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I am planning a trip to West Texas this coming September. It will be my first time back in Texas in 6 years. I am trying to plan my itinerary for this trip and want to herp an area that I was brought to by some people that I met while I was there. They took me to town called Marfa and we hiked down a dry creek bed and saw a few snakes in the morning hours. I would like to go there again but I don't remember exactly where they took me in Marfa. We drove down a dirt road and passed many head of cattle. If I remember correctly the road was very bumpy and may even had had a few switch backs on parts of the road. If this area sounds familiar to anyone please tell me how to get back there.

Thanks,

Woody

Almost undoubtedly you were on private land (there is no public land around Marfa). If you didn't have permission to be on that land, you were trespassing. Folks out in West Texas don't "take kindly" to trespassers.
West Texas in Septemeber can be interesting, but I suggest you confine your herping to publicly accessible lands (although those are very uncommon in W. TX).
Frankly, the best accessible herping in West Texas is going to be on roadsides and roads at night and in the morning. Driving quiet country roads (even some of the major roads around Marfa - they are all quiet!) in the morning hours and at night will generally produce snakes.
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Chris Harrison

If you didn't have permission to be on that land, you were trespassing. Folks out in West Texas don't "take kindly" to trespassers.

People get shot (at) out there...can't remember the guy's name, but I seem to recall he's the son of a rancher out there that was known to be herp-friendly, unlike the son.

Personally, I've only done the public right-of-way type of herping out there.
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Chris McMartin
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