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Blake Shaw's avatar

Great article. I haven't read the book. Watched the movie because of the filming that took place in the area. Funny part was your comments about the boys and snakes. I hunt rattlesnakes in the summertime. Seems I run into more bull snakes than rattlesnakes. Hope you are well, Steve.

Steve Mathewson's avatar

Yeah, I remember that you hunt rattlesnakes in the summer. I don't mind them, except I worry that I'll step on one. I almost did a couple years ago in the Beartrap. And I'm doing well. Thanks!

Blake Shaw's avatar

I've bumped into a fair number of people who were fishing in the Beartrap and saw a lot of those snakes. Might have to venture that direction. :)

Steve Mathewson's avatar

There are a lot of them right at the beginning of the trail at the Warm Springs access. You cross a little creek, and then you'll sometimes run into them in the first 100 or 150 yards. I almost stepped on one, there!