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01-21-12, 01:46 AM
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Herping after the rain?
It's raining right now and is supposed to keep going through the night off and on until morning. We've been planning for a week or more to go on a hike tomorrow and see if we can do some herping! We've never done it before though. How will the rain affect it? We're going to go to the Devils Punch Bowl, in Santa Paula, Southern CA.
Anyone have advice?
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01-21-12, 02:29 AM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
I find some of the best snake sightings right after a nice rain.
Rain=Food
Have fun.
P.S. take some garter pics!!!
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01-21-12, 02:31 AM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: Herping after the rain?
I think a lot more animals come out right after a nice rain storm cools things off and livens things up a bit. I hope you have a good time and take a lot of pictures!!
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01-21-12, 02:58 AM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
Thanks guys! Soooo taking the camera! I wanna try to catch something..buwahaha! but i probably won't..plus i was reading and i guess they are all crazy around here and if you get caught trying to find something, you get fined. If you don't have your FISHING license PINNED on the OUTSIDE of your SHIRT you get fined. really??? Yes, really.
Fishing? And are we in kindergarten??
jeez!
Anyway, i'm still going to do my best to try to find something without acting like i'm trying to find something. Man i wish i owned a huge lot of land for myself *lol*
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27 snakes (7 sand boas, 4 hognose, 5 ball pythons, 1 bolivian boa, 2 dumeril's boas, 2 carpet pythons, 5 garters, 1 corn snake), 1 cave spider, 9 tarantulas, 1 tokay gecko, 2 dogs, 2 frogs, emperor scorpions 1,000 dubia roaches, & tons of fish.
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01-21-12, 07:14 AM
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Snake Child
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Re: Herping after the rain?
That's dumb. But yeah I agree I always find the most stuff after rain. Red spotted newts come out in the hundreds at my house.
but it's like -10 degrees right now so I can't go herping for a while 
Good luck and take a lot of pictures!
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01-21-12, 10:51 AM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
It is raining by me to we both live in southern california so it is probably the same storm
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01-21-12, 12:54 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
you guys suck...
I get like 2 months of herping and have to drive 6 hrs to find anything cool.
In my area all i will find is garters ( which is cool but NOT if its the only thing around)
Drive 6 hrs and i can find hognose, rats, milks waters and my fave. massassauga rattlers.
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01-21-12, 04:27 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
Good luck herping! I'd take gloves/a hook if you wanna pick anything up. But I'm a bit more of a wuss about picking up wild snakes and getting bit  I hope you at least get photos and post them here!! 
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01-21-12, 06:59 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
I find NOTHING in my area except sometimes a western fence lizard but those are very fast and usually hide before i see them and that is all I find ever
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01-21-12, 07:20 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
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Originally Posted by jaleely
If you don't have your FISHING license PINNED on the OUTSIDE of your SHIRT you get fined. really??? Yes, really.
Fishing? And are we in kindergarten??
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No we are in the adult world where you must be licensed to take animals from their habitat. Last I heard DFAG wasn't enforcing it being visible, as long as you had a current license. But it's up to you to take the chance. It's a fishing and not hunting license because that's where they grouped reptiles and amphibians.
As for herping there, i'll be surprised if you have any luck. Not sure when you're going buy it's pretty cold there. If you do find anything keep us posted, i've never been herping in that area. Only north and south of there. I'm farther north. No reptiles in site for months, except for today. I found a fence lizard in a box on my porch frozen.
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01-24-12, 11:19 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
In Florida it is the best after the rain only because in the summer it rains everyday
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01-25-12, 07:52 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
Well we totally didn't see anything *lol* But...it was kind of way more of a hike than a herping expidition.
We wanted to try to get to the punch bowls...natural rock formations that hold water and have a waterfall...so there were *lots* of hiding spots and good looking areas, deer tracks etc., but we didn't see anything.
It' was a 4 hour long hike though, and it was kind of rough going. We didn't make it to the bowls, had to turn around and go back before it got dark!
And Randy, the website *did* say to pin it to the outside of your shirt *lol*
And actually i don't really have a problem needed a license to "hunt" or take the critters, its' more annoying that there isn't a designated area close enough to where we live to make it viable to even go there.
I also really think it was stupid that they said to pin it to the outside of your shirt *lol*
I just wanted to go poke some critters a bit, and take their pic! hehe
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27 snakes (7 sand boas, 4 hognose, 5 ball pythons, 1 bolivian boa, 2 dumeril's boas, 2 carpet pythons, 5 garters, 1 corn snake), 1 cave spider, 9 tarantulas, 1 tokay gecko, 2 dogs, 2 frogs, emperor scorpions 1,000 dubia roaches, & tons of fish.
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01-25-12, 08:29 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
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Originally Posted by SWALTERSFPPD
In Florida it is the best after the rain only because in the summer it rains everyday
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When I lived in Orlando, you could always tell when it was 3:30-4:00 
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01-25-12, 08:34 PM
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The Mad Scot
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Re: Herping after the rain?
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When I lived in Orlando, you could always tell when it was 3:30-4:00 |
I thought they called Florida the sunshine state ? Or am I wrong (again) lol
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01-25-12, 08:36 PM
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Re: Herping after the rain?
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Originally Posted by Swany
I thought they called Florida the sunshine state ? Or am I wrong (again) lol
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Swany, down there, it could be pouring buckets, ten minutes later, the sun is shining, and there is not a cloud in the sky, so the weather in Florida is unpredictable, to say the least, lol
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