Welcome to Kansas. It may be boring but we have some beautiful areas jacked with herps. (:
@MarrisaBliss4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love watching your videos! Yo'u're very informative and honestly I did not know herping existed but I am so entertained by this. It just goes to show we're all living on this planet and just trying to survive everyday. I love how respectful you are to the snakes and some of the snakes are so calm after you pick them up- like they realize you will not harm them (not everytime but a lot of the time haha!) Thank you for the videos!
@user-kz9yq6ci6u4 жыл бұрын
You channel was randomly in my recommended and I clicked and have been watching these videos for 2 days straight and now consider myself a snake expert lol
@NolanW.4 жыл бұрын
Aaron same lol
@willbaska4 жыл бұрын
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.
@user-kz9yq6ci6u4 жыл бұрын
@@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
@willbaska4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@n.c.herping64354 жыл бұрын
That western worm snake was stunning! Nice job!
@WilliamTomFrank4 жыл бұрын
Remember that one time that guy commented that he'd bet Kansas was terrible herping...poor guy.
@83dekes4 жыл бұрын
😆
@jhcjackattack29354 жыл бұрын
I’m not a poor guy. I’m from east kansas.
@werdcore19853 жыл бұрын
@@jhcjackattack2935 uhhhhh ok? So?
@jhcjackattack29353 жыл бұрын
@@werdcore1985 East Kansas helping stinks
@drewblaz7403 жыл бұрын
@@jhcjackattack2935 the flint hills where they are is eastern Kansas
@Lroselovely884 жыл бұрын
I squee'd at the cute fat wee moles, what a cool find! 😍
@noopbloop50514 жыл бұрын
This dude finds ringnecks like they're earthworms
@benherping40004 жыл бұрын
You can find dozens of ring necks if you flip rocks in most mildly wooded areas in eastern America
@JKHERPS4 жыл бұрын
BenHerping hi Ben
@benherping40004 жыл бұрын
JKHERPS _ hi jacky boy
@noopbloop50514 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@benherping40004 жыл бұрын
noop bloop definitely New England, since there fossorial your going to find them pretty much exclusively under cover, but yeah there everywhere.
@felixharrington85974 жыл бұрын
Can't beat herping here. I'm not even an expert but Nick and Brandon have given me some tips and have found 9 milks and 8 speckled kings in the past two days. Herping here is incredible. Glad you enjoyed it, feel like this state doesn't get enough love sometimes!
@mknewlan673 жыл бұрын
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.
@bisleyblackhawk12884 жыл бұрын
That speckled king snake was beautiful...how can people hate such beautiful creatures 🤷
@iamphoenixfire4 жыл бұрын
the moles!!!! So cute!!!!
@gamingmaster46574 жыл бұрын
I know!!!
@mighty-boa17274 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@atroxarmy72394 жыл бұрын
Definitely liked the baby moles!!! They’re little hands lol
@xanderjohnson86294 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh yes!!! They were great
@ssuperior94344 жыл бұрын
By far my favorite herping channel on KZfaq I never miss an episode ... thanks brother
@smetlogik4 жыл бұрын
Never understood wearing gloves until I herped in KS and TX. Some sweet looking milks.
@erikm83723 ай бұрын
What does that mean… musking? Biting?
@smetlogik3 ай бұрын
@@erikm8372 Just lifting 100's of rock in a day. Easier with gloves.
@georgefleming49564 жыл бұрын
Baby moles!!! Too cool. Wow!! 🤩
@strivingacres81054 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, apparently there are snakes everywhere and under everything....
@thesouthernherper99804 жыл бұрын
Damn Kansas has some amazing herping. Great content as always man.
@43ShaDey4 жыл бұрын
The Southern herper right! Only reason ever to go to Kansas!🤭
@thesouthernherper99804 жыл бұрын
43ShaDey lol, I wish i could just stop on the side of the road and get 2 dozen snakes lol. Location location location
@thescottishhammer75704 жыл бұрын
@@43ShaDey you're absolutely right. Nothing at all to see here. Definitely don't come to Kansas.
@isaacwegner67143 жыл бұрын
@@43ShaDey let me guess you live in the city and do nothing except play video games
@43ShaDey3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@Darhan624 жыл бұрын
Your videos are the best for helping people learn to identify common snakes in their area. You show so many different specimens of milk snakes and ringneck snakes in this video, for example. I think anyone with a pair of eyes should be able to figure out what they look like and how to identify them from that. I've never really understood why many people can't identify common North American snakes on sight, as most of our species look pretty distinctive.
