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Came to the park with the family and walking to the trails saw a snake skin and got mad happy lol....so left the family on ther spot n when walking arond grabed 3 huge easterns overly gravid that I'm taking home wait till they pop and if thers no albinos or anything diferent they are all mother and babys going back to the same spot I got them from...pics as soon as I get home

pix of the garters i catched today at the park... 1st has a lil bluish color

2nd normal

and 3rd beautifull see how the dorsal stripe breaks..

all gravid females

Those are some nice looking females! Any luck with babies yet?
I caught a male similar to the third one with the broken dorsal stripe over the 4th of July weekend. I caught him out east on Long Island. Are those females from Long Island?
Eddie

i have about 10 gravid females but no babys yet some of the just sheded so i know they will be droping soon...they are from Queens, i founf what i think is a den since every time i go i grab about 20 to 30 of them...but i let them loos again...would like to take all the gravid femals home lol....wher do you go hunting at? im going out to long island tomorow to see if i catch anything.
Julio

I go all over eastern Long Island. I never snake hunted in Queens. I caught these last ones at Caumsett state park.
Good luck with the babies
Ed

when are you going back herping...let me know ill take a drive to you...i was thinking didnt i sold you some of my garters about 5 years ago we met at utopia exit on the LIE I495 at the gas station?