jdmidwest Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 . 20 hours ago, fishinwrench said: Snakes migrate ? In mass? Never heard of it. Turtles too "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
BilletHead Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 20 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: . Turtles too Squirrels too, BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
liphunter Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 So do Lemmings. They just don't know when to stop. JestersHK and snagged in outlet 3 2 Luck is where preparation meets opportunity...... Or you could just flip a coin???
fishinwrench Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 Migrate may or may not be the proper word. I guess you could say that I migrate to the grocery store when I'm out of food, migrate to the bathroom when I need to poop, and migrate to the bank when given a check. When snakes and turtles migrate do they all move in the same direction, like birds and fish ? I'll have to pay attention the next time the turtles are on the move and see if they are all crossing the road in the same direction. JestersHK 1
Members Keiththom Posted October 10, 2018 Author Members Posted October 10, 2018 Typically what we see in some species, in some areas, are that reptiles and amphibians will spend time in one area during the summer and "migrate" to more protected areas to hibernate. Where this is especially evident are spots where swampland joins rocky bluffs. The snakes will move down in the swamp during the summer. Then when temps cool, they move back up to holes, cracks and crevices in the rocks for protection during hibernation. Here is a Moccasin and copperhead I shot recently. BilletHead, Johnsfolly and Gavin 3
jdmidwest Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Read a study the other day about all of the "conservationists" that relocate poisonous snakes they find near humans. The study showed that the males traveled away from the drop site and many returned to the original location. Females tended to stay were they were dropped for some reason. Both had a higher mortality possibly due to strange surroundings. Turns out it is not really a good practice. MOstreamer 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Terrierman Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 On 10/9/2018 at 10:38 AM, Johnsfolly said: Very cool. Pygmy rattlesnakes are one of my favorite snakes. Yeah, they're pretty little devils. One of them nearly cost my grandson his left big toe. It's there now but crooked.
fishinwrench Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 4 hours ago, jdmidwest said: Read a study the other day about all of the "conservationists" that relocate poisonous snakes they find near humans. The study showed that the males traveled away from the drop site and many returned to the original location. Females tended to stay were they were dropped for some reason. Both had a higher mortality possibly due to strange surroundings. Turns out it is not really a good practice. I'm gonna take this opportunity to point out (for the umpteenth time) that tournament weigh-in's likely have the same effect on our bass. Also not a good practice. 🤔 #MLFformat skeeter and Flysmallie 1 1
Gavin Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Think that bass are the only species that you are encouraged too catch, allowed to transport for miles when alive, and then handoff for a dubious release. Try that with ducks=federal felony charges.
fishinwrench Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 7 minutes ago, Gavin said: Think that bass are the only species that you are encouraged too catch, allowed to transport for miles when alive, and then handoff for a dubious release. Try that with ducks=federal felony charges. Hell you can't even do it with beetles.
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