Last night I had the pleasure of herping on my Luna Vista tract with ErikNM. When we were finished we decided to stage a quick photo shoot. He had a NICE milk snake and I had my first gray-band. We both wanted photos of each.
However, my tract in pretty rough and I was afraid the snakes could escape if we tried to photograph them there.
Solution: We left my private property and drove to a nearby rock cut in a PUBLIC right of way. I’ve photographed snakes there before and knew there would be VERY little chance of an escape. We set-up and started shooting photos.
There we were with two snakes, bags, and cameras in a NO HUNT zone. Half way through the photo shoot, it dawned on me that a warden could easily jump to the wrong conclusion and believe he had caught us red handed.
Hmmmm… maybe being spotted picking up or bagging a snake at a cut is NOT proof of hunting after all.
