Love it! I honestly wanna see all of our wildlife group do some version of this- I think it’s a great format that can really reach a larger group of people. Great video man!
I love it! Evan and I were really excited about this idea when we thought of it and I had no idea that you were also thinking making content in this style! I really look forward to how everyone puts their spin on the concept.
Saw my first Snake in Virginia, in over 5 years yesterday. Makes me sad that they are not around as they were just a few years ago. It was a beautiful 4 foot Rat Snake. I was pressure washing a house, when I saw him crossing the lawn. I stopped and just appreciated the moment until he went on his way of catching rodents. I wish that people would stop with the rat poison, it's killing EVERYTHING!
Dude, great video! Love your channel, you’ve got some Steven Irwin vibes for sure (with the live action racer capture and the way you you were laying right above that copperhead! Awesome stuff! I live in Michigan and have caught snakes up here but this year I caught my first racer in Florida and found my first cottonmouth and Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (no touchy on that one)
I absolutely love this concept, and I really like how your take on it is very animal-focused, less so than catch-focused. We are going to be taking the levels of difficulty concept in a very unorthodox direction in the next few months on our channel and I have really been enjoying seeing your take on it, Spencer's take, and hopefully more from other people soon! You found five beautiful snakes, I'm still missing my copperhead for the year but I've been lucky enough to see all the others, in NC no less! Great work as always Ben! - Harrison and Evan
Thanks for the feedback guys! I would watch the heck out of a bird or other version of this theme if you guys do decide to make one. Good luck getting that copperhead, June seems to be the best month for road cruising them so I believe in you!
Hey boys try finding that mole kingsnake, but I'm sorry to say soon you will see my video. I'm talking about my costar squirmy the mole kingsnake! Harrison, I 🏆am the champ!
Great concept for a video with detailed explanations. Well done, well done. Totally agree with the "body of water" for a place to start, always tell peeps that. Harder in AZ, but still. Not sure what level we're at, don't think there is a level for vinesnakes.
Thanks guys! Yeah you are like level 24 or something, I don't even know how to rank vinesnakes. I would have to make a Smetlogic version just to accomodate half the stuff you see in AZ.
I wanted to see this because I have a garter snake at my grandmas pond that’s eating the frogs so I want to catch it and transport it befasse I’ve been catching frogs for 8 years on I Finally found out why there was only 2 frogs in 2021 and 2020 so I watched this and now I guess I know how to catch a garter snake. Thank you!
When i lived with my dad, we had this area that had perfect boards and tin for snake hunting out on CapeCod MA, We once found a black racer under a board and it was weird, we held him and then let him go, Another time we found a spotted salamander, I was so happy since it was my first reptile ever Haha.
Ben living here in the South I have seen my share of snakes 🐍. The most Beautiful one was a Coral snake and I have only seen one in my life. Keep up your good work my friend. Have a Blessed Day Ben 🙏.
Great video! My kids, 8&6, love finding and identifying snakes and amphibians on our hikes. They both have successfully found, identified, and handled garter snakes, but not handled anything larger. We all love your channel, thanks for the great videos!
I'm a novice but see black rat, copperhead and rough green snakes where I walk the trails and I'm looking forward to trying to pick them up....(well 2 out of the 3, not the copperhead obviously!).
Awesome! I didn't include rough greens in this list but they would probably be close to a level four, those little noodles can be a tough spot if they are hidden amongst green foliage.
Ben, Im enjoying your videos while I'm stuck here in the hospital. What's interesting is neither you or the Wildlife Brothers has ever found the beautiful mole kingsnakes I have? Since early 2021 to present 5 catches ranging from 11 inches to 33 inches. I did it in North Carolina too. I want one more season to show my last season 2023 herping. See now with blood thinners it becomes more dangerous, Next month I turn 57, you know your target, find one for me. John
Good video, but doesnt really tell you how to look for them but was more an species video. Hoped to find tips and footage on what habitats to explore, what kind of leaf litter, logs and rocks to look under etc which was lacking in the video.
Thanks for the video! My son and I watched and we were smiling at each other. We're excited to be level 3. Handling black rat snakes and eastern king snakes is a new milestone for us this summer. Starting to get more comfortable with them. Still a bit nervous of bites though.
That's fantastic, glad you could enjoy the video together! Level three is very respectable, once you take the first bite you'll get past the fear and be all good to go.
That garter is an absolute unit! Never found one quite that big in Kentucky however some are very Agro and will do a swirling defense display. Also, they are totally venomous, just not to humans, think on that !
my son got a photo of a snake today in a lady's front mulch, while he was delivering for UPS, is there a way a can show u the pic and you can identify it? Thanks man, love the channel, i've watched a few episodes so far and plan to watch more.
Well, I got a close up of your level 5 today. I was picking up sticks and debris from a flower bed and a Copperhead slithered between my feet and scared me to death!
