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This was the first red phase eastern hognose i have ever seen in the wild. Wish i could have taken him home with me, but oh well.

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Wow!! That's a great find. Thanks for the pic. What did you do with him?

i'm participating in a pine snake survey and we caught him in one of our traps, so i just weighed and measure him and set him on his way. i've heard eastern hogs dont usually do well in captivity so i thought it best to let him be, even though he was a awesome looking snake.
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That was a good decision. He's better off that way.

Eastern Hogs actually do just fine in captivity. It just takes a little time and effort if they are wild caught.

What kind of traps do you use? And where are you doing the survey? Just curious, is the pine snake threatened in your area?
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I'm in new jersey, where pine snakes are state threatened. Our trapping system consists of lines of black plastic fences, like the ones used in construction etc, with a wooden trap placed every hundred feet. There is a hole with a funnel in each trap where it is attached to the line. Theoretically, a travelling snake approaches the line, cant get over it and travels along until it finds a hole in the fence, which leads to one of the traps. I thought this a little far fetched when i first heard the idea, but we are actually pretty successful with it and have caught over 10 pine snakes already this year, plus alot of eastern hogs, northern black racers, eastern kings and a few other smaller snakes.

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