Ok, I live out in the country on five acres and have alot of tall grass, wood piles, stuff laying around etc... I go feild herping about twice a day usally once mid day once later near sunset. I turn over peices of wood and a tool box, poke in the wood pile(s) etc. usally looking for snakes, and I almost never find one nor a lizard, frogs though are'nt all that rare. I've been doing that since it got warm and never find anything on my hunts, so yesterday I went to feed the animals (cow, goats, chickens and the two dogs.) most of which live in our paster. I walk into the basement though a garadge door to get there food, I scoop out a drinking glass full of chicken feed and put it on a TV box sitting on its side. Sudenly I heer a "HSSSSSSSSSSSS!" and look up to see a medium snake dangling from a hammer handle on the box only inches from my face. I screem bloody murder cuz the thing caught me off gaurd and run out of the basement like a moron. I catch the snake who I think was either a rat or corn (def not a hot) and realese it in my neighbors barn (he wanted it to keep the mice down).
Sorry for the story, but my point is why do I never find anything when I go herping? I find snakes when I'm not herping but never when I am! is there somthing wrong with my method or is that just the way it is?
sorry for the long post and the spelling/grammar errors.