. I pretty much had the whole 5500 acres to myself.
I love it when that happens, which is pretty often where I hunt. Only a square mile, more or less, but plenty for me.
Woods here are the same. No color to speak of.
I had a snake come out right beside me once, after he had bitten a vole or shrew. He waited for it to stiffen up before he came out. Only copperhead I’ve ever run into, and him so close to my tender afterparts gave me quite a thrill. I didn’t let him finish his lunch.
Those black rat snakes are probably the most common ones here. They are very aggressive at first and rattle their tails like rattlers, but settle down when you pick them up. Their scales are very sharp when they “raise” them for climbing; like a rasp almost. Biggest one I ever found was a solid five-footer, but I’ve read that in the South they can double that.
