SludgeMunkey
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- Bellevue, Nebraska
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- Johnny O. Farnen
These are for you Field Herpers out there:
First, a close friend of mine from my Navy days was finally accepted into the SEALs. While out on a training operation here stateside he was bitten by a poisonous snake. They were unable to identify the animal. He is slowly recovering in the hospital at the moment in a great deal of pain ("Man, I wish you were here for this one, none of these ^%#^ing idiots know how to handle b*^&%* like this!"). Please, brush up on your snake protocols if you herp in an area where this is an issue! Know your snakes!
Second, make sure you have your paperwork in order. This includes your written permissions from private land owners! Never go out in the field without your permits and licenses. I was detained and thoroughly questioned by the police this morning on my weekly herping run. They thought I was looking for a certain drug that grows wild around here. They in turn called in Fish and Game/DNR to further question me once I convinced them of exactly what I was doing. I was held up for over three hours. The good news here is all of my paperwork was in order and my permissions were verified, as I always get phone numbers on them from my points of contact. It may seem silly to carry around a bunch of paperwork with you, but this beats getting arrested/fined. They actually all paid me compliments about also having digital copies of everything on a spare SD card in my camera bag. This made the process faster for all of us thanks to patrol car computers... Keep in mind a lot of folks have no clue what the hobby is about and may not believe what you tell them at first.
The real problem is the cops want to bring their kids over to see my collection now...
First, a close friend of mine from my Navy days was finally accepted into the SEALs. While out on a training operation here stateside he was bitten by a poisonous snake. They were unable to identify the animal. He is slowly recovering in the hospital at the moment in a great deal of pain ("Man, I wish you were here for this one, none of these ^%#^ing idiots know how to handle b*^&%* like this!"). Please, brush up on your snake protocols if you herp in an area where this is an issue! Know your snakes!
Second, make sure you have your paperwork in order. This includes your written permissions from private land owners! Never go out in the field without your permits and licenses. I was detained and thoroughly questioned by the police this morning on my weekly herping run. They thought I was looking for a certain drug that grows wild around here. They in turn called in Fish and Game/DNR to further question me once I convinced them of exactly what I was doing. I was held up for over three hours. The good news here is all of my paperwork was in order and my permissions were verified, as I always get phone numbers on them from my points of contact. It may seem silly to carry around a bunch of paperwork with you, but this beats getting arrested/fined. They actually all paid me compliments about also having digital copies of everything on a spare SD card in my camera bag. This made the process faster for all of us thanks to patrol car computers... Keep in mind a lot of folks have no clue what the hobby is about and may not believe what you tell them at first.
The real problem is the cops want to bring their kids over to see my collection now...
