Finding Snakes in Missouri! Mud Snake, Milk Snake, Rattlesnakes, and Lots More!

[@knickymusic]

This is the video I show to everybody when they say herping the U.S. is boring. Every snake you found was beautiful and it really opened up my eyes to herping when I initially got into it.

[@annakofron7059]

My dad taught me that the best way to get rid of stinging nettles is run to the nearest creek and rub sand/gravel on your skin where the nettles got you, then wash it off with creek water. Saved my life so many times! Good luck with herping!

[@chetchurchill9524]

Anna, you’re dad’s first name isn’t Chris is it?

[@fabiobattaglioni5823]

Juiupi

[@nonesoherpetological8974]

Thank you for this wonderful tip.

[@jonathandefoy6376]

or you could just grit your teeth and take it like a man...

[@jonathandefoy6376]

woman sorry!

[@francescomalguzzi2123]

That grab on the armadillo dude, I laughed waaay too hard 😂

[@MyWildBackyard]

What’s your strategy for tracking down the snakes you’re after? Meticulous habitat research and hours of searching? I’ve always been amazed at the level of snakes you’re able to find!

[@nonesoherpetological8974]

That's exactly what it is. You also have to really know weather patterns and what the animals like with weather.

[@Callmethelamp]

The armadillo had me dying man. You had him for a second too lol

[@Lukeanator91]

I'm from sikeston in the bootheel. We have some really nice rocky, hilly, and swampy conversation areas around southeast missouri. Y'all should definitely come back sometime and check them out!! Look between Sikeston and Cape Girardeau MO!

[@chetchurchill9524]

15:03. “What is he doin’?!” Vintage Noah. 😉 This was an awesome video. Thx NHF!

[@nonesoherpetological8974]

Pygmies have been my nemesis for the past 3 years. Haven't even seen them in FL or South GA. Headed on two FL herping trips back to back in the next two weeks to find one.

[@JustMike2791]

Found one sunning on a cart path many years ago playing golf. What a beaut. Haven't seen another and I'm in the woods quite a bit here in SW FL. I hope you find what you're looking for. Good luck to you!

[@nonesoherpetological8974]

@@JustMike2791 thank you! I'm gonna need it with these little things.

[@elderherper-statesman4733]

Awesome video man! Great Mud snake and pigmies! If you're ever in Southwest Missouri for any reason, there are some roads out this way where seeing a Pigmy in August/September is a piece of cake.

[@JDB2552]

I’ve been greatly enjoying your videos. It’s been over 30 years since I’ve been able to spend a day looking for snakes here in northern Illinois, but on a good day day back then I would sometimes find several Great Plains garter snakes and Chicago garter snakes, the local subspecies of eastern garter snake. Northern brown snakes were pretty common, back then their common name was DeKay’s snake. Once I saw a red-bellied snake. Our local rat snakes are fox snakes. Near water were northern water snakes and once, a queen snake. Smooth green snakes were once pretty common, but sadly I haven’t seen or heard of anyone else seeing one locally for over 20 years. I’ve been told suburban expansion and lawn pesticides are to blame, and there still may be some In undeveloped farm areas. According to the guide books, milk snakes and hognose snakes lived in our area, but I’ve never seen one or heard of anyone else seeing one locally. Likewise, our only rattlesnake is the eastern massasauga, but I’m not aware of any reliable report of any ever found in McHenry County, although not too far east, by the DesPlaines River, they weren’t uncommon. Our turtles are midland and western painted turtles and snapping turtles mostly. Once I saw a stinkpot, and once a very large dead softshell of undetermined species. I’ve often seen little snorkel noses of what I presume to be other softshells poking up out of the water, so I think they’re still pretty common, but I have no other details. Blanding’s turtles were ridiculously common 30 years ago, sometimes I’d see several in one day, even nearly a mile from the water, but now they’re endangered locally. We have no lizards that I’ve seen or heard reported. Keep up the good work with the videos!

[@jaidenmichael4567]

Bro wrote the whole new York times

[@Broadluxe]

The only thing I like seeing you find more than alterna are the mud snakes!

[@caleb_davis7889]

Awesome video man. Love your vids and watch them all.

[@austinb5516]

Wow such amazing mud snakes!

[@emmalynn6457]

All I ever find when I hero is ring necks and the occasional giant millipede. I’m glad that you find more variety of species when you herp!😊

[@dhazinshoal4671]

This video sumarises all of Missouri.

[@jacobherring7736]

I'm new to the channel and I love it here. You guys are informative and passionate about these animals. Keep on flipping fam🙌🏾

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

I’ve noticed a Ribbon and Garter snakes look similar, took me a while to distinguish. Another really good segment 👍

[@n.c.herping6435]

Ribbons are subspecies of them so it makes sense

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

N.C. Herping I see , thanks 👍

[@xxbabymegalodonxx2474]

Cheap Laugh Kennedy ribbon snakes are a species of garter snakes... garter snake is a genus

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

XxBabyMegalodonxX 247 could it not be called a Ribbon Garter Snake then ?

