HUGE Pile of Copperheads! 30+ Snake Hike in North Georgia: Copperheads, Rattlesnakes, and Camping!

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  • Опубликовано: 18 авг 2022
  • A fantastic weekend spent in the mountains, highlighted by one of the biggest piles of snakes I've ever had the pleasure of finding!
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  • @jasonvining8108
    @jasonvining8108 Год назад +2

    Its good to see the snakes in this way . I appreciate how you didn't disturb them.

  • @Raelven
    @Raelven Год назад +5

    My mom was a herpetologist. She collected reptiles for National Geographic Magazine photos. She would have absolutely loved you guys. My childhood was filled with reptiles, amphibians and insects. I still don't care for them myself. And that was the biggest wasp I've ever seen.

  • @lindataylor4397
    @lindataylor4397 Год назад +22

    I would leave the state if I saw that many snakes anywhere.

  • @nepaleseman1010
    @nepaleseman1010 Год назад +62

    Wow thats primeval, that pile of Copperheads, it's like going back a 100 years ago. In my opinion seeing that many snakes in one area, is one of the best things you can see in the entire animal kingdom. It also demonstrates that the biodiversity is top notch where you have been herping in that particular part of the mountains. I notice the Timber Rattle snakes are darker in the mountains than in the lowlands, I suppose that is so they can absorb the sun quicker to heat to their ideal temperature of around 85f I guess.

    • @peachkopp1352
      @peachkopp1352 Год назад +1

      Regular event in southern Indiana.

    • @christophercastillo6022
      @christophercastillo6022 Год назад +1

      It’s normal for snakes to group like this!?!

    • @nepaleseman1010
      @nepaleseman1010 Год назад +2

      @@christophercastillo6022 I am from the UK it was normal for snakes to group like that, but now days there are so few your lucky to find one or two at most.

    • @mrkipling2201
      @mrkipling2201 Год назад +2

      I’m from England and I’ve never seen one snake in the wild!! Let alone a pile of venomous snakes!!

    • @nepaleseman1010
      @nepaleseman1010 Год назад +2

      @@mrkipling2201 I once saw 30 adders in two hours near Eastbourne April 1976.

  • @jackso_28
    @jackso_28 15 дней назад

    That blue crayfish was a very rare finding, I’m surprised you weren’t more excited to see that. That’s a 1 in 10,000 sighting right there!

  • @kizmo2317
    @kizmo2317 Год назад +2

    Enjoy this time of your life young man. Doing something you love with good friends, it doesn't get any better than that.

  • @FascinateNonExoticKeepers
    @FascinateNonExoticKeepers Год назад +10

    I love these Mountain Rattlesnake/Copperhead watching videos of yours. Timbers, both Canes and Montane phases, are probably my favorite snakes. That last Timber you found was on par with that living landmine you found in the early spring in my opinion.

  • @scotthurley4967
    @scotthurley4967 Год назад +9

    Looks like a dangerous place to hike!! Great video..

  • @loonipper
    @loonipper Год назад +5

    I learn so much from these videos and I live in florida so it's cool seeing all these snakes i've got!

  • @rockyhorror1969
    @rockyhorror1969 Год назад +6

    damn so many snakes. brave guys. i would be running

  • @anntowle1706
    @anntowle1706 Год назад +1

    What a wonderful video! I love seeing so many snakes!

  • @climbtibet
    @climbtibet Год назад +1

    Wow you guys are quite the hunters; thanks for the share! Extremely cool !

  • @coraltown1
    @coraltown1 Год назад +2

    You know it's a good herping day when the snakes are in 'piles' .. a herd of deer, a flock of birds, a pile of snakes.

  • @mollybramcracker771
    @mollybramcracker771 Год назад +2

    Keep up the amazing work! ❤️‍🔥

  • @maxinemcclurd1288
    @maxinemcclurd1288 Год назад +1

    I'm watching this on New Years Eve and am dreaming of hearing the summer night critters again soon.

  • @kylejohnston2019
    @kylejohnston2019 Год назад

    Very productive video guys loved it hopefully it stays like that keep on keeping on

  • @kenjohnson5498
    @kenjohnson5498 Год назад +1

    We used to get Timbers piled up on our porch in the morning to bask in the early morning sun. We learned real quick you better look before leaping out on the porch lol.

