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Originally Posted by CHASZ51
I was about 25 miles south of what is called Gulf Hammock. I would pass thru that area up to the Otter creek area where our club had Star parties.
Used to be really dark up there in the 80's. Where i hunted was just north of Yankee town.
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Where did you see the snakes? Crossing the roads?
"Road cruising" is a very popular, and sometimes productive, method of snake hunting. The warm asphalt roads will retain the heat from the sun beating down on it all day long, and snakes will tend to crawl out onto the road for the warmth at night. Of course, there is always the luck of the draw of just being at the right place at the right time, too. Found my fair share of snakes on sandy roads over the years that just happened to be there.
Years ago a friend of mine and I went out to California for a snake hunting trip and found quite a few sidewinders at night on the desert roads out there. You would never see them during the day, but at night they were very common.