Good topic as the arctic chill hits most of the country. Looks like you're covered with the choices for your backpack. It depends on where I'm herping and how long I'll be out in an area. Here in AZ, we carry needlenose pliers to pull out the inevitable jumping chollas that appear out of nowhere. Must have if you're herping here. Rain gear to cover the packs and us during the monsoon. Easy to get caught in a nasty downpour.

Big difference in temperatures last January compared to this year. Brr. Enjoyed watching this and seeing your favorites. I thnnk the Ribbon was my favorite. Partly because I love finding them but also to see how spunky that one was. It must have been fun reminiscing about all you've seen while putting this together. Thanks❤.

The Pigmy Rattlesnake. OMG. Do freakin cute. Then when you put the Croc down, it got even cuter. It was so tiny. I mostly have seen baby Ratsnakes, but they are so beautiful with their varied patterns. It always amazes me how they end up losing those patterns eventually. I can't pick a favorite in your video. They're all so adorable 🥰. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

Hey Tony❤. Not lame at all! I was thrilled to see this since I'm finally making my move to Lancaster County, PA in April and hope to get into more herping adventures. (And definitely hoping to hook up with you at some point.) ❤ The lint roller has always been one of those important tools I use whenever out hiking. No matter how light-colored my pants are, those darn ticks seem to hide. As a girl, I always have a pack of something similar to Dude Wipes for obvious reasons. The one thing I always have with me is my bug jacket with hood. It's one of those netted jackets that allows air to flow through but keeps most of the biting insects from feasting on me. I have a separate netted hood, too, that I use if I have long sleeves on. Thanks so much for doing this video.

The lint roller - GENIUS! I probably won’t need it so much in Central or West Texas, but it could be really handy down along the coast in wetlands. Also MIGHT work for “klingons” or beggar’s lice if you have fine-woven fabric pants that they can’t hook into. We lose a lot of socks to those little buggers. I’m going to look up the Dude wipes, too - no shortage of Nerodia here! As @tkreitler said, we also carry several pairs of gloves. And trash bags for soiled/wet socks and gloves, as well as trash. (There will also be geocaching-related stuff, as most hikes are double-duty.)

Some good ideas here. I have a similar bag. I tend to have a bag ready to grab and go

The Dude Wipes is a good tip and one I will be adding to my kit. The only thing, besides camera gear, that I carry that you didn't show is a pair of gloves. I use the cheap mechanics gloves from Harbor Freight. They are handy to keep my fingers clean and protecting my hands from getting cut up. I also use them sometimes to handle salamanders. I'm not sure if the gloves are any better for the salamanders than my bare hands, but I like to think they are.

Shout out from Oregon. Love the variety you've got mid Atlantic and S.E. US. You're so lucky. I'd love to see some Carolina rattlesnakes. Sweet. Thanks for sharing.

Great findings Tony!

Just one little cutie-pie after another. 💜 Thanks!

I had fully intended to pick a favorite but I can't- they were all great. Happy New Year!

I love this video!!! They were all soo adorable^^ The cottonmouths always seem to make me giggle when they gap to show off their mouths lol

I like the green snake merry Christmas 🎄🐍

Good stuff !!!

I head to Delmarva just to hunt the Eastern Hognose, so that's always my #1. Also found my first ever rough green snake on Assateague Island but it was hit on the road :'(

Don’t look a gift hoggie in the mouth! 🤣

In south jersey?? I didnt think there was anything like that around

Great trip!

That was a gorgeous hoggie. Your racers are very pretty, too.

Thanks for the fun!

I think fossorials are very under-rated. Glad you think they’re worth showing! And YES, so many of us really need some rain. If only the hurricane victims could share.

The racer/rough green “incident” was pretty wild!

Fun times! Thanks for sharing.

Here’s your LOL moment for the day - I’m sitting here trying to bat away the 🦟 mosquitos 🦟 your mic was picking up! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the fun.

Good stuff Tony. That was a beast of a Rat Snake. The yellow on that second Ring neck really popped on camera. Jealous of the Ribbon!

Where can you find corns and kings in de I’ve always dreamed of catching a corn snake and I didn’t even know we had them in Delaware

Great content as always Tony

Tough out there without rain but we made it happen!! Hope it rains this week.

That green snake was awesome dude!! Keep making bangers i enjoy your videos‼️🐍

Already know this video is gonna be great!

I wish we had those in az

That DeKay's was a pretty one! Nice finds.

I'm so envious. I'm in Cecil County and I never find anything flipping. 😒

Amazing!

I knew that pile was worth checking!

so cool!! these aren't venomous right?

Nice finds!

What do the hatchling eastern rat snakes eat?

Babies! 🩷

So many new generations of new reptile species.Racers, kings, garters, boxies, fence lizards, ringnecks, red bellies and a couple of older animals. That king looked freshlyshed and very vibrant. And the adult eastern had a beautiful shell.Thanks for all the work you put into these videos. Catch you on the flip-side. Richard from Arkansas

Monster water snake great herps

Quality stuff Tony! Love the variety in this video. My favorite is the kingsnake.

Awesome Video!

Nice vid bro!

I did not know racers ate other snakes LOL

Great herps

Man, you saved that Green Snake from a horrible death. What a cool encounter.

Those were some good finds for mid (hot) summer. Been there on the regurgitation thing. Always sucks, sometimes you don't know they had a meal kind of thing.

LOL Racer was looking at the rough green saying you lucky sob!!! He had to get him on the ground unless he was climbing for his food.

That little Snapping Turtle looked like it was stretching to check you out. That Racer with the Green snake was awesome even though you interrupted the meal.