Aaron same lol

I like snakes but im not an expert but this herp shit entertaining as hell for me so when im bored i go flipping haha.

@@willbaska I feel like one now. He flips some tin and im sitting here like "wow look at all those ring necks" when 48 hours ago I didn't know what that was lol

@@user-kz9yq6ci6u When I was little (4-6) I had a mini obsession with snakes. It has basically faded but little pieces still stick with me. I can identify basic species. It rlly is an interesting animal imo.

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I’m not a poor guy. I’m from east kansas.

@@jhcjackattack2935 uhhhhh ok? So?

@@werdcore1985 East Kansas helping stinks

@@jhcjackattack2935 the flint hills where they are is eastern Kansas

You can find dozens of ring necks if you flip rocks in most mildly wooded areas in eastern America

BenHerping hi Ben

JKHERPS _ hi jacky boy

@@benherping4000 Even New England? I've seen a few around here before, but they seem to be in isolated spots and they're kinda there or they're not. But I haven't spent a lot of time just flipping rocks in general so who knows. I'll give it a shot. Apparently browns and redbellies are plentiful too and I've never seen those either.

noop bloop definitely New England, since there fossorial your going to find them pretty much exclusively under cover, but yeah there everywhere.

I know!!!

Yes!!!

Definitely liked the baby moles!!! They’re little hands lol

Oh my gosh yes!!! They were great

That’s because when you say Kansas the first words out of every non native Kansan is Toto, Dorothy, wizard of oz and or there’s no trees there. People have no clue how diverse Kansas really is, especially eastern Kansas. Hopefully they never figure it out.

What does that mean… musking? Biting?

@@erikm8372 Just lifting 100's of rock in a day. Easier with gloves.

Jennifer Sheffield-Lawrence Haha fellow ohioan here and I feel ya

A lot of people kill every snake they see

Ethan Cooper I know, it’s really a shame. I’ve always loved snakes and they are so good for the environment and for pest control.

Jennifer Sheffield-Lawrence my dad killed a hog nose today I try to catch them and move them away from our house before he kills them

Ethan Cooper that’s horrible!! Hognoses are so cool

The Southern herper right! Only reason ever to go to Kansas!🤭

43ShaDey lol, I wish i could just stop on the side of the road and get 2 dozen snakes lol. Location location location

@@43ShaDey you're absolutely right. Nothing at all to see here. Definitely don't come to Kansas.

@@43ShaDey let me guess you live in the city and do nothing except play video games

@@isaacwegner6714 um no I live in the stix of nw FL and haven't played a video game since the PS3 came out .. Oh and I'm a GIRL

I live in MN and all I ever see are garters and red bellies. It is a bummer

Better then "Jerkers" hands😂

Reds Country !!! 😟

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Unlikely, because they're probably the ones that hoard it.

Nooo I disliked bye toilet paper 🧻😂

Yea lol

Oddly enough you got the same number of likes on your comment as dislikes in the video

17brpritchard yes I saw it too...I think you’re right!

Saw it to

The difference with Australia is that, from what I hear, you don't want to just pick up the snakes like we can here. We've got mostly harmless colubrids, and the few venomous snakes here are easily identified. In Australia it's like mostly dangerous elapids and a few pythons, right?

And tornados

Yeah im from eastern kansas its all great cruising roads, dirt roads arent great for my mustang tho lol

Healthy Mind Project look at there heads venomous ones will have like a v shaped head or like a arrow but good u take precaution because some snakes have tons of bacteria in they’re mouths

I love all of them, I only have the Northern Ringneck so far.

It’s a great place, I much prefer it over Florida too! It’s been too long, I need to get back out there.

@NKFherping If you ever plan a trip lemme know, I can probably get you into some nice private areas with tin already set up that I left 10 years ago before I left.

Me too lol

Actually all them kingsnakes are

Also I might add that I admire the fact u put all the rocks back in their places lol

In most parts of Kansas we love our snakes. We have a large farming and ranching communities. The snakes are good for us because they keep down the problem mammals and bugs.

@@WodanMorning I'm in Wichita and do a lot of work in the area. You can find a ton of snakes just walking the dirt roads and under any piece of debris seems to be a 50% chance of finding -something- tons of cool snakes here.

sTone ForesT dude my grandma walked outside one day and saw a striped garter (she hates snakes) and she ran inside and told me to shoot it and I was went shoot but I noticed what kind it was so as I pick it the sucker bites me 10 times in my face and arm so I tossed him in the pond with my rat eating bass

Should've left it alone.

You'd be surprised how aggressive they can be lol

I've never caught a garter snake that wasn't pissed. I've never seen a chill garter snake.

Jay Hayes you’ll get one if it’s something you want to do

I hope you don't mind me offering my two cents on this, Jack. :) I guess you find undeveloped land that you can legally herp on. In most places, if you're not taking the snakes away, authorities probably won't fine you prosecute you for just catching them to photograph. Sometimes if you say you're catching them for "identification purposes," which is really what you're doing if you're just taking pictures, I think that helps. States have different requirements as far as whether you're supposed to have a fishing license or whatever, but in some states you can legally collect herps for commercial purposes, or for your own pet. I'm sure it also helps to know property owners. Maybe you can ask friends on social media if they know good places or own any undeveloped land in a particular area you're interested in herping. Maybe you can get together with other herpers. Generally the sides of public roads in rural areas are probably good. If there are areas that offer camping, sometimes there are places nearby where you can legally herp. Just be careful to respect fences and "no trespassing" signs, particularly if you aren't familiar with an area. I know that in some cases those signs are actually misleading or not valid, but you have to research the area, who owns the land, etc. to determine that. In my experience there are certain roads where police will stop you and ask you what you're doing, and you just have to be honest and respectful if that happens. Finding places with lots of good ground cover to flip is a trick. Sometimes you can actually set up your own wooden boards at the edges of fields and then come back after some months or the following year, once critters have started making burrows under them. Always remember to try to put ground cover back like you found it to avoid disturbing the microhabitat, and be careful not to accidentally flatten any critters still under there (i.e., catch and release the herps at the edge of the ground cover so they can go back under on their own). Time of year is important. Generally do your herping when the animals are active and breeding or preparing to breed, which is usually sometime in the spring, but will depend on the species and on what part of the country you're in. Finally, study your field guides (or information online). Know the species in the area and their habits, foraging behavior, annual cycle, etc... To be honest I don't do much herping these days, but anytime travel happens to take me to a good herping area, I try to make some time for it. It was a big hobby of mine when I was a teenager back in the eighties. So many of my herping spots have since succumbed to housing and road construction, though. If land is soon going to be cleared for development I think you should be able to collect pretty much all the animals you want from it, because if the habitat is destroyed, those animals won't be able to survive there anyway.

@@Darhan62 That , my friend is a few sentences short of a novel.

They are absolutely everywhere. Flip a few rocks and you will find like 3 of them.

Any bite that lacerates the skin could be a problem, but this usually happens because the person who gets bitten tries to pull away. I guess the bigger the snake the more "damage" it can do, but generally most snake bites are like rows of pin pricks, and might bleed a tiny bit, but heal up completely after a couple of days. Being bitten by nonvenomous snakes is just part of the herping experience. Over time you might learn how to handle snakes in a way the builds trust with them. Sometimes avoiding the initial bite when you first grab them is impossible, or at least more trouble than it's worth, and efforts to avoid the bite (i.e., by not supporting the snake's body weight properly, by shaking it around too much, or by grabbing it right behind the head) will just stress the snake. The first rule of snake catching, for me, is don't catch venomous snakes. The second rule of snake catching is put the welfare of the snake first and don't worry about getting bitten.