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I found my 1st plains hog of the season today! I found her digging, she made 2 holes in the ground. I tried to get a pic of her digging but she spotted me too soon & started thrashing & hissing

Here are the holes. They were about 4 inches apart & 2inches or so deep.

I figured they were spadefoot holes & I was right, this guy was in one of them. These are my 1st ever shots of a spadefoot in the daylight.

More shots of the hog

Dan Eby

awesome!
I'm still at 0 for hoggies. Oh well.
those're killer shots
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Thanks!

Dan

Hey Dan,

Been wondering how you were doing lately.

Hard to beleive how fast hogs can dig, and with a toad as a reward I'm sure she was getting after it. Haven't found any hogs yet this year, did go out last Sun. (5 of us in Stillwater Co.) and found 6 or 7 pales, that was pretty fun.

Take Care

Rich

Wow Rich, thats alot of pales to see! I've still never seen one in the wild. I bet you guys had a blast. Things are pretty good arround here. Give me a call somtime so we can try to get together for some field herping. Take care.

Dan

Sounds terrific! And I miss my Western Hognose RIP Dusty..

Matthew

Better get another one, better yet catch one. Thet're one of the coolest.

Dan

Outstanding photos and a great find Dan... Thanks for posting...

Thanks!

Dan

Congrats Dan! That had to be exciting. I've yet to find a western hognose. I can't wait. I know theres some in weld county here in northern colorado. I just need to look harder I guess. Kevin

Thanks Kevin! Good luck finding one!

Dan

Nice one Dan. I should head up your way for a little herping sometime.

Thanks!

Let me know when

Dan

NEAT, man!!!

AWESOME shots as usual!

//Todd

Thanks Todd!

Dan

With any other species, the number of pics might have been excessive... Not so with this one. That's effin' cool.

Do you know how far their range extends to the West? Several online sources say they can be found in WA, but I've never seen one and I can't find any good range maps.