I was catching garter snakes as long as I can remember. I never kept one as a pet though, my mom said we could keep any animal that we catch for one day and then we had to let it go. I remember getting bit a lot when I was a kid and lots of blood dripping down my arms LOL. Here's a photo of one of my first snakes, I'm on the right, I was probably about 10-12 years old. My best friend at the time was on the left. This photo was taken back in the 1970s, we lived in the village of Fredonia Wisconsin.
After that I didn't catch or keep snakes until I was almost 50 years old, I think my first snake was this Arizona Mountain King snake.
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