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coach whip snake
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08/25/12 09:17 PM
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mbavo
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 09:22 PM
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RKHarm24
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The primary myth concerning coachwhips, that they chase people, likely arises from the snake and the person both being frightened, and both just happen to be going the same way to escape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masticophis_flagellum
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 09:26 PM
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jcarlson91
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 09:53 PM
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Stompy
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Well, about 8 years ago, I had one chase me close to 100 yards, and he was gaining ground. I thought it was a myth, till it happened to me twice. The second one chased about 40 yards. And if they were going the same direction as me, they were zig zagging like me..
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 09:58 PM
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I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 10:00 PM
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Oh hell no, if that sucker started chasing me, I'd start crying like a little girl.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 10:14 PM
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FLTXduck
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Great pics. Awesome snake. They do NOT chase people. They will only bite if grabbed. They will go the other way 100% of the time if given the opportunity.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 10:15 PM
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Txtrapper10
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Great pics. Awesome snake. They do NOT chase people. They will only bite if grabbed. They will go the other way 100% of the time if given the opportunity. Now thats the kind of comment I like reading
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 10:22 PM
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erniejs
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We get old too fast and wise too slow
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 10:25 PM
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HuntingTexas
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Cool snakes but only because I'm in the U.S. If I was in Africa I'd swear it was a Mamba. They look alot alike.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 10:38 PM
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At my Grandparents place up in W. Virginia they had black racers they called em, and they would chase you far as you would run and when you stopped they stopped and when you ran again they'd chase you. They were completely harmless but they put up a good bluff!!
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/25/12 10:43 PM
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He wouldn't chase me,Cause he couldn't stand the SMELL 
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 01:23 AM
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 01:42 AM
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Stompy
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Great pics. Awesome snake. They do NOT chase people. They will only bite if grabbed. They will go the other way 100% of the time if given the opportunity. I thought that too till it happened. I gave it plenty of opportunity to go another way,,but it was going my way. I have seen probably 100 CW on the ranch over the years and these were the only 2 to do that. I am here to tell you 100% that they were chasing me.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 01:47 AM
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 01:48 AM
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At my Grandparents place up in W. Virginia they had black racers they called em, and they would chase you far as you would run and when you stopped they stopped and when you ran again they'd chase you. They were completely harmless but they put up a good bluff!! My family is from WV. When I was younger my sister got chased by one. Lol. It was awesome.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 01:49 AM
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I hope someone shot that can
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 02:12 AM
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Went to bbq at a hunting lodge with snake proof fence(they thought)as I walked in gate looked down and 5 footer went scooting by me and I grabbed it up and thought it was cool! Beer had been consumed prior to event!Walked up to window where all the ladies were inside prepping food...nothing but the guys out in yard drinking beer rest of evening! 
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 02:22 AM
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Well, about 8 years ago, I had one chase me close to 100 yards, and he was gaining ground. I thought it was a myth, till it happened to me twice. The second one chased about 40 yards. And if they were going the same direction as me, they were zig zagging like me.. Now that is funny.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 02:22 AM
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SapperTitan
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 02:41 AM
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Cool snakes but only because I'm in the U.S. If I was in Africa I'd swear it was a Mamba. They look alot alike. They do. I thougt I would be cool and pick up a "chicken snake" and show my friends at the lab class we were headed to. I stopped the truck opened the door next to what I thought was a chicken snake. It raised up about 3 feet off the ground. The only thing that ran through my mind was Black Mamba! No time to consider they don't live in Nacogdoches TX. I slammed the door shut and burned out of there. My snake wrangler days were over for a very long time.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 02:42 AM
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thats more like a dead snake
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 02:43 AM
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 03:16 AM
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Saw one in Cisco a few months ago. Was gonna take a pic of it and it hauled azz the oppisite direction. Very fast snake.
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Re: coach whip snake
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08/26/12 03:18 AM
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Coach whips are good snakes.
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