Red River Gorge Trip Results

shaggybill · 09-29-03, 11:50 PM

Saturday I went herping down at Red River Gorge in eastern Kentucky. It was rainy until early afternoon, and the temps were in the mid to upper 60's, so I wasnt really expecting to find a whole lot. But heres some of what I did find.
 The pics were taken with my camcorders camera mode, so they arent the best of quality.
 The first find of the day.
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Then I found these two under the same rock.
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 I got lucky when I found this snake. I also found a DOR earlier in the morning.
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 After I pinned him for the pic, I noticed the rock in his mouth, which I immediately removed with a small stick. He kept trying to poke me with that fang, but he didnt even get close.
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This was an extremely red copperhead. Ya cant really tell in the pic, but I have never seen one this red. Maybe its because he is from Red River Gorge. Haha! Ok, not funny...
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 After taking pics and some video of him for nearly half an hour, this guy was mad and ready to go back to the woods. Which I let him do.
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 Here's a pic of Red River Gorge.
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 As far as RRG, you guys should go if you ever get a chance. The scenery is awesome and so is the herping. There's miles and miles of trails if ya like hiking, and the fishing is good too from what I hear.

Jeff_Favelle · 09-30-03, 12:01 AM

Holy, what awesome pictures man!! Must have been a great outting!!

Vanan · 10-01-03, 05:55 PM

Looks like a beautiful place. Nice herping trip!

jay76 · 10-01-03, 07:05 PM

Those were some real nice finds! Looks like a pretty great place too

Matt · 10-02-03, 09:58 AM

I was herping in the RRG last summer/fall and never caught a copperhead....tons on non-ven though

nice work!!

JD@reptiles · 10-02-03, 10:02 AM

awesome finds!

Retic chic · 10-02-03, 10:12 AM

Looks like a lovely spot for herping, and wildlife in general. How many species of snake are native to the area?

shaggybill · 10-02-03, 01:05 PM

Retic Chic, going by the websites Ive looked at, around 20 or so. Give or take a couple.

Matt, according to the local herpers, this place is absolutely jam-packed with copperheads. I'm surprised you didnt find any. I found that one without even looking.

TheRedDragon · 10-02-03, 04:51 PM

Looks like you had fun. Awesome pics, and that was great of you to remove the rock from the snake's mouth.

Matt · 10-04-03, 08:00 AM

ya, i was told that too....so i was incredibly disappointed when we found no coppers!!! i did find a number of timbers though

i think it was the time of year i went....getting cooler and less action!

great snake though!

shaggybill · 10-06-03, 02:37 AM

You found timbers in RRG? Man, I wish I would have seen one. I heard that they are hard to come by in that area. Do you remember what part of the park you found them in? I wouldnt want specifics on an open forum like this, but I would absolutely love to find one the next time I go down.