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This be the one I caught in Musquiz Canyon.

And this be the one that Chris caught in Sanderson.

Nice,
Hey brad did you get any good pics of the orange suboc that Aaron and I found?

shannon

That sure is a nice snake. I think I can do some tweaking in photoshop and do it a little more justice, but it'll never be like seeing in person.

Take it easy,

Brad

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When you have a comparison photo. That sure is a nice snake.

Later,

Brad

Yeah,and she eats f/t rat pups.Doesn't get any better than that.
later shannon

Hey guys, Thanks for posting the photos of the beautiful suboc, or should I say ALTERNAtive looking orange specimen. It's interesting to see how often that orange phase sparks a conversation. I remember in the mid-70's, while hunting alterna (have to keep tipping my cap to which forum were on) we would find richly deep orangish red ground color subocs up in the davis mts., but to get one in south brewster county anywhere was extremely rare. Then, as the blond suboc craze began to gain speed (even with gray-banded kingsnake fans, he he he), hunters started paying more attention. We realized that that orange and also the silvery ground color could be found all over the bend region... Same with in blond suboc ground color. Ar first, the blonds were only thought to occur around pepper's hill... Now they have been found all over down there too, and also in varied ground color.

That one you got is a beauty, and if it's even prettier in life than all the better for ya!!! Great looking snake... and found by an alterna hunter LOL!!!

Hey Brad,
We also found them to vary quite a bit in background tone. Pictured below. sorry for getting a bit off-topic, they were found NEAR alterna)
Lindsay
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