  • @houstonhicks
    @houstonhicks Год назад +3

    Hey man! Really enjoy this channel. Me and my boys watch it all the time. It inspires them to go outside and hunt. Also thanks for keeping the language clean!

  • @markkasper7281
    @markkasper7281 Год назад

    Nice content Noah brings me back to my helping days...

  • @americanpatriot2568
    @americanpatriot2568 Год назад +3

    Much respect for not bothering the snakes in their primal settings! Too many videos where the individual will prod and poke just to get them aroused! Here in NC down in the Uwharrie National Park just below Denton NC off of Hwy 109 there are many rattlesnakes! You may want to give this place a try!

  • @billdausel7138
    @billdausel7138 Год назад

    That view - WOW!

  • @lynndora5046
    @lynndora5046 Год назад +3

    I live in Robbinsville my hole life and watching your RUclips videos I’ve learned so much more about snakes Thank you 🙏

  • @williammckeighan8049
    @williammckeighan8049 Год назад

    Wonderful video, and oddly, very relaxing to watch.

  • @PeaceIsBetter
    @PeaceIsBetter Год назад +1

    Copperpalooza! Great stuff.

  • @alexandramorganx
    @alexandramorganx Год назад +1

    holy copperheads! that’s wild!

  • @JoseTorres-vg9tb
    @JoseTorres-vg9tb Год назад +1

    The cray fish finds were awesome

  • @hazeibarra1953
    @hazeibarra1953 Год назад +1

    Wow so many copperheads just congregating together !

  • @Callmethelamp
    @Callmethelamp Год назад +1

    Dude I remember when you had like 600 subs, glad to see your stuff blowing up. Keep it up!

  • @Michelle-tk9jq
    @Michelle-tk9jq Год назад

    Years ago we were hiking up on Fort Mountain and my young son went off the trail to walk on some of the outcroppings. When we came back down the same part of trail, just a minute later, all the gravel slipped out from under my shoe and I fell down because there was a huge timber rattler on his way across the trail. My son must’ve rustled him out, and he on the move. He turned and looked at me as he was moving, but just kept going on his way. Gorgeous coloration and markings and ombre. Still thankful to this day that my son didn’t startle or step on him though.

  • @careymitchell4731
    @careymitchell4731 2 месяца назад

    Many years ago, I ran across a copperhead den in N GA. There were about 30-40 outside the crevice in the springtime sun. Came back the next day and caught the largest for the biology prof, as he said he wanted one for display. I dropped the pillowcase on his desk and he nearly jumped out the window, screaming that he didn't mean a live one !
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  • @360funny9
    @360funny9 Год назад +3

    I'm moving to Florida your videos are good and educating people about snakes

    • @alanhinkel420
      @alanhinkel420 Год назад +1

      Are you moving to the panhandle, Northeast, Central or South? Lot's of snakes anywhere really.

    • @360funny9
      @360funny9 Год назад

      South

  • @audiofool6431
    @audiofool6431 Год назад +1

    Beautiful mountains

    • @HBC423
      @HBC423 Год назад +1

      Southern Appalachia is beautiful

  • @jmmarshall5492
    @jmmarshall5492 Год назад +2

    So many copperheads! Guess I probably shouldn't be taking my dog on hikes in N GA any time soon.

  • @juelz713
    @juelz713 Год назад +1

    Love it

  • @markhansen8078
    @markhansen8078 Год назад +4

    Georgia is loaded with copperheads and timber rattlers. Kinda spooky since I am out there walking around often. Always looking for snakes to avoid them.

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail Год назад

    Woah! That sculpin looks like a fresh water stingray!

  • @beadmore
    @beadmore 11 месяцев назад +1

    You guys are really ruffing it eating those huge steaks on the grill.😊 Thanks for sharing your videos. I really enjoy them and appreciate the way you respect the animal and the habitat.

  • @lynndora5046
    @lynndora5046 Год назад

    Wow that’s beautiful rattlesnake

  • @oogalaboo
    @oogalaboo Год назад +1

    Dang those mountains though

  • @karonoltremari3083
    @karonoltremari3083 Год назад +1

    OMG !!!!!! ALL THOSE COPPERHEADS !!!!! I HAD HEARD THAT GEORGIA IS FULL OF THEM

  • @davidsorensen7438
    @davidsorensen7438 Год назад

    Awesome video man - that one was not lacking snakes lol - great job

  • @harleyvulcancobra4.619
    @harleyvulcancobra4.619 Год назад

    I saw a rattlesnake one day sitting on a bank on the side of a dirt road in the sun with snow on the ground! First and only time I have ever seen a rattlesnake out in the snow!

