Hammered a Lot Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 There has been packs of coyotes roaming behind the New Era Field for a while. There are even sightings of rattle snakes, my hunting friend has told me he saw. This week sightings of a Eagle feeding on a deer. This morning a Bear shimmed down a tree in my neighbors yard. I'm just saying if a Lion or Panther is sighted I'm out of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 get the shot gun out, kill us something good and have it ready for the tbdhot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 (edited) Rattle snakes in western NY? The Ginger Hammer calling to his spirit guides? Looked it up. Timber rattlesnakes. Who knew Edited July 8, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Rattle snakes in western NY? The Ginger Hammer calling to his spirit guides? Massasaugas are from S.Ontario to Mexico. Pit viper... Rare in NYS... But found in Southern Tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 btw. NEF? no. ITS RWS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I am very afraid of snakes. I was just in SD and rattlesnakes are everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Just a little wildlife pre-season Tailgating. Let me know if any bears break any tables, or start fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered a Lot Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 I don't know if it was "moon effect", but I called over to the mud lot to tell them about the bear sighting and was told that yesterday a buck came out of the woods, snorted and then charged a person. The deer got within 5 feet of this person before the mud lots good size dog intervened and chased the deer back into the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I don't know if it was "moon effect", but I called over to the mud lot to tell them about the bear sighting and was told that yesterday a buck came out of the woods, snorted and then charged a person. The deer got within 5 feet of this person before the mud lots good size dog intervened and chased the deer back into the woods.Mario is intrigued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Timber rattlesnakes are also found in NYS. Southern Tier and through Catskills portion. http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7147.html There is actually an isolated population in the Taconic Mts./Lake George area. Isolated through geological shifts. Notice the range in .gif above. A region you have to be careful in when hiking. https://nystateparks.blog/2017/05/16/respect-for-rattlers/ I have never seen a rattler in WNY... But my father has back in the day, working on the railroad, south of Rochester. Some of the biggest ones come out of that area. Eastern massasauga. http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7154.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) I am very afraid of snakes. I was just in SD and rattlesnakes are everywhere.My son was into them @ young age. I don't like them... But humored his love of herpetology. Caught a rat snake @ recess in Grade 2. One fall... I caught him a garter snake @ work. Kept the snake in a 10 gallon tank all winter. Fed him worms, watched it shed its skin... Then released him by a pond near our house in spring. Hopefully, it shut up some of the noisy frogs! Probably best winter the snake ever spent. Sleeping in Canadian sorghum peat, nice rock to scratch on and night crawlers to eat. One minute he is sunning self on a fine October day... Next thing he knows... ;-) One cool trip we'd like to make is to visit the snake dens near Winnipeg... In May... On our bucket list: Manitoba https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcisse_Snake_Pits Did... I tell you I really don't "like" snakes? ;-) Edited July 9, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KermitMcDermott Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Fire McDermott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 You get bit and I am not sucking the venom out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Timber rattlesnakes are also found in NYS. Southern Tier and through Catskills portion. http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7147.html There is actually an isolated population in the Taconic Mts./Lake George area. Isolated through geological shifts. Notice the range in .gif above. A region you have to be careful in when hiking. https://nystateparks.blog/2017/05/16/respect-for-rattlers/ I have never seen a rattler in WNY... But my father has back in the day, working on the railroad, south of Rochester. Some of the biggest ones come out of that area. Eastern massasauga. http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7154.html There's rattlesnakes all over the Adirondacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 btw. NEF? no. ITS RWS! Rich Stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundybout Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 the Ravens of Erebor are returning to the mountain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 There's rattlesnakes all over the Adirondacks. how common do you see them? i have only seen one timber rattlesnake here and that was in the mtns. i figured i'd see more. i've seen more rattlesnakes in ny than nc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) how common do you see them? i have only seen one timber rattlesnake here and that was in the mtns. i figured i'd see more. i've seen more rattlesnakes in ny than nc!Look @ the range maps I posted above. It's because there is a population around the Rochester (& in your case, the Brockport) area that you may have encounterd them... Or a timber in some other region of NYS? Some of the big rattlers were out of that Rochester area, eastern massasaugas. And no, they are NOT "all over the ADKs". Yes, Lake George is ADK, but part of the isolated population is in the Taconic Mts., which borders on & includes some of the ADKs There are only three types of poisonous snakes in NYS: Eastern massasauga Timber rattlesnake Northern copperhead "There are only three species of venomous snakes living in the wilds of New York (many other kinds may be found in the homes of private individuals and, occasionally, escapes occur!). These are the timber rattlesnake, the massasauga (erroneously called "pygmy rattler"), and the copperhead. All three are uncommon." Copperheads are only VERY limited range in the far DownState, Catskills area. ALL very uncommon and in isolated populations. You two fellas, just happen to be be close to, or have been close to two isolated areas for poisonous snakes in NYS... The Taconic Range and the Albion/Brockport/Rochester & Niagara Escarpment populations of massasaugas. Northern Copperheads even rarer: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/44646.html FWIW, I stayed @ the Herpetology Holiday Inn Express. ;-) Really... My kid was so obsessed with this schit.. Lived and breathed the field guide... Like I said, they flipped out @ his school when he caught a rat snake during recess. Those bastages (the snakes, NOT the Catholic school teachers) look venomous, but are harmless (possess small amount of negligible venom). Early on they can look like copperheads, but copperheads are only in far DownState Illinois, not in my area here, which my Son in Grade 2 had already knew: Edited July 10, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 There's rattlesnakes all over the Adirondacks. Rat snakes will beat their tails when agitated. Just like Copperheads, will shake tail too: "Still, this snake should be considered dangerous. ... The Northern Copperhead Snake has no rattle, but the sound of a vibrating tail in dry leaves may make a person think that this is a rattlesnake. Northern Copperhead Snakes are gregarious." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Probably seeing a milk snake... Which is a type of king snake. They will resemble a rattlesnake snake & shake their tail when agitated: http://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2016/06/meet_new_yorks_17_slithery_snakes_--_three_are_poisonous_to_humans.html "Eastern Milk Snake Found throughout the state. Slender with grey to tan body color, broken by large blotches of dark brown (or reddish-brown) along the back. The blotches are outlined in black. Carnivorous constrictor. Eats small animals (birds, amphibians, invertebrates) but mostly rodents. They are nocturnal hunters. When threatened, may vibrate repeatedly and strike, but bite rarely breaks skin." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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