The Great Outdoors

[mussa]

Nice Mussa, pics look sweet of the camp.  I'm heading up to Flinton/Coalport Thursday morning.  Guys i go with got 4 already opening day.

Wow 4 buck? That's pretty good. Good luck man! Still waiting on my meat...can hardly wait to try it. I found a beer marinaded bacon deer burger recipe that sounds really good.

[Seabiscuit36]

Just 2 buck, 4 total.  I actually got my Doe tag this year so I have my backup.  I had my deer done at Hersheys Farm Market, the Italian Sausage and Hot Sausage were awesome.  The Sweet Venison Bologna is off the charts too

[Diomedes]

since you're so happy with the sausage, feel free to donate the backstraps to me

[Seabiscuit36]

Apparently i forgot the part it was first week, so no does.  Just 2 buck.  I ended up not taking anything this year.  Had a buck with an atypical rack, basically a giant antler, with only two horns.  It was missing the other rack, so without 3 to a side I couldn't legally take it.  Doe started yesterday, I didnt see shtein all day. 

Dio, I still have some nice venison steaks sitting here from last years take.  I'm just gonna be lazy this year and take a few from the yard.  I just dont feel like driving 5 hours next week. 

[mussa]

Yeah it was that way in western Bedford Co. for Doe the first week. We just got the place in August so it was too late for the tags. Next year I'll def be getting a tag.

I cooked my first roast Friday in a slow cooker. The meat just fell off the bone, so good and tender.

[Diomedes]

Can any of you identify this snake?  It's a female with four juveniles.  Some kind of water snake, I think.  Northern water?  Eastern brown water?

I saw it this morning beside a creek in Cromwell Valley Park in Baltimore County.

http://imgur.com/a/60as3

[MMH]

Looks like an Eastern Kingsnake
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Plants_Wildlife/herps/Squamata/EasternKingsnake.asp

[Diomedes]

I dunno.  browsing the site you linked to, it looks more like a Northern Watersnake than anything to me.  The Eastern Kingsnake seems much darker, the white stripes more defined, and the coloration on the head of the Kingsnake don't match.

[Seabiscuit36]

It's a northern watersnake Dio.  Thus why its nest is right on the water's edge.  Just as the site says, looks a lot like a water moccasin which as a kid we always thought they were. 

Yesterday I found a bog turtle wandering across my driveway
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Plants_Wildlife/herps/Testudines/BogTurtle.asp
It's a crazy looking shell on him. 


Also have a ton of these lizards running around

[Diomedes]

That's a five lined skink.  They're everywhere down Annapolis way (where most of my work is).

[Seabiscuit36]

Nice Dio.  I was thinking it was a skink.  Funny the wiki says this

These skinks tend to be most abundant on the coastal plain in the southeastern United States and along the Gulf Coast. They have now been seen in increasing numbers in the northern Chesapeake Bay Region of Maryland particularly along the shores of the Elk River

since thats exactly where I am.  They're all over the deck and house.  I had one get stuck in tyvek tape i had around the front door.  It released its tail to get away, but it's entire back was stuck.  Coolest thing was after i was able to peel him off the tape, it ran across over to my other hand, and stood on it for a few seconds, then ran off. 

[mussa]

Here is one of those water snakes gulping down a dead catfish on the Susquehanna river I found a few years back before going out fishing.

[phillymic2000]

Thats awesome!

[hbionic]

White farging People

[Diomedes]

I recently saw a Garter snake, a ribbon garter, to be precise, catch a frog by the left foot and proceed to swallow the whole thing.  I got some of it on video...wicked cool thing to see.  If I get some time tonight I'll upload the videos to YouTube.