  • @GoHerp
    @GoHerp Год назад

    cant even lie that find was just for you!

  • @nanoometaleiro
    @nanoometaleiro Год назад

    Beautiful area

  • @Trails_trout_surf
    @Trails_trout_surf Год назад

    so cool

  • @deborahjellenburg4939
    @deborahjellenburg4939 Год назад +2

    Can you imagine stepping in that pile of Copperheads by accident?!! Mercy

  • @iandeery7434
    @iandeery7434 Год назад +1

    Good times 👍

  • @erichb4021
    @erichb4021 Год назад

    Excellent Video,s Guy,s! I live up here in the Pocono Mountain,s of Pa. One year while logging the wood's at the logging camp I drove a log Truck where they were putting in a new highway well it was winter time with about a foot of Snow on the ground the driver running a Franklin Timber Jack hooked on to a tree stump and yanked the stump out. Well when he ripped out a nice size tree stump there it was must have been a million Garden Snakes and they were all stuck together the guys lit a fire and when they got warmed up they were slithering everywhere guys were throwing em at each other and finally they burnt the stump the -2 degrees weather killed most of em but what a sight never seen snake,s alive in the winter under a tree stump 5 ft.

  • @Lumps1
    @Lumps1 Год назад +1

    good job bros

  • @busbey61
    @busbey61 Год назад

    I am a big fan of collabs, that would be cool to see a collab with you and Kamp Kenan and you and Zak Catchem!

  • @lk29392
    @lk29392 Год назад +7

    Remind me to never camp where you were, that's a ton of venomous snakes in that area!

  • @cheryang3622
    @cheryang3622 Год назад

    That is fun camping

  • @Jackie-cp9sg
    @Jackie-cp9sg Месяц назад

    I love watching your videos I'm from Georgia from Athens area

  • @cheryang3622
    @cheryang3622 Год назад

    Wow that is a lots of snakes

  • @mitchc6059
    @mitchc6059 Год назад +7

    I grew up in Missouri. I always associated copperheads with or near water,but this channel has shown me otherwise.

    • @yaboycapone1996
      @yaboycapone1996 Год назад +2

      Maybe you were thinking of cotton mouths ?

    • @timunknown6724
      @timunknown6724 Год назад +1

      You find lots of different snakes near water but they will be other places too.

  • @sharonbowers9929
    @sharonbowers9929 Год назад

    Stay safe guys!

  • @davethebeard2706
    @davethebeard2706 Год назад +1

    Do my family and I moved to Oklahoma from Northwest Georgia 4 months ago. At first we didn't see any snakes, but then the drought happened. Once that happened we had copper heads by the house every evening. They were drawn to the chickens water.

    • @richardhincemon9423
      @richardhincemon9423 Год назад

      Hurricanes, flooding and droughts will c a u s e snakes to leave their normal habitat in search of food, water and shelter.

  • @rng_offline9182
    @rng_offline9182 Год назад +3

    That’s a lot of copperheads lol

  • @scottlynch3553
    @scottlynch3553 Год назад

    BEAUTIFUL Aussie... I have 4

  • @Rowan.C700
    @Rowan.C700 Год назад +1

    Great video Beautiful copperheads a rattle snake also that blue crayfish is supposed to be really rare

    • @richardhincemon9423
      @richardhincemon9423 Год назад +1

      The blue crayfish or Florida crayfish lives only in the Everglades. Since the video is from mountains in Northern Georgia the crayfish was probably in the molting phase.

  • @michaelthompson2782
    @michaelthompson2782 Год назад

    woo-hoo sweet herping content. Great eyes you have. Your eyes are dialed in. I know first hand how difficult it can be

  • @winniethepoohandeeyore2
    @winniethepoohandeeyore2 Год назад

    We have an abundance of copperheads here in SW Oklahoma too. They blend in too well with fall leafs

  • @CA-sl2xw
    @CA-sl2xw Год назад +5

    How do you even take a step with that many venomous snakes around. That would freak me TF out. Would love to see what you’re wearing on your feet. This is crazy!

