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I just got back herping from North Carolina.. despite the heat i think i found some nice finds... The first snake on the trip was a nice northern copperhead found while riding the four wheeler in a pasture.. With my hopes up i checked 4 old abandoned chicken houses finding skins everywhere.. while searching through the rafters i caught 8 adult black rats,1 yellow rat snake, and a intergrade the largest was a black rat that was 7 feet or more.. then we spotted a tarp on the ground underneith it was a huge canebrake rattlesnake!!!! 11 rattlers in a button and was very docile didnt even rattle.. so after that we went to the zoo and caught 2 black racers roaming about the exibits.then we arrived home and heard the airdales ( dogs) barking and i went over and there was a juvie eastern kingsnake right outside the cage in stike position.. that was a lifer but most these snakes were lol.. then before leaving i found 3 redbelly snakes and a ringneck under some tin.. D.O.R.s on the trip was eastern muds,canebrakes,copperheads,corns,rats,black racers,eastern hogs,eastern coachwhips, and a brown water snake.. nice snakes and good finds for a summer day..

some cool finds! im guessing you were out in western NC? where exactly did you go? im from raleigh and my parents live in charlotte, love to do herping in free time. just caught an extremely pink canebrake in SC, you should check the pics in my post below. i cant wait for your pics.

Nice canbrake i herped in Ashboro and charlotte lol.. thats cool thats where i found the canebrake i didnt know there range went up that far.. im in alabama now though..

nice im originally from charlotte, about to move back in a couple weeks from raleigh. there are some nice spots out there still, although theres been a whole lot of development. my back yard is a good place, for one, although the briars make it difficult to get back there anymore.