My son and I spent 14 days in Texas, coming home to GA on 6/13.
Only time we were stopped by (or saw) game officers was the last night in Sanderson, received a warning for being stopped on ROW without my hazard lites flashing. Received only a warning, young officer was very courteous, asked if we had an reptiles in the vehicle and we replied negative since there were none. Only saw one alterna, blairs phase in black gap on roadway at first rock cut prior to WMA. During trip we also saw 4 bullsnakes in AM; in PM, we saw 5 Trans Pecos Rat Snakes, 10 Western Diamondbacks and a single Mojave RS. Seen very few junk snakes . . . no longnose snakes AOR or DOR. 2 night snakes, a garter snake (hwy 277 by the lake), a whip snake and a patchnose snake. Did not see any live coachwhips, but saw many DOR's. 3 DOR rattlesnakes on road north out of Van Horn had their rattles cut off. Spent 3 nites down at Wildhorse Station and only seen 1 Night Snake. 100 degrees at
midnight. Stopped by no less than 5 border patrol vehicles south of Serra Blanca (a single stop), but that is another story.

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