i figure since i have so many questions to ask you more experienced hunters, ill give you a little info about myself. I live in brackettville texas and i grew up in del rio. I started hunting snakes when i was about 11 with a guy named terry harris, he moved away, and when that happened, i sold all my snakes because he was my mentor and well, i just didn't want to think about it anymore. But now im 18 and a biology major at the University of Texas, and i want to get back into my 5 year love of snakes and aquire some new ones. however, being a college student, funds are short.
Now the question. Since i live in such a small town, hunting is no doubt a huge industry. I happen to know many ranchers in and around brackett, that own land all around dryden, langtry, juno and sanderson. So i was wondering if road hunting is even worth it if i have access to ranches and ranch vehicles to snake hunt. do rock cuts seem to draw more snakes or would driving about on ranch roads yield more?
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I personally like the ranch hunting better. Quieter, relaxing and it seems like the "rush to hunt" is less. On the Brackett note, there have been alterna taken from Kinney County. I tried some of the cuts north of town last year to no avail. I plan on trying them some more this year as well. I live in Uvalde and I'd love to make a find in this county as well. I hunted the cuts between leaky and camp wood pretty hard last year and will again this year too. I personally like hunting the "less hunted" areas rather than deal with the all spot lights on 277. I went out there once last year and it looked like a disco had opened up. Dodging the tractor trailers us no fun either.
Jason
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Snakes of Hudspeth County, Texas
Jpenny, Did you live in El Paso at one time?
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Yes sir, I used to live fairly close to El Paso.
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Snakes of Hudspeth County, Texas
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If you have access to ranch land/roads, then by all means take advantage of it. There will be no DOR's and you won't get overcrowded. You probably won't have a shortage of people to herp with either if you extend invites.
