SWAMP MONSTER, Copperheads, Turtles - Herping in Arkansas

[jaredultimatum]

I'm from Lockesburg, AR. 40 miles north of Texarkana next to DeQueen. I use to find loggerheads all of the time in my backyard. And they would bite a broom handle in half.

[monitorlover1]

it`s fucking BIGFOOT

[thekingcobra124]

Hey cool black rat snake. Found 1 yesterday riding my bike in the woods. 3 ft. You guys have got to try her ping in north carolina. It's awesome

[alwaysoutdoors7777]

where in arkansas is this?

[smetlogik]

@alwaysoutdoors7777 - SW corner of state

[whitetaildeer99]

@smetlogik i live in the farthest corner in miller county where was this at in sw ar?

[smetlogik]

@whitetaildeer99 - near Magnolia, AR.

[whitetaildeer99]

@smetlogik your out in oil feilds dirt roads and oil wells are every where around here where i am

[bristowboy20]

kinda sound like an oil pump. And there it is lol

[NinjaSnakeyes]

This is incredible.........I wish it was spring!

[zoltorrrr]

cool vid

[crazyy88s]

This video truly never gets old! So original, Puts a smile on my face every time I watch it, thanks for this.! :)

[smetlogik]

@crazyy88s lol thanks! hope to get back down to Arkansas in 2011.

[Defensor7]

That "monster" was a pump jack oil well. Out in West Texas on a quiet night, 100 of those sounds like a pod of whales. Almost ambient and relaxing and fun to ride.

[crazyy88s]

Hellow sir, Im headin down there sometime in August. Id love to visit this area, anyway you can tell me the location to this spot where the creek was. Thks!

[laynecaffy]

your wading through a creek looking for mocasins?? isnt that dangerous? or do u get really tall boots and protective gear where he cant bite through it?

[smetlogik]

@laynecaffy - yep, always wear protective gear like snake proof boots, etc. honestly? the ticks were our biggest problem down there.

[Workman021]

the broad banded watersnake ,1:30, is my favorite type of watersnake....

[SuperLostBoy]

i live in arkansas

[crazyy88s]

One of the coolest wild life videos I have ever seen from Arkansas.I vacation there once a year.Thanks alot for this video,And the music Rocks!!

[smetlogik]

@crazyy88s - thanks! that's an older vid at this point. used to live down there when i was kid. hope to get back this year again.

[RmanSE09]

id bet anything that it was a frog because trust me...FROGS MAKE THE WIERDEST NOISES!!!!

[erog74]

Ever see Deliverance? uh-oh, back woods AR...

[Kuksoman]

''swamp moster'' had a sound of a really bad bicycle breaks, rofl

[RockinGuy1994]

Wow! there is no way I would let my two sons pick up a snake.

[smetlogik]

@RockinGuy1994 - lol isn't as bad as it looks.

[xsnakemandougx]

@RockinGuy1994 youd have a cow if i were your son XD

[390MUDDIN]

The sheer beauty and incredible bio-diversity of Arkansas is amazing. Great vid man, 5 stars here! Haha, you had me crackin' over your "swamp monster." You never really know what goes bump in the night out here... it all just adds to the experience!

[smetlogik]

thanks man! this was one of my very first vids. arkansas rocks, plan on going down next yr for sure.

[390MUDDIN]

So what part of Arkansas was this filmed in? Where are ya'll planning on going next year?

[dreamer4everqt]

this video totally freaked me out cause I'm moving there in a couple weeks.

[smetlogik]

lol, just don't go walking in the swamps at night with flip flops. ;)

[greatlakeskayaker]

Excellent video, I know you all had a great time!

[gdfhbs]

that noise is the oil rigs

[mattreynolds23]

i cant wait til i have a kid and let him play with venomous snakes !!! retards

[smetlogik]

i wouldn't do that, we're just nuts. when you have kids, keep them away from venomous snakes.

[mattreynolds23]

i was jk. i hate snakes and would have killed all of the venomous ones. cant believe that kid picked up the water mocasin...

[smetlogik]

in the picture?  that was a black rat snake. we honestly don't pick up venomous snakes, just film them if we happen to run across them.

[mattreynolds23]

it looked like he picked a water mocasin in that one clip

[gdfhbs]

matt u retard just cause you see a black snake near water dosnt mean is a mocasin stupid its a black rat snake there all over indiana i catch em all the time

[mattreynolds23]

matt u retard? that is very poor grammar. congratulations. you are stupidest fucking idiot on youtube.

[koolJ]

Black racers are not venomous and will EAT a copper head up if given a chance- I've seen it before. In the bushes next to a fast food restaurant of all places!