[@xxbabymegalodonxx2474]

Cheap Laugh Kennedy no. Ribbon snakes and common garter snakes are separate species, but they are in the same genus. Just like how coyotes and wolves are not the same species

[@frankcastle4435]

Milk Snake: Who the hell you calling sickly 💪🏼 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@yotehunter3468]

Perfection as always!!!

[@smetlogik]

0:50 that's pretty much guaranteed out west on back roads. Sucks. Nice job on the pyg. Dang, that's how you find muds right there, great idea. 13:10 unacceptable. lol

[@robertjanko6709]

I love the respect with how you handle the snakes and the other reptiles and amphibians. Btw: a link for the conservation shirt of your buddy may help. Greetings from bad old germany

[@inthestandz]

This milkshake 😂😂

[@angiebaggett9223]

FLAT TIRES ARE JUST PART OF TRAVELING!! ☺ ITS ALL GOOD!! 😄 LOVE THE VIDEO!! REMIND ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BLACK RACER THAT YOUR PAPA FIELDS CHASED IN GULF SHORES!! 😂😂 IT WAS FUNNY!! 😂😂💜 KEEP SENDING THE VIDEOS!! I LOVE THEM ALL!! 💜💖

[@bryceguillot8646]

I have been chased by a cottonmouth twice. I have seen plenty that have retreated, but two times I had encounters where they were aggressive!!

[@houstonoutdoors6679]

Another banger of vid.

[@shinyluxray9538]

Snakes fear him *ARMADILLOS CHALLENGE HIM TO WAR*

[@Aquacrystal11]

Awesome! I'm still looking for my lifer ringneck snake XD but yesterday I found one of the rarest salamanders in MA in my town!!!

[@xs5767]

Thanks for the videos, they are interesting and relaxing.

[@Dovietail]

Those bluish racers are stunning!

[@Nirky]

Another great video, thanks.

[@georgefleming4956]

Come for the snakes, leave with the quotes... “holy balls” -Noah

[@Tygor3533]

I always thought 3 toed box turtles paled in beauty compared to eastern box’s. Which is all we have in Pennsylvania and they’re rare. But that 3 toe was gorgeous!

[@Lanteader]

Looking forward to the next video, I live in southern Illinois but I rarely get a chance to go herping.

[@ReptileKlung]

The mud snakes number one on my list !!

[@dianethehunter8527]

Dang your lucky you get to travel to find a bunch of reptiles and amphibians

[@iliketoast7804]

I'm in love with mud snakes💚🐍

[@Jdhdisiosomf]

My neighborhood in MD got some garter, milk, king, ringneck, timbers, and corn snakes.

[@Dracona63]

I'm from Missouri and I loved as a kid going out to the local creek to find all the different types of herps we had. Never got to see a mud snake, but I love seeing a video from my state to see what kind of snakes ya found. Where exactly in the state were you guys looking for these herps?

[@angnst6664]

You posted this a year ago so I don't know if you will see this, but herps are incredibly sensitive to poaching, and a lot of people just wants snakes dead in general, so most people who do this don't give away locations to the internet because of this. Also, he has a couple hundred thousand subs, and if too many people visit that place, it would become very harmful to these habitats.

[@matthewrichardson7203]

Yess Missouri finally

[@kyleefindley2895]

I'm from Missouri and u need your own show!!!

[@Josephlouisu]

I live in Nashville it’s great over here!

[@scarabeo500gt]

You need to come to Palm Springs and herp some Patch-nose snakes and Rosy Boa's then take a 45 min drive up the mountain and find a Mt King snake...👍

[@USCisgay]

i 2nd that, but those mountain kings are hard af to find.

[@scarabeo500gt]

@@USCisgay Yes, Very hard but come out when it rains and stick close to Dark canyon on cool nights :-)

[@fly_speck_cafe]

Welcome to Missouri. Were you in the Bootheel? The sandy areas could be sandblows from 1811-1812 New Madrid quake.

[@jakobdowell5932]

He's slightly roasting every snake 😂

[@CampElias]

I live in Illinois we have some pretty cool snake species.

[@tauroctony32]

What part? Lake County gang

[@rodneya34]

I live in Springfield

[@yellowlighthouse3057]

@Steve Corner same with me

[@gd_gnz]

I saw several large indigo snakes around Springfield, one 7’ as a kid. Carlinville to be exact. I hope there are a few still around.

[@walterjimenez6565]

I couldn't stop looking at your friend shirt, the black shirt with the Quetzalcoatl one, it sais Guatemala conservation institution, which leads me to the next question have you ever went to another country for herping? if so how was it?

[@jjesk8r]

Love the mud snake!!!!

[@dearhazel.3710]

Great video.

[@Jdhdisiosomf]

Can you come herp in Maryland sometime?

[@sweetchefjesse607]

This is a super cool channel! Subbed

[@toki89666]

Im very much looking forward to one day an Eastern Kentucky, Bluegrass, or Southeastern KY Herp day. I suck really bad at finding snakes despite living in a prairie/ watershed area on a big farm in Madison county.

