Want to know what we do with the snakes? Watch till the end!

I grew up in the forests of Pa. I now live in the Desert Southwest. I really miss all those green trees. Been to the North Hills many times.

Outstanding video. Your productions of deer and snake hunting are first class all the way. Your respect for the wildlife is admirable and I, for one, appreciate that. Thanks for sharing on YT.

Nice job guys love watching this channel

Really enjoy every video you put out and I can’t wait until the next one! Thanks for taking the time to share this with all of us!!

Been a subscriber since the beginning. Seen familiar faces leave,and new ones come along. Thru it all Leatherwood has remained true to its course,and hands down probably the best of it's kind on the net. Great video John,keep em coming. Love the bee and flinters too! Fred Bear,Louis L'amour...and Leatherwood. My 3 favs

Stayed there for Easter, definulty is beautiful, another great video too!

Good day everyone, Awesome video and great footage, thanks for sharing and greeting from New Zealand.

Props to you guys because I could never. I’ve been petrified of snakes my entire life but for some reason like to watch videos about them. Weird I know.

What a huge diversity of wildlife in this video!!! Really enjoyed this episode...will share with friends and family, I appreciate your respect for these snakes so cool

Nice catch ...looked like a lot of fun..

This is getting me pumped for PA deer season!

Great vid, true gents and hunters. Would love to get over from The UK one day. Be great to just see them amazing beasts up close.

The last time that I used a fly fishing rig was back in the 1980's. I would surely be rusty, but I'd bet I could smooth it out in less than 30 minutes. You guys can have at it with snake hunting. I'll relocate a black snake or a king snake to protect them. But I'm not messin' with no copperheads or timber rattlers! I don't see any copperheads around my house, since the black snakes and king snakes hang around. Love those guys! Taking care of business! Keep the good snakes!!

Always have awesome Videos, keep it up guys👌🏼

Great video !!!

Beautiful country area. Great video.

Your videos are first class, and very informative.

Alright love y’all bro keep it up good job

Wow is the water high everywhere, even in streams that would normally be really low. Nice video, guys

Looks like a nice place!

These videos are amazing I always like snake hunting keep up the good work

Congrats on the snakes. I was up that same weekend but not looking for snakes. Looks interesting I might have to try it next year.

Great video

Nice video guys!

can not believe there's such things as Snake Huntings cabins! Only in America!

Nice buzzers John congrats guys I've never seen the black phase but seen a few yellows

Well done. Very Entertaining.

I haven't been up Hicks in a while. The first day of trout keg party was legendary down on 555 at Hick's back in the day.

Awesome man I'm only couple hours from there

Crazy!!!

I stayed at that cabin before. It was nice. The Elk would come right into the front yard.

Awesome video

I was doing some research, and found your channel. My daughter this past week end was rock climbing in Ky. They always see copperheads, but never so close as this past weekend. The snake was the biggest she's ever seen, and it was just inches from her foot when she saw it. She jumped and yelled snake, she had their baby in her arms. When she came down she just about had jumped on the 2nd copperhead. She had run out of place to go, so she put the baby in her pack, and slowly started to climb the rock wall to get away from the snake. There was also a third one. They moved them from where they were going to climb and a short time later the big one came back, and was heading toward my son-in-law who was belaying his friend. He couldn't just let go and move. My daughter went and asked a guide who was in the area helping some inexperienced climbers if he could come and help. He scooped up the snake and moved him out of the way. They decided to move and climb in another area. There must have been a reason they wanted to be in that spot, as all the snakes came back. They must have been cold as they were pretty docile, even when moved. I was wondering if they were getting ready to have their young, or breed and delay fertilization until they come out of hibernation next spring. I enjoyed watching some of your videos. What type of video camera are you using, as it is crystal clear, in all lighting situations.

I love benezette pa one of the most beautiful places on Earth, I used to go up there 20 years ago or more as a kid, before they commercialized the elk,only thing there was Ben's store,and it's still there. I went 2 years ago and there's alot of people now, but it's still as beautiful as I remembered and my kids got to see it now, we used to run all over them mountains.

The cheesesteaks are really good and the fried haddock is excellent there

Hey, I was just up in PA last week. At Gettysburg, first time. Wow! Gave me the chills standing on Little Round Top! Very nice visit. One complaint. I'm a Southerner. WHERE is the sweetened ice tea???????????? Mickey D's had it. NO other place had Sweet Tea. Come On, Ya'll!! Is this punishment for us Southerners from 1863?? Damn! Ya'll know how to hold a grudge!

Great video guys! I have a camp up on Huston Hill just up the road from Camp Critter. Would love to catch up with you guys next time you’re up. Best place on Earth!!

Great video that would be cool to get to go rattle snake hunting we don’t have a season on them here in West Virginia.

Show. I need see again... I AM from Brazil.

