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Coach Jun 12, 2011 11:06 AM

Just got back from the Trans Pecos. It was bone dry and there was not much moving. We went home 3 days early.

The view from the observatory, Ft Davis

Estimates of over a million acres burned.

This suboc was found basking on a cut after a big meal.

We did see a couple of snakes per night. Some were very thin. We saw a few atrox, night snakes, subocs, 1 bairds and an alterna. Still it was nice to see friends and spend nights outdoors in the desert.

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chrisdrake Jun 12, 2011 11:46 AM

Wow Coach. That suboc is stuffed. We were out a few weeks ago and stayed in Val Verde because of the fires. Talked to the game warden and he was cool. He had no problems with us taking pics of reptiles as long as we got our vehicle off the road. We were wearing reflective vest also and he liked that. We saw a bairds and alterna also but both ours were DOR's. A huge area of Pandale was burnt but nothing was still burning when we got there. In total we saw 12 snakes in 3 days and 8 were dors. Pretty rough out there right now.

brhaco Jun 12, 2011 12:51 PM

Coach, last week I took almost that exact same shot of the fire in the Davis. Sad that it's still going. were the helicopters still dropping buckets of water on it?

I bet that suboc had a pack rat in it's stomach.
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Coach Jun 12, 2011 09:08 PM

The helicopters were still busy and every hotel in town was booked with firefighters.

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