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I have a female vestigium that has her orange racing stripes.So we went to california to try to catch a male for her to breed with.We found one male and two females in a day.The closest we got to them was about 20 feet.Anybody know any good places to find them or any teqnuiqes they would like to share with on how to catch these awsome collared?

Try noosing them.

I can't get a 20 foot noose though.

Oh yeah duh...
There's probably a couple things you could try. What i sometimes do is get a stick or something long and wave it at there face to get their attention (without scaring them), and then I get a net and get them.
I'm not quite sure on how to get one 20 feet away. Maybe you can try throwing a shirt or towel over them. There's no way you could get closer? Ask Will, he knows a lot.

so you can get close to them without moving. But you still have to get close enough to do that. Have the second person move around and attempt to attract their attention from a place that is far enough away not to scare them and in a direction away from the person with the noose. There is always watching to see what rock they run under and digging them out, but if you don't catch them you may have just ruined their burrow. Plus, you never know what else might be under that rock or in that hole, you know, like a big rattlesnake...
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They are very tough to get close too and you have to approach them very very slow. It may take an hour to move the 20 feet needed to noose them. Good luck!