Speak Out: Road cruising
As summer quickly approaches, field herpers are getting back into the field. Road cruising is the simplest means of field collecting and among the most popular. For this speakout topic, I would like to see herpers share cruising stories, strategies, techniques, and hot spots. When giving locations bear in mind most people reading them will not know slang road names, so try to give proper road numbers and exits from major interstates if applicable. Also include the species one would likely encounter on the roads suggested. This is the first summer for many “green” herpers, so let’s try to point them in the right direction.
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snakeman1 on 2005-06-19
i road cruis on the back roads of gantt alabama ihave got bit 22 times by all of alabamas venomous snakes i still love my snakes i call them my kids i go crazy when i see one i free hand all snakes my mom and doctors told me iwould not live a year that has ben 5 years ago my last bite was in 2004 by a cottonmouth this year i plan geting 3 more snake bites
NCsnakehunter on 2005-06-10
Anybody out there know of any good places to look for snakes in south or north carolina? Dont worry, I dont keep the snakes, I let them stay where I find them.
NCsnakehunter on 2005-06-10
I think road cruising is great and its better then walking in the woods if you dont have to, I caught a small cottonmouth last night in south carolina (long enough to let my son look at it) and did it by road cruising. I have found several snakes road cruising..only problem I dont know of many places to cruise here in north carolina.
H20mocasin on 2005-04-27
I believe the best road cruising is Shenandoah National Park. During late summer take a drive on skyline drive around 830 pm and head towards matthew's arm and i guarantee you will see atleast 3 to 5 timber rattlesnakes in less than 30 minutes. Oh and if there is a light rain following consecutive sunny days and you go up there at night it's like herpomania. I have seen kingsnakes, northern pinesnakes, a couple corn snakes, but the most numerous snake on skyline drive is the timber rattlesnake and mostly the dark phase. My opinion the baddest looking rattlesnake on the continent, but as easy going as a bunny rabbit.
A close second road is ocatee club in Jasper South Carolina. Anytime of the day will reveal snakes of all kinds. I have seen some really fatty eastern cottonmouths and Green Water Snakes here as big around as my calf muscle.
RANSNAKEMAN on 2005-04-03
i love to road cruise,right at dark is the best time,im in mississippi,the best road to catch snake,s here is a road called the old river road.just off hwy.43 n.in poplarville,mississippi.i catch copperheads,watersnakes,easterndiamondbacks,timbers,mudsnakes,cottonmouths,all the time on that road.good cruising.
Buckk on 2005-03-19
I am new to road crusin myself, but because I am doing an independent herp survey of the WLA refuge here in marion county, S.C. from now until November I am sure I will be a pro soon enough. I have talked to some people about it and have read over some literature, and night time seems to be the best for crusin and I would suggest (according to what part of the country you are in) to find roads beside a water source so you can catch them coming to he water or leaving it.
liljerzeedevil on 2005-03-09
Im in Southern NJ, and some of the best places are so dence, bogs, management areas, etc. We find the usual Rats snakes, Garters, on a few occasions, ran across some Coastal Plain Milks. That was cool. They are beauties.
Anonymous on 2005-02-15
i want to know what are optimum coditions for road crusin to be the most productful; time of day/year, day/night temps etc. by the way i live in north texas.
rosspadilla on 2005-02-11
What a bunch of stingy people that visit this web sight.No one will reveal what exact roads they catch snakes on. Be giving you don't always have to be on the recieving end of everything. Help out fellow herpers that are like you and me and would like to find new places to hunt too.
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