[@Julia.Taunton-Clark99]

‘Tragically enough, this milkshake *laughing* milk snake isn’t in the best shape’ lol 😂

[@MyLadyPanda]

Chad is good at finding things with his feet.. which is probably not the preferred way to hunt for snakes. Also Water Snakes when caught: YOU HAVE INSULTED MY ANCESTORS!! UNHAND ME!! Venomous/other snakes when caught: Well..Imma head out..maybe bite some.

[@johnnylovvorn1414]

Just what kind of "turtle" was it that got away a Missouri soft shell😂🤣

[@CBReptiles1]

Love your vids brother! I can live vicariously thru them since it’s cold af in Colorado rn so no herping

[@donnaterry1200]

You guys are cray cray!!!!!!

[@Wildcatthe9965]

Been watching since 7k subs dang man you are doing great!

[@bubblesblue3731]

I live in missouri and i find bunch garter all types in my yard but i remember one year i was herping in my yard like normaly do and found a my first hognose snake it was cool

[@ellioth8037]

Congrats on 90k Noah!

[@outdoorswithPaul2007]

That's a long milkshake.

[@butchvito]

Ah my neck of the woods. Wow, pygmys are pretty rare in MO from my understanding. I've never seen a mud snake either. All great finds.

[@nataleighbossinger8092]

I LOVE SNAKES!!

[@thebookofheavymetal6800]

we all do haha

[@baybayrayray774]

good vid!

[@Kaishiii]

2:48 I Found an even smaller one in my yard yesterday 🙂

[@timbrwolf1121]

Considering you went to missouri through southern illinois. Im guessing you passed right by me. Greetings from cape girardeau!

[@tattooedmillionaire]

Superlative! 👍

[@jasonwebb1882]

I have only seen 2 mud snakes in my 43yrs. What sucks is that they were both dead on the side of the road. They are such cool looking snakes.

[@cameronlong7535]

I wanted to know do u do any type of fishing

[@HRH-THO-II]

Yea that box turtle would be coming home with me.

[@stoneforest2639]

T O I hope that’s sarcasm, it’s really bad to take animals from the wild. Box turtles in my area are threatened.

[@yobum1894]

Where can we look at all the pictures you take

[@adventureswithsquatchy1400]

Instagram

[@AlexBuildCor]

Milk snakes and shakes are both awesome

[@rickcruz3382]

If that was Nettle(stinging) you were walking through you may as well turn around because it burns like hell go and visit your dermatologist

[@vaguewig3411]

How did u figure out that the yellow bellied water-snake wasn't a moccasin it even had its faced puffed up

[@amystuart2779]

2:53 I have two of them as pets and I love them

[@dome_tv7242]

Do you only photograf it or what are you do whit the snakes??? sorry for the bad englisch im german.... Very nice video

[@stoneforest2639]

YOU JUST YOINKED THAT POOR ARMADILLO AHHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@cydneyevans8366]

From Missouri and that is cool I have gardener snakes I catch at my house

[@the_UnKnOwN_00]

i like this channel i'll definitely go herping one day

[@jonzaremba]

Beautiful mud snake and box turtle.

[@georgefleming4956]

That milk snake would have been sick if it wasn’t sick. 😝

[@_paypar.out223]

Wait u live in missouri me too!! I’ve been subbed I would love to search for snakes with u

[@barryhardacre2358]

Where did you find that snake

[@hollerinannes7780]

That mud snake was a whole ass unit 😍

[@unknowndude3817]

Watching this while eating noodles.

[@dorkykamashini3607]

Ooh a snake! Btw Chad almost stepped on it B-)

[@chieflongsock]

100k coming soon! Let's goooo!

[@dylankopff7139]

Stinging nettle yeah its vicious I've heard it called cotton weed

[@davidsorensen7438]

Awesome video -

[@andibarrett]

Anyone see newts n a regular basis in May? We see a lot of CA or coast range newts round here

[@left2003]

Forbidden milkshake

[@madmaxaks74u]

Yes those mud snakes!

[@Roylevis]

Does kings take Cotton mouths? or otherway around?

[@caydenmoreau4969]

do you film with your phone or camera? if it’s your phone it actually films great!

[@diana3599]

what illness does the milk snake have and is it contagious to other species?

[@Angelo-dl3bw]

I love your vids

[@familycamerer7221]

Hey everyone 🖐

[@nilodaboss9944]

Dam that he just went for that armadillo. 13:06

[@paulswilley3737]

I dont know exactly where you are in illinois and Missouri but you mite be close to where i live in southeast missouri

[@joker042689]

I am looking for somewhere to go in Southeast Missouri. Any suggestions

[@F4cetiousTom]

im from southeast missouri where were you guys herping @? great looking pygmy

[@173jaSon371]

One was sand prairie conservation in Benton area. Not certain on the rocky terrain in the beginning but it looks like Pickle springs/Hawn state park maybe?