@iremcalkl43153 жыл бұрын
You guys are living my dreams
@HalfDollaMakeYouHolla4 жыл бұрын
I lived in Kansas for 29 years and I've never seen a Milk Snake......ive seen and caught just about every other snake but that one......they love those limestone rocks with all the shell fossils......tons of the ring necks under em
@jenn12344 жыл бұрын
Very very awesome video! I am so happy for you and your friends. There were some beautiful snakes and I wish we could have seen I bit more of the moles. I look forward to your next excursion. Stay Safe! 👍🏻😄
@thecooltrainguy59204 жыл бұрын
Nice! I'm from NJ and I usually just find garter snakes. Lol
@xanderjohnson86294 жыл бұрын
I live in MN and all I ever see are garters and red bellies. It is a bummer
@layplum4 жыл бұрын
I am so jealous of how many rat snakes you find. I’m in southwest Ohio and I NEVER see them. When I was growing up I used to see them a lot, but now that I’m an adult who looks for snakes every day, I see nothing but water snakes, garters, and queen snakes.
@joshmorrison44644 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Sheffield-Lawrence Haha fellow ohioan here and I feel ya
@ethancooper15604 жыл бұрын
A lot of people kill every snake they see
@layplum4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ethancooper15604 жыл бұрын
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
@layplum4 жыл бұрын
Ethan Cooper that’s horrible!! Hognoses are so cool
@masoncordischi45104 жыл бұрын
Bro I’ve been watching your videos a lot lately and I just found my first Kingsnake in the wild it was a speckled king love your videos🎖🎖🎖
@georgefleming49564 жыл бұрын
Noah definitely has “herpers hands” 🖐
@bmschneider304 жыл бұрын
Better then "Jerkers" hands😂
@NolanW.4 жыл бұрын
Reds Country !!! 😟
@alexandergordon95574 жыл бұрын
Congrats man. You're gonna remember this day!
@ORACLEREPTILES4 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for sharing. If ever you make it out to South Africa give us a shout and we can head out herping here.
@patg67053 жыл бұрын
OMG those baby moles are so darn cute : )
@lylebooysen84384 жыл бұрын
Who ever disliked may your toilet paper run out 😂
@johnnylovesgod45164 жыл бұрын
🤔 💩🤣 👍
@catherinehubbard11674 жыл бұрын
Unlikely, because they're probably the ones that hoard it.
@SpartanHmmm4 жыл бұрын
Nooo I disliked bye toilet paper 🧻😂
@a.w57234 жыл бұрын
Yea lol
@thompsonlloyd3 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough you got the same number of likes on your comment as dislikes in the video
@vkahri4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for adding close ups! specially of their faces and eyes.
@emanadzafic76324 жыл бұрын
You are making so good videos.I found your channel 4 weeks ago. And i didn't miss any video.Keep it up bro💪💪
@billaxel41594 жыл бұрын
Iv been watching a lot of your videos and I love what you do me and my son do this all the time
@shellstories4 жыл бұрын
Great video :) This channel is going to be huge one day. Keep up the incredible work! I love seeing what you find :)
@danielwalker23814 жыл бұрын
The lil moles had me 🥺🥺
@throttle45933 жыл бұрын
I am terrified of snakes, but strangly compelled to watch.
@paulrobinson41422 жыл бұрын
Hi I live in the uk and your videos are great wish we had more snakes in the uk you have so many species in the States
@chrisb44102 жыл бұрын
Incredible worm snake and stunning milk snakes
@amandaz97624 жыл бұрын
Awesome way to end that excellent day! You guys caught some beautiful species
@donnaterry12003 жыл бұрын
I don’t like snakes just because I fear them. I saw them bite you. But for some reason I watch these videos cause I’m fascinated and I think that you guys are crazy!!!!
@bobisbesthehe4 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@iyshshafeeu15384 жыл бұрын
I've never been this early.
@magnuskarlsson29244 жыл бұрын
Amazing density of snakes.
@chasedudley74033 жыл бұрын
I’m very surprised to see the milk Snakes hiding with multiple snakes
@herveybaysnakecatchers4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how many snakes you find. I'm from Australia and apparently we a known for our snakes but you guys clearly have a lot more!
@Darhan624 жыл бұрын
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?
@rafabonati77574 жыл бұрын
I especially enjoyed how you documented the red milk snake jump. Back in the late 1970s, I had a paper published on locomotion in snakes and included a special section on “saltation” (jumping) in red milk snakes from personal observation. I never saw this behavior in other snake species, but assume it occurs. Have you seen this before, Noah?
@sparkers704 жыл бұрын
Snake bonanza! I was surprised seeing grumpy milks.. they usually just chill and wait to be put back down :)
@GoatedExile Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Tonganoxie, KS. I can tell ya, awesome herping there, and I live in Florida now. Still prefer Kansas. I used to flip ringnecks and milks literally by the dozens under old roof shingles near my grandpas house. The best thing about KS is there are so many spots and most people will gladly let you herp their property if you just ask politely.
