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Posted by Carl on December 12, 2001 at 13:03:17:
In Reply to: Texas Indigos I saw last month in South TX posted by SE Texas Guy on December 12, 2001 at 01:57:05:
A few comments...I was born a raised in the Republic and still visit to hunt in the Valley...I don't think there are as many snakes as there used to be, all species..Not that they are rare, just not as many...The Valley and the Brush Country to the north are great places for all animals, not just snakes..It's all private land, so the state has no real impact, other than to put animals on a protected list, not meaning to knock the state govt..This area will likely never be anything but what it is now..Not much of a developers paradise and many of the land holders have huge spreads..Does the name King Ranch ring a bell?? There are quite a few others with similar spreads, but not that gigantic...Anyway I think the Indigo is well situated there, plus everyone I know down there knows what an Indigo is..I have never seen or heard of anyone deliberately killing an Indigo...Seems like one place the local folks appreciate a good thing..Plus they all believe that Indigos keep the Diamondback population down...So why do I think the snake population in general is down?? Can you say FIRE ANTS??*%$#** I haven't seen anything on this site about their impact, but I'm going to open it up in a new post...
: I live in Texas and have for the last 22 years. I have several friends that have 5000- 20000 acre deer leases in South Texas from Laredo to the Brownsville TX border. I use to hunt deer ,birds etc. in my 20's and 30's but as I got older I could no longer do it and have become a Naturalist, wuss or whatever. However I still travel frequently with my friends, drink beer chase women and whatever because I love the outdoors and am very interested in TX snakes and other wildlife:)- still lokking for my first S. TX ocelot- good luck . In these private lease preserves the amount of TX Indigos is astounding . In November we saw huge indigos at least 6-7 foot and thick. We also see the small ones- 3 foot which is probably one year old I guess- It is very hot in South TX- similar to S.FL. I saw one 3 footer that tried to go into a tank-TX for cow water pond- and did and then came up quickly. One main point- TX has done a great job of preserving these creatures.It's actully hard to believe that they are still on the rare list. However one must realize in TX 90 % of the land is held by individuals or corporations. For example in nevada and those states the Feds own 50 %. Indigos are everywhere in the rural -non populated areas outside Laredo and below- I saw at least 20 during 4 days outside of my buddies S.TX deer lease in early November.I have a theory that huge Deer leases are actually very beneficial to these snakes and all other wildlife-( deer get overpopulated), because no development or Agriculture occurs. This is my first post on this board and I hope the OPs managers continue the board.I just found it.
