ADC Trapper Forum

No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers *** No Politics
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


WCS
(Please support Wildlife Control Supplies, our sponsor for the ADC Page)






Print Thread
Hop To
Eastern Coachwhip #5627640
08/31/16 04:25 PM
08/31/16 04:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,808
Lower Alabama (Daleville)
L
LAtrapper Offline OP
"Professor"
LAtrapper  Offline OP
"Professor"
L

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,808
Lower Alabama (Daleville)
The Eastern Coachwhip (http://www.outdooralabama.com/eastern-coachwhip) population has been in decline in the local area for quite some time. I fact I hadn’t seen one for more than five years; until yesterday. I usually have two or three snake traps set around my house and yard all year long. I usually catch a couple of copperheads each year, a rattlesnake once in a while, quite a few gray rat snakes and black racers, and a few lizards. Other snakes are caught while crawling across the lawn. I am in a reptile rich environment.

I found this guy in a snake trap on my patio yesterday. I think that they are beautifully colored snakes.


A few more views. I had to draft my son help with the photography.

It is just a little over 5' long.




Scale pattern, mid-body.


Head coloring.


Does anyone have pictures of the other sub-species of coachwhip snakes? I used to catch quite a few in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. I believe they were western coachwhips.


Note to self- Engage brain before opening mouth (or hitting the ENTER key/SUBMIT button).

Ron Fry

Re: Eastern Coachwhip [Re: LAtrapper] #5627648
08/31/16 04:37 PM
08/31/16 04:37 PM
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,797
East OK & West AR
Okiecntry Offline
trapper
Okiecntry  Offline
trapper

Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,797
East OK & West AR
I don't see them very often here but they usually have a little black with a lot of the coral red color. More black on top and toward the head and more red on bottom and tail.

My wife saw one (I believe) back in the Spring as she said she saw a really long super fast red snake.

Re: Eastern Coachwhip [Re: LAtrapper] #5629272
09/02/16 06:41 AM
09/02/16 06:41 AM
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 76
Maine
huntinjunkie Offline
trapper
huntinjunkie  Offline
trapper

Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 76
Maine
Can sure see how they got their name!

Re: Eastern Coachwhip [Re: LAtrapper] #5631036
09/04/16 07:06 AM
09/04/16 07:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 377
New York
Jim Comstock Offline
trapper
Jim Comstock  Offline
trapper

Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 377
New York
Very neat snake, had only seen pictures of them. Not in our area. Loved catchin snakes as a kid. Just about everything is now protected in NY, not a bad thing. People here routinely kill snakes just because they don't like them in areas where there are locally no poisonous snakes. No reason to bother them. Got a picture of snake a guy had killed last week, hognose. Very sad. It was the light color phase, an exceptionally beautiful, harmless snake. They only eat toads and can't even be enticed to bite. They will hiss, flatten out like a cobra, but do nothing. Breaks my heart when I hear about snakes killed for no reason. Too many people are totally unaware of their surroundings and what harmless critters inhabit their area. Some say this is the 6th great die off, and they may not be wrong.

Re: Eastern Coachwhip [Re: Jim Comstock] #5631631
09/04/16 10:41 PM
09/04/16 10:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 221
Winter Springs, Florida
D
Davexx1 Offline
trapper
Davexx1  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 221
Winter Springs, Florida
I see a few of the coachwhip snakes down here also (Florida). They are usually out hunting in the more areas when I see them. Some look to be six feet long. I haven't seen an Indigo snake in years.

Last edited by Davexx1; 09/04/16 10:43 PM.
Re: Eastern Coachwhip [Re: LAtrapper] #5632514
09/05/16 09:55 PM
09/05/16 09:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,476
Central IA
TRapper Offline
trapper
TRapper  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,476
Central IA
Me personally...am glad when i dont seem em

Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread




Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1