Yinz guyz are fortunate. Those snakes almost disappeared in the seventies with strip mining and blasting.

good eats right there! headed up there this weekend to hang out and work on our camp

We were rattlesnake hunting the PA Wilds the same weekend June 29th and 30th. I also filmed our hunt and will be uploading it today. Check it out, lots of fun. Caught a 48" black phase that we cooked up that night, and a ton of other smaller ones.

You guys should start tagging them with PIT tags and collect some data on them. I am a PA herpetologist and I do snake research. I haven't done any work on Rattlers yet but I am looking forward to it.

When I was ~ 14 & working on the family farm (East Ky), we went to the store for a bottle of pop. A neighbor & good friend had just killed a big rattler. It was HUGE...a bit over 8'6" and as big as workin' man's forearm! After looking it up later I learned it was a world record, but these old boys were just clearing out their chicken houses & tobacco barns. In fact, while I was going on (& on, & on) about it's size, my dad & another man said they had seen rattlesnakes bigger than that! (We were a good distance out in the sticks.) Good hunt though!

My old friend, " Jerome"....hello Brian Sweeney. Glad you're well.

Has it been raining out your way because in Cambria county it’s been pouring

I live in Pittsburgh I'm going there man

If you guys ever get down to western North Carolina I can take you to some really nice areas. Still hold the NC record for length on a bright yellow phase timber rattler. Big snakes in a 5000 acre preserve we hunt.

I don't know how or where you get the ball's to do this. I couldn't do it but it's cool to watch.

It amazes me that your limited to 1 rattler a year, here in KY snakes are unregulated and we can take as many as we want.

Glad to see you guys weren't just out mass killing them or something. I shot one myself, but only because we were in a remote place on private property where a helicopter wouldn't in time; and they were overpopulated in that area. Ate it, but it didn't taste good. Love the vids, keep em coming lol

SNAKE license ? LOL, that's funny, I don't care WHO you are. Come down to southwest MS ANYTIME, we'll help you load all the eastern diamondbacks you want !!

Nice job guys. Hey John, which overlook is that at the end? 22:03

What permits and licenses do you need to hunt a timber or a copperhead? I adore snakes but I'd love to hunt a copperhead sometime, and a black phase skin would be so cool

Great video as always. I am happy not to meet these snakes in January while I am hunting with my flinter.

I hunt snakes but y’all got balls son shorts and boots

What do you guys do with them?

What do y’all do with the snakes ?

I lived in pittsburgh my whole life. Wheres the rattlesnakes at!?

What do u do with the snakes

Teach people about rattlesnakes. Ask the locals about "Rattlesnake Pete" in Weedville.

Hey I know most places sell a tax stamp to fish for trout, I'm just curious to know what a snake stamper snake license cost. That was a beautiful beautiful cabin..

Awesome, love your videos! My buddy in North western PA tagged out with a beautiful yellow phase. What brand of boots are you wearing?

Try any cicadas for trout fishing?

John was wondering if you can help.. got my Sony handycam 675 I have a very good camera but want to get into Editing if you can tell me what labtop would be good and software.. thanks man love the vids

I’m assuming y’all eat the rattlesnakes? I watched one video where y’all were looking for a copperhead, you eat those too?

thought there was a bead of some sort inside the rattles?😕

Enjoyed the video! Too many rules in Pennsylvania for hunting snakes. Takes the fun out of it in my view. Can't hardly do anything nowadays without licenses, permits, permission & spending a load of money.

Snake licenses...(??) I never heard of them. Are they required across the nation; or just certain states/jurisdictions? Time to "Google".

Almost skipped this video. I saw that American Eagle shirt made in China and thought this was from 2005

At 4:40 it looks like some ginseng behind you

You guys make me home sick for PA.

Shorts and snake hunting??? It's beautiful but snakes ruin it.😁😀

Yankees. geez

Can you sale them?

What does it taste like?

i Just use my Hands to Catch Them Without a Problem.

Great video, but do not like the idea that when a certain size they can be taken out of the wild and to home.

Just curious on how you euthanized the snakes

What do you do with the snakes once caught?

John is now no longer able to touch, handle, discuss, think about, daydream, or even doodle anything resembling a rattlesnake.

Y'all look like you could be up for some real critter huntin, maybe up for some Squatchin in them woods?👹🤔

What if the snake doesn't identify as a male?

What do ya'll do with the snakes? Sell them to those farms which milk them for anti-venom? Make hat bands?

I feel so bad that they're going to kill the snake. ;-;

why would anyone keep them as a pet?😕... Asks the guy who owns 3 African tortoises!😉

A tip, never use tongs. Always use hooks, the ribs are very delicate.

It amazes me that you have to have a license to take a rattlesnake. I live in TX and you can take a truckload of the things without needing a license.

Beautiful country, but a shame you are killing the snakes.

Please don't over harvest the snakes. Take pictures and leave them be for one day in the future they will be gone forever. It is slowly happening with lots of animals and reptiles. Eastern Box Turtles getting scarce. Please don't make pets out of them

no one gives a rats ass about you tubing that snake we wanna see a bunch, keep it and move on pal

Great video