MRC
04-10-2004, 07:40 PM
My wife and I went looking for Geckos last night on the road, i found one jumped out to grab it, only with a Sidewinder in pursuit of it also. not 5 minutes later further down the road, another Sidewinder in the road, i used my mini hook to move it off the road, i thought she was dead, it didnt even move until i set it down. Road temp was about 78 degrees at 855pm. I also found some Coral food a couple Night Snakes, as i called it a night, i went down a little dirt road, just to see where it led to, and came to a abandoned building, and we got out to poke around. More Sidewinders!!!! 3 of them all within 5 feet, 2 males and a female in front. Needless to say we weren't to anxious to poke around to much with one dim flashlight. Well i came home with a couple feeders for my Coral, a few geckos for my baby Coachwhip, and some Krats for a picky eater.
This morning we decided to go out early and do some flipping for lizards. Headed out on the same road at about 825am, and 2 more Sidewinders in the same general area stretched out on the road. I moved one off the road, no problem. The second one whoooo, had a wild hair, he was a real fire cracker! He was striking so eratically he was flipping upside down, he was striking at my hook, striking at the air, i couldnt even hook him. It was great. I couldn't even pin him without him rolling his body. He would have been a fun snake to keep, but im only looking for 3 snakes. So im not looking to collect. The meanest Sidewinder ive ever ran across. Only other snakes ive seen out there is a Coral, 1 healthy Atrox, Longnose, and a pack of Javelina that darted out in front of me, and i was unfortunate enough to lodge one under neath my truck. and i had to hit bumps, and jumps to get it out!! I wasn't reaching under there!
This morning we decided to go out early and do some flipping for lizards. Headed out on the same road at about 825am, and 2 more Sidewinders in the same general area stretched out on the road. I moved one off the road, no problem. The second one whoooo, had a wild hair, he was a real fire cracker! He was striking so eratically he was flipping upside down, he was striking at my hook, striking at the air, i couldnt even hook him. It was great. I couldn't even pin him without him rolling his body. He would have been a fun snake to keep, but im only looking for 3 snakes. So im not looking to collect. The meanest Sidewinder ive ever ran across. Only other snakes ive seen out there is a Coral, 1 healthy Atrox, Longnose, and a pack of Javelina that darted out in front of me, and i was unfortunate enough to lodge one under neath my truck. and i had to hit bumps, and jumps to get it out!! I wasn't reaching under there!