    • @willeodsson
      @willeodsson Год назад

      I don't know if you want to. I'm sure he's wearing more for the hike, but he often just wears flip flops when herping.

  • @willburr5929
    @willburr5929 Год назад +1

    I've seen cottonmouths piling up like that in the Everglades. They were all large gravid females.

  • @brotherhood302
    @brotherhood302 Год назад

    The clarity of the camera 📷 smh, beautiful visual guys...

  • @Lexi13450
    @Lexi13450 Год назад

    I live in Missouri and have seen a lot but my coolest was at table Rock lake thought I would go in the woods a little ways by the lake to look and I came right up to a pygmy rattlesnake it was a beautiful snake all curled up with it's rattle going awesome and a bit spooky

  • @Fraser-369
    @Fraser-369 Год назад +2

    Here in Texas, we call those snakes clusters the bottom layer of a bonfire…

    • @NKFherping
      @NKFherping  Год назад +2

      I don’t think the rest of Texas would be happy you’re lumping them in with such degenerative behavior. Most people I know from Texas are advocates for conservation of snakes 🤷

    • @PetfaxTV
      @PetfaxTV Год назад

      Here in Texas, we don’t accept snake-fearers as Texans. You may now consider yourself an adjacent New Mexican. One more strike, and you’ll be demoted straight to Coloradan. Do I make myself clear, Fraser?

    • @jacqulinelitchfield5116
      @jacqulinelitchfield5116 Год назад

      I agree, I grew up in the woods having that many venomous snakes when you live in the woods is dangerous and they get used for target practice. Where we grew up by the time you made it to the hospital you would be on the verge of death from a snake bite. I've known several who have died in route to the hospital from rattler and copperhead bites.

    • @PetfaxTV
      @PetfaxTV Год назад

      @@jacqulinelitchfield5116 Sounds about wrong

  • @jtomlinsonfishing1406
    @jtomlinsonfishing1406 Год назад +1

    You should come to lake hartwell. I've had friends try to tell me we don't have cottonmouths in upstate sc. I fish Hartwell almost everyday, lived here upstate all my life, we have quite a variety of snakes here.

  • @chrismounts846
    @chrismounts846 Год назад

    You could have given the 🐝 on the flower at 16:06 an honorable mention.😂

  • @user-dc2tp3tk1m
    @user-dc2tp3tk1m 6 месяцев назад

    I live in Kentucky and I snake hunt and that's some big copperheads my friend.

  • @Coltbreath
    @Coltbreath Год назад

    Thanks Again Gents!

  • @deborahjellenburg4939
    @deborahjellenburg4939 Год назад +3

    Can you imagine how many snakes you seen but how many were there that you DIDNT SEE?!!

  • @glockinshpiel
    @glockinshpiel Год назад

    That salamander had the derpiest face. What the heck did they say before DERPY? That word I feel came from some type of meme in the early 2000’s. Haha.

  • @Sick_Boy_Rick74
    @Sick_Boy_Rick74 Год назад +2

    I’m so early this time I can’t believe it! Lol. I’m usually watching Noah’s vids at least a couple hours after it posts but lately it’s been the next day. I love being able to watch and pretend I’m right along with everyone herping. Sending my love and support from the Mile High City, Colorado! 🐍

    • @alanhinkel420
      @alanhinkel420 Год назад

      I'll be in Denver on the 30th en route to Alaska and then back in Denver on Sept 9, 10, 11 and leaving the 13th. Going back to Pike's Peak. Haven't been since I was 9 or 10 maybe. Should I drive or take the cog? I want to drive but it could be snowing I guess. We'll see. I love Colorado.

  • @austinfrancis9723
    @austinfrancis9723 Год назад

    Gotta come up to NC mountains. All sorts of wildlife

  • @quezwayne9422
    @quezwayne9422 Год назад

    That's wassup I'm in middle Georgia..I'm thinking about taking that hike one day soon..

  • @hylaherping9180
    @hylaherping9180 Год назад +1

    I'm trying to figure out what butterfly showed up at the 6:45 mark. I'm thinking Silvery Checkerspot.

  • @PeterWFishing
    @PeterWFishing Год назад

    amazing how many copperheads are in that area

  • @maxwellhoward4389
    @maxwellhoward4389 Год назад

    Nice ribeyes!

