It isn't always rubber....

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: I started hunting South Texas TOO early (early March). : I had a rookie w/me and we were rushing to get to the hunting : area down south, hoping to beat a cold front that was : dropping the temps out... If we could get there in time : we MIGHT have an hour or 2 to collect... : Needless to say we didn't make it in time and by the time we : hit the hunt area the temps were down to 52F. It being a lousy : night all hope was lost, but I went ahead and made a pass : just to go thru the motions.... I was hoping to find a : DOR coachwhip or atrox so I could teach the rookie how to : "road spot" which is an art in itself... I lucked out and : 10minutes into the run there was a DOR emorys rat. The : rookie w/me missed it even though it was over 3 feet long : and appeared bright white on the asphalt in the headlights... : I stopped and set the snake up to make it easier to spot... : We drove by it 3 times before he saw it.... once he : had "spotted" it we drove on to complete the one pass and start : the 3 hour drive home... : we werent 5 minutes out when all the sudden the rookie : screams "SNAKE" so loud my ears rang... I lock it up(natch) : but hesitate in turning around to go back... after all : its 52 degrees, its march, and this guy who couldn't : spot a 3 foot long white snake is certain there was a snake : back there... I figure, oh well nothing else is happening : we'll go back and I'll show him just how much tire scraps : can look like snakes.... we turn around an lo and behold : stradling the stripe on the shoulder of the road was : the biggest mexican milk snake I'd ever caught in my life, : slowly making for the grassy shoulder. We bagged it, and hunted : another 6 hours w/out seeing another herp live or dead... : Moral of the story... Rookies aren't ALWAYS wrong.... :

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