I stepped on one last year on a night walk around my family’s property and both of us shit ourselves lmao. I took off in one direction and it took off in the opposite. We both scared the shit outta each other😂.
I found a Osage copperhead under a rock my a boat launch near Paris Missouri about a year or two ago and it was the encounter that solidified my favor for vipers
@@TheWildReportOfficial Pennsylvania is crawling with turkeys, so I've seen them hunting, but I haven't seen a catch. I've got some videos of them doing it on my "Turkey Say No!" playlist, but the best exploration of the topic I've seen is a PBS doc from about 15 years ago called "My Life As A Turkey" about a wildlife biologist who raised a clutch of orphaned turkey eggs to see how many of their behaviors were instinctive, and how many were learned from parents. Thanks for replying, see you on the next one!👍
I just started a couple of years ago working on over coming a fear of snakes by learning about them. Now I am intrigued and excited. and I would say I am a level one am still intimidated by bigger snakes only been brave enough to pick up worm snakes and Carolina brown snakes, I have found rat snakes, red belly’s, but I am still too worried about the bitting part even if I know they are not venomous. I am still looking for the corn snake but I just can’t find one.
Glad you enjoyed, and congrats on being a level 5! I might have to make a part two of this which is levels 6-10 or something if I can ever actually find something rare this summer haha
@@TheWildReportOfficial some of us just get lucky, with the exception of the Garter everything crawled up to or into my house! Aaand I probably have the smallest property in all of Greensboro lol. Good luck out there, we’ll look forward to your next one!
Did you see the rat snake at the end? It was shaking its tail like it was a rattlesnake. Almost sounded like it too because it was rustling against leaves. Also how do you not constantly get poison ivy or whatever laying in the grass and leaves like that?
@@TheWildReportOfficial well congrats on being in the 15% who aren't. I figured that reaction was just kind of the way it went for everyone allergic or not. I've been out trying to find snakes here recently. I found two But I either couldn't get to them or by the time I came back with something to catch them they had run off, figuratively speaking of course.. Probably not smart cause I can't really tell the different between them, but they were both tiny and by the water. I know they weren't cotton mouths, but that's about it lol.
I live in East Tx. And I’m not sure what level I am. I will catch any snake that’s not venomous. I’m not experienced enough to pick up a poisonous one. I love your videos and think they are super important for people who are scared of snakes and will kill any snake they find. I try and tell my friends that snakes are good for the environment and help with so many things. But it always seems to go in one ear and out the other. But thank you for the great info and keep it up!
What a catch on that Racer. I run into them in the woods all the time while hunting in Alabama. I always try to get closer for a better look but they are so stinkin fast and usually bolt before I can get close!!
I've always been terrified of snakes, but over the last couple years I've been trying to shake some of that. I started with picking up a King snake with welding gloves haha. Then two days ago had a Garter makes its way onto my porch that I handled with smaller leather gloves. I'm still a big baby, but trying to not be irrationally fearful of these cool creatures. Better late than never I guess. Thanks for the great content dude!
Love the video my friend! I'd consider myself a level 5. I've always loved catching anything non venomous. I have captured copperheads and relocated them. But never handled one personally. Again, amazing video! Be safe and have a great day.
This was an awesome video, and a great idea for a video too! I've been thinking of making a video like this myself but with grasshoppers or something. Also, I feel like a level 4
Great video! You’re a brave guy. We have several garter snakes here at my property upstate NY, copperheads and racers (among others) at my home in SC. I’m definitely not touching any of them, poisonous or not.
To be honest if I ever want to see any kind of snake I literally just have to walk in my yard where I routinely see gardener snakes, Northern water snakes and a snake that does not look like any other that lives underneath this pile of wood chips
Great job Ben. I've seen so many videos on snakes but I really can not recall anyone showing the "butter milk" racer. Do you have I your area? I'm in northern louisiana and I see plenty of them.
@@TheWildReportOfficial yea I rarely see big ones. The biggest snake I have see in NY was at a lake and it was laying on a floating dock. I walked towards it, and it was a dark brown color. It hissed at me and slid off the dock into the water and swam away from a bass trying to eat it. I have no idea what species it was.
@@TheWildReportOfficial I’ve caught a milk snake this year. I’ve seen two others unfortunately they were dead. I’ve lived in the same location for 25 years and this is the first year I have ever seen a milk snake.
Mole kingsnake is an advanced snake, which I have found 3 of. After 5 0 years of experience, I have been able to enjoy them. I'm sure you remember that Grey ratsnake that I found. I'm sure she wasn't evil, just defending herself. Nice job. John
@@TheWildReportOfficial Ben listen to me, they don't stray far from their hole and they will be down it so fast it's not funny. When I see one I block their escape hole. The snake has no where to run to. I'm giving you my experience so remember that if you see one.
I don’t handle snakes, but I certainly try to take photos of them when I can. I was thrilled to see a Rough Greensnake-cute! I feature it at 6:50 in my Liverworts video I made about two months ago.🐍