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RE: Herping the Outer Banks
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by ebaker511 on May 20, 2010
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I am only going for a family vacation, but I'm trying to avoid the entire family and turn it into a herping adventure. Do you know any good areas within a couple hours of OBX that I can turn into a good day trip? What exactly is considered to be the sandhills region?
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by jared on May 21, 2010
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The sandhills are much further inland. They would be the area around Pinehurst and further south into SC. I agree with the others, OBX offers a Wide variety of herps from canes to corns and hogs. The habitat is patchy and a bit sparse but in certain areas they are thick. Va still does distinguish the two species (horridus and Atricaudatus) thus when I do wildlife removal calls in the SE the state herpetologist is contacted and they relocate them. You can possess up to five timbers in VA but they have to be from the western range. Good luck in the banks, you shouldnt have any problems with seeing herps, again just dont have a stump ripper out running roughshot over the parks.
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by FSB on May 21, 2010
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I have to agree with Jared - the stump ripper really doesn't sound good to me. I was born and raised in NC and the herping spots there - esp. eastern NC and the Outer Banks, are sacred to me. I'm an extremely non-invasive, habitat conscious herper and naturalist and do not engage in the destruction of habitat. Part of the game is finding things out and about, and these days I only collect specimens from roads or areas that are threatened by development, etc. I carefully replace anything I flip, and if possible even try to create more places for cover. Anything I find in a good, safe place gets photographed and left alone. We have to leave something for the next guy, and the next generation.
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by FSB on May 21, 2010
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....and ok, Kris, before you call b.s. on me - yes, I did collect that one king from Alligator Lake, but that was an exception. There's plenty of them up there and the zoo hasn't got a single decent eastern king for our programs. Plus, that's one less little sob that'll be eating young rattlesnakes!
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by MoccasinMan on May 24, 2010
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the best way to find eastern hognosed is to work the pools on the north beach. act like your the pool man coming in to service the pool. check all the filter baskets. they are hunting frogs around the pool and invariably end up in the filter baskets. it is the best way to find them hands down. there are hundreds of pools in duck and corolla.
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