6-8 footer too high!!

[snakehunter]

hey @ my house we have a GIANT tree that is almost hollow, and there are dozens of black snakes from4-8 feet! only prob. is they are 20 ft up, i tried long sticks, and only succeeded onc (6' 4'') any ideas on how to get them down , or me up?:confused:

[Zoe]

Let them come out on their own. Why bug them and risk injuring them because you can't see, when they are happy in their tree?

[Simon R. Sansom]

Whereabouts do you live? If you're in Ontario they could be Black Rat Snakes which are protected, and I believe that it's against the law to molest or disturb them.
Don't want you to get in any trouble!

Cheers!

Simon

[reptiledude21]

well Zoe, maybe he wants to keep one thats why he is trying to get them down. i suggest u just get a ladder thatd be easiest way.

[Zoe]

Why would he want to keep an illegal (in many states and provinces) snake that is readily accessible in captivity?

Zoe

[snakehunter]

i live in manassas virginia. i love snakes to death, and taking one from the wild to cage it up in my room seems wrong to me. i just catch, admire, document, show and release. the only thing i take are photos. but i will sometimes keep them over night because of conditions, complications, or ignorant locals.

[Simon R. Sansom]

Could you post some pics of them and their tree? Sounds interesting. I wish that I had a tree full of snakes on my property!

Cheers!

Simon

[snakehunter]

im tryin', but the pics are too big. i am however going to get some pics of them in their tree. they really are magnificent creatures.

[stormyva]

Wow another Viginia person :)
You are right about "ignorant locals" :) Congrats on the find and be happy that you have something like that close to you. The best thing to do for those snake is take your pics and leave them be. Too much handling and time spent may draw attention and "ignorant locals" to the area!

[Serpent-King]

maybe you could stop being a redneck and leave them alone.

[snakehunter]

1: whats wrong with being a redneck?

2: and i don't see much of a problem with catching them, i dont tell anyone what i saw, and where i saw it, and i release them on the exact branch later on.
-jacob

[sparkon16]

Hey serpent king stop being such a tight a$$! The guy obviously knows not to hurt them or anything he is just interested!!! I see now problem with checking out a couple of them!

[snakehunter]

thanx sparkon16, thats my point of veiw, no harm, just interested.

[gonesnakee]

Hey Serpent-King since when has an interest in Herps been considered Redneck? Do you have nothing better to do than to be a goof for no apparent reason, if so get a life loser & leave us real herpers alone. Snakehunter is just showing his interest in observing nature & does not deserve any scorn for doing so, whereas you do deserve it, thus my comments. Mark
P.S. I'm from Alberta, does that make me a Redneck too, LOL!

[snakehunter]

hahahahahahahahahaha (laughs with redneck accent)

[Lisa]

Hey snakehunter, you may need to resize the pic using software that probably came with your camera and then upload the pic to your galleries and link from there. Look in the How-To forum for instructions on how to do this.

[snakehunter]

thanx, but my dad showed me how last night, and i am going to load some up in a couple of minutes.

[snkmn]

use a ladder

[Jeremy]

Hey Snake Hunter,
Id love to see such a gathering of blk rats (or could they be racers?)in tree! Very much looking foward to the pics.

BTW, im also in VA, not too far away from ya.

Egarly awaiting,
Jeremy

[Oliverian]

Neat. Hope you get some nice pics. Hey... I think Serpent king went and got himself banned.... Oops. How many snakes do you think there are in the tree?

[snkmn]

yah i hope to get some pix of them too

[snkmn]

i agree. serpant king is just trying to pick on someone for trying to get a better look at some herps and should shut up if he wants only to make fun of poeple

[Linds]

Originally posted by Simon R. Sansom
Could you post some pics of them and their tree? Sounds interesting. I wish that I had a tree full of snakes on my property!


Ditto that!! :D

Originally posted by snakehunter
i love snakes to death, and taking one from the wild to cage it up in my room seems wrong to me. i just catch, admire, document, show and release. the only thing i take are photos. but i will sometimes keep them over night because of conditions, complications, or ignorant locals.

Field herping is a wonderful thing. Catching and releasing them is great, but knocking them out of trees is a bit rough don't ya think? I'm sure they come down eventually... just need to wait it out a bit. If you're really not having any luck, perhaps a ladder and long set of snake tongs would be useful? Could you climb the tree yourself? Definitely looking forward to seeing some pics of this tree, sounds very interesting!