>>Coach..... technically your right about not needing a permit to take photos, but if your out there spotlighting your technically hunting, so just be safe and get the permit!



This is where the law is just plain muddy...you don't need a permit/license to birdwatch or take pictures of wildflowers (even goatsuckers/nighthawks or night-blooming cacti), so why would you need one for taking pictures of snakes at night? The "muddy" part comes from the poor wording of the definition of "hunt" to include "pursue." If they consider you to be "hunting" by shining a cut, then they'd be technically correct to issue a citation. It's MADNESS!
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I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

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• Recent Game Warden Activity - Pumbba27, Sun Jun 14 14:59:36 2009
• RE: Recent Game Warden Activity - Venkeeper, Sun Jun 14 15:15:04 2009
• RE: Recent Game Warden Activity - Coach, Sun Jun 14 15:30:35 2009
• Very good point - monklet, Mon Jun 22 09:42:50 2009
• Permits for what? - stevenxowens792, Sun Jun 14 16:00:07 2009
• RE: Recent Game Warden Activity - jcraft75, Sun Jun 14 17:01:45 2009
• Also- - brhaco, Sun Jun 14 17:34:51 2009
• RE: Also- - venkeeper, Sun Jun 14 20:56:05 2009
• The Solution - chris_mcmartin, Mon Jun 15 07:26:09 2009
• RE: The Solution - jcraft75, Mon Jun 15 15:59:13 2009
• How completely petty is that? - Brad Alexander, Sun Jun 14 18:13:40 2009
• UPDATE!!!! - Pumbba27, Sun Jun 14 18:43:55 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - lbenton, Sun Jun 14 19:19:16 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - chris_mcmartin, Sun Jun 14 19:22:19 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - Brad Alexander, Sun Jun 14 20:37:14 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - antelope, Sun Jun 14 20:45:19 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - mike17L, Sun Jun 14 21:44:36 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - lbenton, Mon Jun 15 07:31:35 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - shannon brown, Mon Jun 15 11:16:26 2009
• RE: UPDATE!!!! - Aaron, Tue Jun 16 23:30:10 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - Coach, Mon Jun 15 18:27:39 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - swwit, Mon Jun 15 18:30:05 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - jpenney, Mon Jun 15 21:16:52 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - blichtenhan, Tue Jun 16 16:16:15 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - jpenney, Tue Jun 16 17:14:26 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - swwit, Tue Jun 16 19:19:38 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - jpenney, Tue Jun 16 19:33:30 2009
• RE: Hunt...... - antelope, Tue Jun 16 22:04:01 2009
• YUP!! - mike_anthony, Wed Jun 17 18:07:53 2009