uncle pennybags
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Give it a nudge back to get off the pavement!!View attachment 341719
Snapper hanging out in the the same area as the earlier groundhog.
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Give it a nudge back to get off the pavement!!View attachment 341719
Snapper hanging out in the the same area as the earlier groundhog.
Keep your eyes open. Those are just little guys!Giant Oregon Slugs
I get it on the rattlesnakes. When I've played there, I've always been on the lookout for snakes, and I've wondered how the locals even spot them with all the leaves and ground clutter that they can camouflage in. I think I've been lucky to be there in the snake off-season. I always enjoy that course, though.So far this has been the year of the turtle. Northwest River course Chesapeake Virginia. On left photo Hole 11 short tee, short Fairway. 2nd round next photo Hole 11 long tee, long Fairway. Not the same turtle, and about 100 feet apart.
Happily I continue my three year streak Not coming across a Timber Rattlesnake.
Totally agree. Glad I live where venomous serpents are scarce (only one species in Michigan, and they're not all that common).I get it on the rattlesnakes. When I've played there, I've always been on the lookout for snakes, and I've wondered how the locals even spot them with all the leaves and ground clutter that they can camouflage in. I think I've been lucky to be there in the snake off-season. I always enjoy that course, though.
Do they still have the rattlesnake warning on the Monster course, at Hudson Mills?Totally agree. Glad I live were venomous serpents are scarce (only One species in Michigan, and they're not all that common).
I try to be a little bit more careful as I travel around the south, where you're much more likely Copperheads, Cottonmouths, Eastern Diamondbacks.
That said, I get the impression encountering Nope Ropes is even more likely in the heavily forested Pacific northwest, and especially throughout the desert southwest.
They do. I think a few of the Metro parks now have warning signs at the beginning of courses. I have seen FAR more Mississauga at Hudson Mills, than all other sighting around the state combined. They are not very venomous and are a very shy and skiddish snake.Do they still have the rattlesnake warning on the Monster course, at Hudson Mills?
They were also present at Stony Creek (some teenage girl got bit by one a few years ago), but not near the disc golf course...
Never really thought venomous snakes would be one of the hazards of Michigan woods disc golf, when I started playing...
Just like this morning when I play there summertime. The canopy is so thick, it's sunglasses off, and eyes on the ground ahead searching them out. Spring three years ago when there coming out of there den looking for food. I saw 4 in two rounds, and at least just as many where I could hear and see the grass moving. My disc to the right of #17 basket landed between two of them. I was so spooked it took me a few months to go back there again.I get it on the rattlesnakes. When I've played there, I've always been on the lookout for snakes, and I've wondered how the locals even spot them with all the leaves and ground clutter that they can camouflage in. I think I've been lucky to be there in the snake off-season. I always enjoy that course, though.
Believe it or not, we have zero venomous snakes in western Washington. I'm happy it's not something we have to watch out for. I do see a lot of garter snakes, they're cool though. Worst thing out here are the yellow jackets in ground nests and bald face hornets that get you when you least expect it. And it's usually 5 or 6 stings until you can get away, lol. I just got stung 4-5 times at once last week by those bald face bastards. Never saw the nest next to my lie until it was too late.Totally agree. Glad I live where venomous serpents are scarce (only one species in Michigan, and they're not all that common).
I try to be a little bit more careful as I travel around the south, where you're much more likely Copperheads, Cottonmouths, Eastern Diamondbacks.
That said, I get the impression encountering Nope Ropes is even more likely in the heavily forested Pacific northwest, and especially throughout the desert southwest.