ehg Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Seeing that most fishing is limited until end of the month, went out looking for snakes and enjoying the outdoors anyways. My 6 yr. old daughter loves this and is great at finding them. Couldn't believe how many she spotted. Nice way to start the Easter weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Cool, I think snakes are neat. They eat rodents too, even better Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Cool! We find them in our yard all the time. Garter, ribbon and dekay`s snakes, still waiting to find something different. I put them in our field out of the way of the lawn mower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 She must be really proud of being able to spot them and catch them.... good on her Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Garter, ribbon and dekay`s snakes, still waiting to find something different. We actually found a Dekay's snake today and was surprised at how puny it was. My daughter loves this outdoor stuff and being able to share her joy with this is the best. Can't wait for her to cast a spinning reel she is still at the Barbie rod/reel for panfish stage, but i love that too. cheers, ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Ya Dekay`s are just little guys, can`t really picture them eating anything but bug and worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhenrygsr Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Dear god she's got more strength then me i be running the other way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Funny about 6 year olds. When I was 6 I used to catch them by the hundreds. Now I still catch them but I am really hesitant (no reason to be I jsut am). It is funny how we have no fear when we are young. My 7 year old doesn`t touch them but my 6 year old and my 2 year old love them. Go figure. I like your pic. Here is one of my 6 year old with a garter (she was 5 in this pic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Went with my father who came over this weekend to look for snakes again, found a bunch! If you look closely the snakes defecating, my daughter thinks that's funny. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullybass Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Last year I caught one down the trail at Bowmanville Creek. My wife loved it as... when I picked it up... it apparently had a bodyguard. Somehow a fire ant got under the shirtsleeve of my t-shirt and began biting me as I picked up the snake!!! Swelled up immediately and hurt like hell. I don't think I will ever live that down.... hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunker777 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I used to go for walks by a near by pond when I was younger... My dad would take me and we would go "snake huntin" hahah I would be divin into bushes and all sorts to get these little guys hahah I would come outta there with my fair share of bumps, bruises, and scrapes..... My best day I caught 11 !! Snakes are sweet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 My 2 younger brothers and I were quite the snake hunter/catchers in our childhood!!! We caught a 5 foot long Black Racer when I was only about 4'-6" tall! You gotta be fast to catch one of those things! It took all 3 of us to chase that thing down and cath it, we chased it for a good half mile up the creek before we tired it out enough to catch it. We kept it as a pet for a couple months before letting it go for the winter. Mom was very cool about it and didn't mind a bit. Mom was working at the Dairy Bar when a lady came in and started telling her about the 3 crazy boys that had a huge Water Moccasin in a gallon jar at the little league game, Mom said "Oh you must be talking about my 3 boys and their pet Black Racer... his name is Rastus!" I also used to enjoy catching and playing with Hog-Nosed snakes, they can flare their neck out like a Cobra, wiggle their tails like a Rattlesnake... and if all that fails to scare you off the roll over on their backs and play dead! Thanks for bringing back the memories Erik!!! Henry Nguyen Posted Apr 10 2009, 10:57 PM Dear god she's got more strength then me i be running the other way Fear of snakes is born out of ignorance!... You aren't that ignorant are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch312 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) i guess i kinda like snakes... an old pic from last year...shes about 3ft long and can eat rats now. on the laptop now but ill post some new pics some other time... Edited April 13, 2009 by ch312 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautifish Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Great pictures...I love snakes sinns & I sometimes go down to a local spot in the summer looking for snakes Sinns is a little wary of the,...There are lots of them.... I remember when i was a wee lass on the farm me and my Aunt who is four months older than i use to catch them and sneak in the house & put them in my mums underwear draw along with frogs.. ..lol.... Ahhh the good ole day's.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Here is one of mine being held by my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve barrett Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Don't mind gardner snakes and other harmless ones. But I hate those water snakes that like to crawl into one's boat. Got lots of rattlers up at my cabin. Have to watch where one walks up there .If it wasn't great fishing up there I would be gone. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Don't mind gardner snakes and other harmless ones. But I hate those water snakes that like to crawl into one's boat. Got lots of rattlers up at my cabin. Have to watch where one walks up there .If it wasn't great fishing up there I would be gone. : Wuss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 My 2 younger brothers and I were quite the snake hunter/catchers in our childhood!!! We caught a 5 foot long Black Racer when I was only about 4'-6" tall! You gotta be fast to catch one of those things! It took all 3 of us to chase that thing down and cath it, we chased it for a good half mile up the creek before we tired it out enough to catch it. We kept it as a pet for a couple months before letting it go for the winter. Mom was very cool about it and didn't mind a bit. Mom was working at the Dairy Bar when a lady came in and started telling her about the 3 crazy boys that had a huge Water Moccasin in a gallon jar at the little league game, Mom said "Oh you must be talking about my 3 boys and their pet Black Racer... his name is Rastus!" I also used to enjoy catching and playing with Hog-Nosed snakes, they can flare their neck out like a Cobra, wiggle their tails like a Rattlesnake... and if all that fails to scare you off the roll over on their backs and play dead! Thanks for bringing back the memories Erik!!! Fear of snakes is born out of ignorance!... You aren't that ignorant are you? Nice little story there GCD! This snake catching is great fun for the kids as long as their not scared. I did have to handle these snakes first, sometimes these Gartners are a little snippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin joe Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Don't mind gardner snakes and other harmless ones. But I hate those water snakes that like to crawl into one's boat. Got lots of rattlers up at my cabin. Have to watch where one walks up there .If it wasn't great fishing up there I would be gone. : Just send them GPS to GCB problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Just send them GPS to GCB problem solved Please do!!! http://www.rattlesnakerecipe.us/recipes.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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