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
It’s a great place, I much prefer it over Florida too! It’s been too long, I need to get back out there.
@GoatedExile Жыл бұрын
@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.
@davehendricks48244 жыл бұрын
I always know when it’s your video. By the blood on your arm.😂😂
@bramsplayground4 жыл бұрын
at 2:15 I think there is a milksnake to the right of your hand on the screen. Could be wrong, but thats what it looks like!
@kkilla10364 жыл бұрын
17brpritchard yes I saw it too...I think you’re right!
@andrewebb1134 жыл бұрын
Saw it to
@ronsolo2404 жыл бұрын
Awesome! You guys are killing it!
@Lifers4 жыл бұрын
Nice! I still need every species you found for the list.
@Lifers4 жыл бұрын
I love all of them, I only have the Northern Ringneck so far.
@houstonoutdoors66794 жыл бұрын
Nice. Kansas is so cool also heard they have a ton of dirt roads to cruise.
@bmschneider304 жыл бұрын
And tornados
@ryanwittman3414 жыл бұрын
Yeah im from eastern kansas its all great cruising roads, dirt roads arent great for my mustang tho lol
@abhinavakula63324 жыл бұрын
THIS CHANNEL IS MADEOF FEARLESS PEOPLE!! Respect😀
@flippinherper99724 жыл бұрын
Really nice shots! We’re hoping to find a milk soon. Or twenty or whatever.
@crooked-halo2 жыл бұрын
You are causing severe anxiety for these snakes! I can see it in their wiggles and their bites! Just kidding, what wonderful videos these are! As a snake amateur, I'd be taking beautiful snakes home every day!
@HealthyMindProject4 жыл бұрын
Very cool video. I don't know much about snakes. So when I see them, as a precaution, I always assume they are venomous.
@hhjplayzyt59224 жыл бұрын
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
@jayhayes59244 жыл бұрын
You found more ringnecks in one day than we have in all of Alabama I believe. Great day of herping.
@derekbutts17824 жыл бұрын
That prairie kingsnake was beautiful
@derekbutts17824 жыл бұрын
Actually all them kingsnakes are
@derekbutts17824 жыл бұрын
Also I might add that I admire the fact u put all the rocks back in their places lol
@craigwyatt784 жыл бұрын
That has to be a world record day for finding snakes. Guessing this has got to be the best day you have had in your life. I’ve never even found 10 snakes in one day. Wish I could find just 1 milk snake 😂. Dude love your videos!!
@xanderjohnson86294 жыл бұрын
Me too lol
@barrettbros28813 жыл бұрын
Just the sheer amount of Ring neck snakes...
@johnshaft56134 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, what is the deal with Kansas? I've been herping my whole life in California, Nevada, Arizona, and there is NO WHERE in those states where you can find snakes in these numbers. I mean, you can find a lot of snakes....but nothing like in this video.
@WodanMorning4 жыл бұрын
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.
@flamingdragon38613 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Kaliluo23 жыл бұрын
It's absolutely insane to me how common ringneck snakes are in Kansas. I live in Michigan and I have only found four or five of them ever. Up here they are a treasure to me, so are milks, I don't see many of them either. I'd love to go herping in other states but just haven't gotten the chance yet. I would be THRILLED to see THAT many fossorial snakes. Nice job!
@stevehogan88294 жыл бұрын
Man, you guys find a lot of snakes. Good to know those are all out thre.
@TheCloakedTiger4 жыл бұрын
Milksnek go nom nom. Milksnek do a bite.
@georgefleming49564 жыл бұрын
“Oh my goodness”
@BuckshotUniversity4 жыл бұрын
aint no party like a ringneck party
@GeminiTieDye2 жыл бұрын
The worm snake is so cute 😭
@gusloomis99273 жыл бұрын
That has to be at least 40 ringnecks, that was totally insane. Nice herps, so many beautiful milks. Keep up the good work. Edit: yeah, maybe more like 70
@PhantomPanic3 жыл бұрын
This is almost the amount of snakes in my nightmares. No joke. 🐍
@caleb_davis78894 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Watch all of them. been subbed since 2k
@stoneforest26394 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know that garter snakes could be so angry lol.
@hhjplayzyt59224 жыл бұрын
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
@MichaelCouture874 жыл бұрын
Should've left it alone.
@lifeofsy9204 жыл бұрын
You'd be surprised how aggressive they can be lol
@jayhayes59244 жыл бұрын
I've never caught a garter snake that wasn't pissed. I've never seen a chill garter snake.
@hhjplayzyt59224 жыл бұрын
Jay Hayes you’ll get one if it’s something you want to do
@fighterx41334 жыл бұрын
Shocking number of snakes found. I am jealous.
