Yesterday I was driving through my CRP field and I heard what sounded like crying--sort of like little children would if they were in danger. I drove round and round and finally found the source of the noise. It was a little patch of unmowed weeks. As I investigated further I found the long tail of a bullsnake sticking out. I parted the weeds a little bit, and found that he was raiding a rabbit's nest. Not a pretty sight. The bullsnake coiled up and hissed at me like he thought for all the world he was a rattler!! He even took a couple of good thrusts at me.


Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.