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My herping buddy and I have found a couple of nice Alabama Milk
Snakes recently from a certain locale. I think these snakes are really attractive and different looking. There is a lot of variability in color and pattern with the Milk Snakes in this state. Some look like "syspila" and others look like "easterns",
and there's everything in-between. Compared with some other states, Milk Snakes are quite difficult to find here. Population numbers here do not approach what you find in, say, Kansas
or Missouri or Pennsylvania etc.

Anyway, here's some pics of a couple of Alabama Milks:

Thanks for looking.

Scott

Those are NICE!

Those look just like milks I used to find in Madison County. They were fairly common on the hillsides just on the outskirts of town, found quite a few by walking hillside powerline cuts and flipping rocks. What county are those from? KK

They're from a spot not too far from where you're talking about.
Yeah, they are fairly common I guess in those cuts, but hard to
find, at least for me. I know of several folks that have found quite a few in that area. They know where the "honey holes" are.

Did you ever flip a Scarlet King up there? I've flipped 2 while looking for Milks. I'm just curious if anyone else has found SK
on those hills.

Scott

The milks near Huntsville might be easier to find earlier in the year? I don't recall finding any elapsoides in that area though. I lived in Cullman for a few years and could find scarlets in the Forest west of there. Speaking of scarlet kings, whatever happened to the albino that kid found a few years back?

Have you ever hunted the area northwest of Fort Payne? Those DeKalb county triangulum appear to be more eastern looking in my opinion. KK

Ken

I haven't heard about the albino.
Did you ever find one of those Bankhead Forest Milks? I haven't found one yet, but from what I've heard, they are awesome.
Really red and really white. But they are tough to find.

I've seen pics of DeKalb Co. milks and they do look more like
"easterns".

Scott

Hey, Ken, will you email me?? Where at in Dekalb County, since I live in Dekalb, are you talking about lookout mt, near mentone? I have seen one in that area. you gotta email me ! thanks , Zach.

I have hunted the madison county milks for years and have collected around 300 or so oven the last 20 years. My record for collecting is the following.

45 Red milks in one season(about 3 months)

and then

33 Red Milks the following year

with a daily record of..

8 in one day but 2 got away so I collected 6 in a day

and the very next day at the same site me and a buddy collected

5 more in a day.

PS. I have slowed down a bit on the red milks but I have collected 2 so far and only went out once.

Hope you like that. Thanks David

I like it. It means their numbers are higher than I thought.
Awesome.
David, how many Scarlet Kings have you found near Huntsville
over the years in your Milk hunting? I have found a couple.
I don't think their numbers are as high as Milks on those hills.
I'm just curious about what the SK population is like.
Then again, they might be as numerous as Milks but more
secretive with different habits, making them harder to find.
What do you think?

A friend of mine has a couple of Milks he got from you.

Scott

Nice looking milks. What part of Alabama did you find them. I live in Birmingham and one of my employees recently found a Northern Scarlet Snake in Morris, north of Gardendale.

Not far from Huntsville.

Hey, Im from North Alabama, Dekalb county, and I bet I can guess the local, but I wont dare say a word, at least not on here, I know a few good spots for them . Zach.