[Crex]

Pretty good work brother Rick. Colors matched up nicely. Sorry you couldn't make it down.

Pretty skins Dave. Took a lot of rats to make those big ones. Pretty familiar with the big easterns and canebrakes, used to catch them for the zoos. I also cruised timber in the SC lowcountry 4 years. They can sure get fat and lazy in the swamps and sandhills.

I'm with Harry on needless killings and go out of my way most the time to move the errant wanderer to a safer local. The litttle timber buzztail was playing dodge with semis on a limited access highway was the only reason I picked him up (that and I wanted to see how bad Rick wanted a skin for his inlay).
Since Dad showed me the simplicity of "faux snake", I haven't bothered even collecting road kills. Why mess with the mess? Got seven timber rattlers in the freezer needing skinning (from well meaning reptile-phobic friends).