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I will be in Galveston TX. in a few weeks for one day. Anywhere very close to there to do some decent field herping?
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-David Harrison-
.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Striped Anery Corn "V" or "5".....Has two names
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 Ball Python "Rocky Ballboa" (Didn't name her!)
0.0.1 Crested Gecko "The Crested Gecko"

"Have you ever tried simply turning off the T.V., sitting down with your kids... and hitting them?"

Brazon Bend State Park...my old stompin' grounds.

Great place for H. platyrhinos, so. copperheads, Texas Coral Snakes, plenty of lindys, broad-banded watersnakes, Thamnophis, western cottonmouths, western muds, plenty of alligators, speckled and prairie kings, anoles, skinks, Hyla cinerea, Rana catesbiana, some chelonians...in other words, a lot of typical southeastern swamp and prairie fare.

From G-town, you take I-45 N to Hwy. 6 and go NE, then go left on Hwy. 35 and right on 1462, and follow the signs to the park.

Have fun!

DR

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Looks like a wonderfull place! Do they mind you tromping around or are they used to it?
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-David Harrison-
.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Striped Anery Corn "V" or "5".....Has two names
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 Ball Python "Rocky Ballboa" (Didn't name her!)
0.0.1 Crested Gecko "The Crested Gecko"

"Have you ever tried simply turning off the T.V., sitting down with your kids... and hitting them?"

>>Looks like a wonderfull place! Do they mind you tromping around or are they used to it?

There are lots of trails and several horseshoe-shaped lakes with trails around them. Most people that go there are there to see the gators (my wife and her friend even witnessed one devour a watersnake while I was a few yards away looking for snakes off of the trail). I've even talked to the rangers at the nature center and asked them where they have seen certain species of snakes - and they were happy to point me in the right direction. Basically, you can tromp wherever you want if it doesn't involve molesting the wildlife, facilities, etc. You can't take anything from the park, obviously - but it's a just great place to go and see a bunch of herps. (And if we could all see as many wild herps as we wanted to each day, I doubt as many of us would keep them as captives.) I think there is about a 3 or 4 dollar fee per person for entry.

One of the last times I went, it was Labor Day in '04 and we saw several undispersed, newly-born litters of copperheads right next to their mad-as-heck-to-see-us mamas! It was pretty neat.

DR
Suboc.com

Do you know their hours of operation (if any) As in, Do I have to be gone by a certain time?
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-David Harrison-
.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Striped Anery Corn "V" or "5".....Has two names
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 Ball Python "Rocky Ballboa" (Didn't name her!)
0.0.1 Crested Gecko "The Crested Gecko"

"Have you ever tried simply turning off the T.V., sitting down with your kids... and hitting them?"

gate opens at 7am on weekends (fri - sun) and 8am mon - thurs. and the gate closes every night at 10pm. Great place to camp too. And if you enjoy birding, bring your binoculars and a good field guide - the avian wildlife there is quite varied and beautiful.

DR
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