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W/C North Carolina Pinesnake

philbradley1 Aug 21, 2006 07:37 AM

Found this beauty a few months ago. She was wonderful in front of the camera and allowed for a few decent shots (decent for me at least). Nothing better than watching her slide off into the underbrush. Captive breeding is great but finding these guys in the wild can't be beat.

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coolhl7 Aug 21, 2006 07:49 AM

absolutely.
I have released every WC Pine I have caught and it feels great.
The price on top grade CBB pines is just too decent to want to take one of these very lareg active colubrids out of the wild IMO. However, to eash his own and I am not trying to be judgmental. It just works for me to release them.

philbradley1 Aug 21, 2006 10:03 PM

Not only is it nice to "catch and release" one of these critters but here in NC it's the law!

Nice pics by the way. I lived in FWB for 10 years (Shalimar actually) but I never did much herping around Okaloosa Co during that time (still kicking myself for that).

Phil Peak Aug 21, 2006 09:16 AM

Neat pic! Its always nice to see field pics of Pits on here. Do you have any more of that snake? I'm curious on what the pattern looked like.

Thanks, Phil

philbradley1 Aug 21, 2006 08:57 PM

Here you go

althea Aug 21, 2006 09:41 PM

The first Pine I encountered in the wild was on a back road in northern Tennessee. I saw a pick up ahead of me run over something I knew was a snake. Groaning inwardly, I pulled over to discover a 5' , disoriented but totally unscathed, Pine Snake. I took the critter into a field and waited to see what would happen. In about 10 minutes the snake started tongue flicking, then gracefully slid into the undergrowth. I hope that it had a happy life--thanks for sparking the memory with your photos!

rgds,
althea

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