@83dekes4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Noah!
@alanowens34 жыл бұрын
Those red milks are the bomb diggity
@erikm83723 ай бұрын
I knows we have San Diego ringnecks, here in San Diego County, but I wish they were as easy to find here as in all of your videos! We have plenty of alligator and fence lizards, of course. Lol.
@beastherper3494 жыл бұрын
Love your videos! I just recently caught my first Gila monster!😀
@jaxfishn04 жыл бұрын
Noah, a couple of questions for you. First, do you keep any specimens as "pets"? Second, how do you find good places for herping? I've heard you mention Google Earth, or other mapping tools. But what are some of the other factors you're looking for when you decide to investigate a new area? It would be helpful to get an idea of the various types of habitat that you look for, and how you find it, to give us an idea of where to begin our own searches. There has got to be more to this than just "flipping tin". What can you tell us?
@Darhan624 жыл бұрын
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.
@shanemiller6982 Жыл бұрын
@@Darhan62 That , my friend is a few sentences short of a novel.
@wildlifephotography13373 жыл бұрын
If I counted correctly 47 snakes in the first half and I stopped counting at 70 for the second half! Also, why does this vid not have over 1 mil views?
@midwestemo_fishing4 жыл бұрын
I love you man keep up these amazing videos
@MikeB-19654 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't see a bunch of hog-nose snakes. When I lived in Kansas, we regularly found them in our yard. I never saw milk snakes around our yard. They are beautiful snakes.
@lethal_kazma44913 жыл бұрын
never thought hunting for milk snakes would be easy
@catherinehubbard11674 жыл бұрын
Spectacular! Is it possible that the Kansas sites had more snakes than in Georgia because there had been fewer collectors there? Or is the carrying capacity of the habitat that much greater? Thanks for these videos.
@ryanwittman3414 жыл бұрын
Im from kansas, i live right next to a creek and have timber with lots of rocks that i herp, ive found glass lizards too, some salamanders too which are pretty rare here
@bmschneider304 жыл бұрын
You should make an episode on which non venomous snake bites are the worse 😂
@Darhan624 жыл бұрын
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.
@brendencampbell18873 жыл бұрын
We need to meet up and go snake herping I’m in Wichita Kansas!!
@Brandoncox_photography4 жыл бұрын
I love milk snakes. My favorite snake is the Mozambique spitting cobra. I love to make snake and nature videos. I do all the time NKFHerping is my favorite channel to go watch snake videos
@Sarah1211.3 жыл бұрын
What is the difference between what you call a milk snake vs a arizona mountain king ? They look the same to me. Also that worm snake was beautiful 😍
@WildEncountersTV4 жыл бұрын
Baby moles! Aww
@erinwalker76944 жыл бұрын
This is the earliest I had ever been!
@timwhiting67213 ай бұрын
I have a giant nest of milk snakes that live under the edge of a giant rock that protrudes from the cliffside in far northeastern ohio. Amish found massasauga's and a bunch of giant black snakes n rat snakes when they clear cut the woods , im hoping there's a timber back their.
@petercarmeci83174 жыл бұрын
Dude, great video!
@iamverycool24883 жыл бұрын
Its a pack of guys and they know who we are..
@jacolumbia20344 жыл бұрын
I know that guy....BDeC .......HEY !!!
@brianc.connell57084 жыл бұрын
Bet your guys phones are filled with snake pictures 😂😂😂
@smoke-ak47-64 жыл бұрын
Nice herp session!❤️
@Dr.Jack.Bright2 жыл бұрын
The way he just CHOMP
@thegreatlagi99744 жыл бұрын
Was this all in the Flint Hills? If so I'll definitely have to check it out next Spring. You guys got a haul
@Annika-xq3gv4 жыл бұрын
The fourth milk looked like it had a injury/deformity on its lip
@nicholasfrank67053 ай бұрын
This is truly wild haha.
@RUBIZEN4 жыл бұрын
Have you ever caught a "common wormsnake"? We have them here in KY but I've only seen one. I was moving firewood around and noticed an earthworm. The worm looked a little strange though. I picked it up and it was a tiny snake! I assumed snakes that look like worms were only found in more exotic countries but I checked the Univ. of KY website and they in every region of our state except the north.
@n.c.herping64354 жыл бұрын
They are absolutely everywhere. Flip a few rocks and you will find like 3 of them.
@shanemiller6982 Жыл бұрын
@14:35 it appears to be an ancient wall that you were flipping. You may have blindly passed the best find of a lifetime.
@Spacey74 жыл бұрын
Great video again 👍 But are you allowed to go & stay in other states in us now? Weird to see you do a high five these days 😊 🐍