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I think we should make an effort to take plenty of pictures of DORs and submit it to Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine as species observed in TP&W's newest wildlife sanctuary.
By the way it would be nice to have those animals preserved in a museum collection somewhere, but that's against the law too.
They won't publish it, but I will.
Keep taking photos of DOR's everyone. I bet we could rake in 1000 a month (photos of dor's that is).
So is it against the law to road cruise in an effort to photograph dead snakes?
no, not in the least, photography is legal as well as long as you don't "capture" the animal to take it's photograph.
So we can start a new forum of grayband photography?
I was planning on publishing some books anyway, we just bumped these to the front of the line.
we should have a category for dor herps, it might help us make a point? this unfortunate guy was on hwy 90 in 2003 I wish a hunter found him instad of a tire.
Jim Dobis
Wow Jim,
Looks similar to my little guy I came across last year in Langtry.
I love how they stay so still for photos....
Nathan
It would break your heart, but I bet someone could actually shoot a video of an animal basking in the road, and then getting run over because it could not be legally moved.....
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Lloyd Heilbrunn
Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.
I'll do it... I have the place already. I tried to turn around and save an adult female viridus the other day but couldn't get to her fast enough.
Using a clean DOR, fake snake, or turtle might be as effective and much less destructive.
Also, I've heard of studies where fake snakes were place on the road and counts were kept of cars that swerved to miss vs those that swerved to hit the snake.
If HB12 stands, we should at least push TPWD to focus enforcement on DOR happy drivers. It would certainly be an easy sting operation. Just place a large decoy on the shoulder and see who swerves.
Yes, people swerved to MISS turtles...to HIT snakes. That would make the right video...people hunting WITH cars.
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