic. Ultra (low carb you know).

Hey I noticed that in your sig you have a Diamond Back Watersnake. How is his temperment, how does he handle captivity and did you just get him from the wild?

We have tons of em around where I fish, thought about grabbing one but most seem pretty damn mean and are pretty hard to catch too.
 
jjspirko said:
No Prob John,

Just use what ya need and pass the bottle to me, I like Mic. Ultra (low carb you know).

Hey I noticed that in your sig you have a Diamond Back Watersnake. How is his temperment, how does he handle captivity and did you just get him from the wild?

We have tons of em around where I fish, thought about grabbing one but most seem pretty damn mean and are pretty hard to catch too.
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He is a wild caught and yes he is very aggressive. He bites at me every time I reach in his viv, but once I am holding him, he calms down. They are very easy to take care of except the fact that he won't eat anything but fish and frogs. Gave him a pinky but he never touched it. He likes live minnows, but will take f/t minnows with no problems.
 
My thoughts on catching them would be like using one of the old turtle traps. You get a box with a net around it and rig it with weights so the box stays under water. Then you make it so it will float the top of the box right at the surface if all that makes sense???

You then run a plank across the center of it. Snakes or trutles crawl on the plank to sun and when they dive in they sometimes end up in the box vs. the open water.

The one creek off a lake I fish you seen several dozen anytime from when it gets warm in the spring till cold in the fall. All over but getting close enough to catch one is damn hard. The place gets fished heavy so they know to run from boats.

If I ever drag my but back to the brazos they are easier to catch there, had one drop into my Jonboat once but my buddy bailed out, LOL swore it was a cottonmouth.

In Mineral Wells? Not to many of em that far west! Well you know some folks heavy body in water must be a cotton mouth.

Check this out, - http://www.10dollarwine.com/snakes/watersnakes.htm I put that together to quell some ignorance on a fishing forum,

Jack
 
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