Brad, is that the neighbor you were telling us about? I'd be happy to "relocate" any unwanted atrox next year..Just doin my part for the neighborhood..LOL

Probably it's getting to be a bit late in the year for rattlesnakes.  Most in Beaupre's study call it quits by mid-October...ish.  Usually they head right in to their hibernacula from their foraging grounds.  They don't seem to "hang out" by their dens in the fall, like they do in the spring.

As of Tuesday, only 4 of the 14 currently tagged were down.  That may soon change with our cold night temps.

Van

I remember tracking a couple of Timbers early in the morning in late October and finding them covered in frost!  They don't stay up long after that...and I'm looking out my window this morning and there is a pretty heavy frost.   

On the atrox, remember "rattlesnakeman" finding some last year early in the spring?

I think it's likely their peak emergence beats the Timbers by a couple of weeks.  If the weather is "perfect", I don't see why we shouldn't be out looking as early as the end of March.

Nope...
he says 'near AR/OK border' and I know he's from Benton county...
If they were benton county, that'd be a good county record.
I asked him to let us tag along sometime, and he replied 'a good fisherman never takes other fisherman to his best fishing hole'

I say we drive up there and rough him up till he takes us.

I dont see him post much, may not even check the site.
I think Beaupre has talked to him before. But thats ok, we wont let him come to our natural dam site when we find 20 more!

The older i get, the mind starts going...
You are correct, this guy is in the ouachitas.  GAME ON
Lets go find his spot!  BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!

Maybe we wont have to go this far south, keep your fingers crossed.

I'll first say that I do not know the *exact* spot where "rattlesnakeman" has turned up these atrox, but I think a little deductive reasoning could get one pretty close (or at least narrow down the choices).

* I'm pretty sure it's on private land.
* I think there is a road that gets pretty close to the "hot spot"...but, again, I'm pretty sure this would be a private road.
* It's ON the AR/OK border.  My impression is that it's so close, it's difficult to know for sure which side one is actually on.
* It's almost certainly a fairly large, steep, rocky SW-facing slope.
* It's probably within a couple of hours drive from Bentonville (where he lives).
* And the terrain looks like this:

Now that this is the DB thread.

Kory are you speaking of a site NW Arkansas, or are you talking about his site near Mena? He does sate that he has found them in the Kiamichis near Mena in the article on his website. Maybe I miss took his Bigfoot statement? Does his statement mean that he does believe that they are in NWA?

Glennnn