things found while herping

Retic chic · 02-26-04, 08:55 PM

Has anybody found anything weird or strange while herping? We go field herping in many different areas, and have often found more than just herps. Antlers, arrowheads, fossils just to name a few. Old farmyards are often a source of curiousities and antiques as well. If you have found something, feel free to share it here.

Swampwalker · 02-26-04, 10:22 PM

marijuana crop

SerpentLust · 02-26-04, 10:27 PM

No word of a lie, I found a vibrator with the batteries still in it lol I took a picture lmao

Jenn

Scales Zoo · 02-26-04, 10:43 PM

Stewart, you are going to take me herping when I'm out there aren't you good buddy....

Serpent lust, how did you know there were batteries in it. You obviously touched it.... ewwwww.

The coolest thing I ever found while herping was some dead calves. Not very exciting you think... A few went missing each week, we finally found that they had been dragged hundreds of yards to a big cave, that had big cat prints around it - must have been a couger or mountain lion, which is a rarety in this area.

Ryan

ChokeOnSmoke · 02-26-04, 10:52 PM

How big was the crop? and yeah give me a call I'll go with you too.
I found an injured red tailed hawk once. Thats about all I can think of at the moment.

Toirtis · 02-27-04, 02:04 AM

Arrowheads, antlers, fossils...tons of bones and carcasses.

Swampwalker · 02-27-04, 03:42 AM

skinned beavers

Bighead · 02-27-04, 04:10 AM

Not something I found, but something I didn't find- my way back to the truck. Me and a buddy had to spend the night somewhere in the middle of Yosemite without any gear (Observing herps, not collecting btw).

Fieldnotes · 02-27-04, 06:53 AM

A dead body once

SerpentLust · 02-27-04, 10:56 AM

Scales_Zoo: I actually picked it up with my ex boyfriends jacket! lol

Jenn

snakehunter · 02-27-04, 02:12 PM

I find ALOT of porn, ALL the time, and adult toy packaging................weird

One time i walked in on something between two people i know *wink wink*....that was weird, cause we were in the woods. they didnt notice it was me, i was in full camo and gaiters, and my whole field herping out fit.

I look like a loser wearing it, but i love it, i think the herps have a harder time seeing me, even though im 6.5 ft tall and push 300 lbs!

mrcanada21 · 02-27-04, 07:25 PM

I found a brand new table router in the woods last year, its a Sears Roebuk (sp?) and we don't have that in Canada so that was cool. I also found a Chev Silverado (no wheels), Jeep grand cherokee, albino foxsnake, green iguana, a nude and very confused lady (I called the cops for her) and a gold chain with a carved wooden cross on it. I also found a pretty big crop of pot in one of my study areas. Cool thread

JD@reptiles · 02-27-04, 08:48 PM

in jamaica i found quite a bit of marijuana... thats about all though

Dani33 · 02-27-04, 09:09 PM

When we were kids, my brother and I found an abandoned house in the middle of the woods. Out on a local farmers property. There were all kinds of neat stuff. racks of old polyester clothes from the 50's I guess.

We brought our friends back and I made up a big ghost story of how the farmer had a mentally challenged child that they locked up in the basement. We told them that the kid lost it and killed the farmers wife blah, blah, blah - it was now haunted by him. The kids were terrified. We pointed out places where he had done blah, blah. My borther really got into the "lie" too.

The farmer caught us back there and chased us off. It really added to the drama of it. I loved it. We kept that story going for the whole summer. Good times. Thanks for the memory!

Big_V · 02-27-04, 09:41 PM

What is with all this finding of marijuana ?!?! I must be looking in the wrong areas. Note to self: go herping more often and bring burlap sacks to carry the spoils home. Best thing I ever found was a chainsaw and snowblower that were brand new and still full of gas.
Cheers, Ryan