MY PAST HERPING HISTORY 1956 - 1970

I WENT ON MY FIRST SNAKE HUNT WHEN I WAS ABOUT 4. MY BROTHER TOOK ME AND A MASON JAR BACK INTO THE OZARK HILLS LOCATED IN WINEGAR'S TEAL BEND CAMP. IN MISSOURI AND SPECIFICALLY THE OZARK REGION THERE ARE DENSE DECIDUOUS FORESTS WITH SMALL CEDAR GLADES SPREAD THROUGHOUT. THE GLADES ARE CLEARINGS MADE UP OF SMALL SHRUBS AND JUNIPER TREES AND MANY EXPOSED LIMESTONE AND FLINT ROCKS. I HAVE PULLED A LOT OF NEAT SNAKES FROM THE AREA INCLUDING RINGNECKS, WORM SNAKES, SPECKLED KING SNAKES, BLACK RAT SNAKES, COACHWHIP SNAKES, COPPERHEADS AND BEST OF ALL RED MILK SNAKES. I HAVE SPECIAL PLACES THERE THAT I CAN ALWAYS FIND THE MILKS.