  • @cookieguy3333
    @cookieguy3333 Год назад +4

    love the video me and my best friend caught a copperhead at church camp SAFELY and we got in trouble he is a certified snake handler so i do not know why we got in trouble.....

    • @Steevee14
      @Steevee14 Год назад

      Maybe your friend's "snake handling certification" had expired, and he failed to renew it. Just speculating.

    • @cookieguy3333
      @cookieguy3333 Год назад

      lol

    • @KNemo1999
      @KNemo1999 Год назад +1

      Some southern churches don't punish snake handling .

    • @cookieguy3333
      @cookieguy3333 Год назад

      @@KNemo1999 that sounds amazing

  • @jonzaremba
    @jonzaremba Год назад

    In! Sane!!!!!

  • @danimojoe8563
    @danimojoe8563 Год назад +2

    Venomous snakes look better in the sights of a .22 😊

  • @glencoe6305
    @glencoe6305 Год назад

    Pretty Country.Appalaccians.

  • @Davidrcobb
    @Davidrcobb Год назад

    This summer in Wilkes County GA we've had an almost biblical amount of timber rattlers and copperheads. Almost got an awesome video of a beautiful king snake about to wreck a young timber but some asshat came driving by and intentionally ran them both over.

  • @scarabeo500gt
    @scarabeo500gt Год назад

    Nice Trip! Now its time to watch LouB747 coming up next.....

  • @Philc231
    @Philc231 Год назад

    Stung 4 times this summer by wasp. Last one above my left eye . 4 days of swollen face . Month later and still having to take Benadryl for itching . Hope you made it ok .

  • @chiknanwaffles9833
    @chiknanwaffles9833 Год назад +3

    Well I guess I can never go outside again 👀

  • @darcitorgerson8909
    @darcitorgerson8909 Год назад

    Noah you are such a cutie 💋💯🔥 I love watching your uploads!🐊 keep doing what your doing! Awesome video! 🐾💚

    • @michaelvoorhees5978
      @michaelvoorhees5978 Год назад +1

      Stop..... just stop. This is not the place to be lusting....

  • @dawndeany3049
    @dawndeany3049 Год назад

    Omg lot of them don’t get bit

  • @TrumpIsTheMan
    @TrumpIsTheMan Год назад

    Glad I live in Orygun.🥶

  • @jamesblake7338
    @jamesblake7338 Год назад

    Nice man! That pile of copperheads was something I’ve never seen before! And those were some beautiful timber’s! Great day and great video!

  • @ericchristian6710
    @ericchristian6710 Год назад

    Dude I been running around in the Georgia woods all my life and I ain't never seen more than 2 adults at a time. I got a whole lot of buddy's that run around in the woods too, hunting and fishing and ain't none of them ever seen nothing like that in GA because if they did I'd hear about it.I love finding snakes and I have looked for them just like you're doing ever since I was about 9. I'm skeptical.

  • @scottm8914
    @scottm8914 Год назад

    🐍🔥👏

  • @ianssirensproductions7418
    @ianssirensproductions7418 Год назад +1

    Hey I love your content! That was a hell lot of Copperheads. Where was this?

  • @kenwintin3014
    @kenwintin3014 Год назад

    The bug on the rock is a stonefly nymph coming out to become an adult. Adults have four wings and when at rest fold them over the abdomen.

  • @boydpeterson2
    @boydpeterson2 Год назад

    I couldn’t help but chuckle at the censoring of beer.

    • @NKFherping
      @NKFherping  Год назад

      Hey, don’t say the B word! Kids watch this show. 😂

  • @Chyeahokay
    @Chyeahokay Год назад

    Death pit. as someone from a place with no snakes, my wife and daughter are always clowning me when we are on vacation and taking hikes, because I am always super cautious of where we are standing and walking. If you weren’t paying attention and stood on that pile, you would take at least 5 bites.

  • @chrisjohnson5888
    @chrisjohnson5888 Год назад

    I was up in Kentucky and I went into this area where they had all these snakes together at I swear to you people I seen a black snake, a copperhead, and a rattlesnake laying right next to each other.

  • @TheOriginalGabberjaw
    @TheOriginalGabberjaw Год назад +1

    Around 3:30 thats a Stonefly larva

  • @THEMANJINX
    @THEMANJINX Год назад

    I found to snakes in my Florida back yard 3ft racer and a 1ft red corn snake