[koolJ]

I think it was a great video, a father giving his kids a good memory. The snake that the kid was handling was NOT venomous and he was probably more experienced than most adults by the looks of things!!

[smetlogik]

no that was a black rat snake he had. yep, he's been doing this since he was 3 and i've been doing it for a few decades at this point. thanks for the comments.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I think those sounds are the oil pumps. What do you think?

[smetlogik]

i think it was a SWAMP MONSTER

[lrdharmabum]

Thank you so much for sharing! Are you from AR? It's awesome to see you getting your kids outside and making these memories with them. Did you know AR Dept of Heritage was doing a box turtle survey? - don't know if it's too late to submit your sightings.

[smetlogik]

not in AR, used to live there as a kid, go back once in a while for some herping. i am aware of the box turtle survey, i'll try and submit those.

[danielwetpaint]

I'm in Arkansas. We grew up doing what your doing. It was nothing to wade into and across those streams. I wouldn't dare do it now. The Copperheads here are at times agressive. One chased me around my car at night much like your doing.The sound could probably be a water pump irrigating a field of rice.

[smetlogik]

i hear you! as a kid i waded through all kinds of stuff with tennis shoes down there. actually that sound was an old oil pump, scared me at first until i figured out what it was.

[edgirallenjoe29]

that sound was an oil pump off in the distance

[hogsfan73]

I'm so proud and honored to say that I'm from this GREAT STATE....Arkansas it is truly the natural state...by the way GO HOGS!....Great video guys.

[chrisbracadabra]

that sound was an oil well pump.

[timsballs02]

the sound makes me miss ar so much

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Hey those are narrowmouth toads making that sound.

[lizardboy119796]

did you find out what that sound was?

[smetlogik]

we think so...some type of pump

[bullsnake70]

Dang...thats a weird pump lol.

[pschodog3]

copperheads are pretty dangerous....you got really close!

[blwalla]

cute video. i live in arkansas and love every minute of it.

[smetlogik]

miss hanging out down there, great place to grow up as a kid!

[ilovemyboaconstricto]

was that a snake head at 5:34

[smetlogik]

yeah it was, probably a water snake. you see them pop their heads up in the ponds down there.

[ilovemyboaconstricto]

oh ok cause it looked like it was justy the head in a sink or sumtin

[chacorocks]

Awesome finds! I live in Magnolia, but grew up in Stephens. I spend a lot of time at Lake Columbia. Lot's of good wildlife out there. If you want to see an alligator in Arkansas, try Lake Millwood. I know there are some out there.

[arbiter1678]

Ya I saw 1 in millwood

[mcklinyofscotland]

i live in stephens what is your name my name is  joel simmons

[mcklinyofscotland]

i'm from stephens to my name is joel simmons. well any way me and a friend we hunt for water snakes with 22's. Been to millwood did not see a gator but i hear you can find on lake erling. all i ever do is ride in the oil felids and stuff.

[BLIX5445]

if you guys want to see some awesome alligators go to Brazos bend state park in Texas. there are a ton, i have tons of pics, they are awesome. i got about 3 feet from a couple six footers, we also came about 5 yards from a 15 footer that went into the water and went to the oposint bank, then snapped its jaws. sounded like a thunder clap.

[zepplinfan9000]

lol lol lol i live literaly 15 miles from where u guys were... that sound was wat we like to call a grasshopper well it is an electronic oil well and during the summer the well will get warped and make that sound. and watch that kid around those "copper heads" water mocasins will kill a kid!

[smetlogik]

yeah, we saw a lot of those "grasshoppers", sure is eerie when you're out on those dirt roads at night. easy to get lost if you don't remember if you took a right or left. i'm real careful with my son around any venomous snake, he keeps a safe distance.

[ReptileKeeper19]

dude.u have great videos and i really enjoy herping myself but i still wouldnt let a 9 year old walk through those waters looking for venemous snakes or alligators.

[smetlogik]

he's safe, we didn't walk through those waters. i make sure if we're in a funky place that he has his snake boots + he has snake proof garters that strap around his shins that come up to the knee. i hear you though.

[ReptileKeeper19]

oh thats cool...yeah im only 13 and all i can find is garters, and bullfrogs...its aggrivating when you go out every weekend and cant hardly find anything.lol.

[Tystai]

very beautiful copperhead

[dkylewolfe]

Hahaha...yeah that was on old oil pump... Where you guys out by Lake Columbia??

[smetlogik]

lol you must be from there?  great stuff...we'll be back

[herpboy99]

You guys are so lucky. Ive spend two years trying to find box turtles and i can find didly.

[ragelord15]

the sound was an old oil rig

[smetlogik]

it sounded like one, but it looked like a swamp monster to us. ;)

[bigjess71]

Those water snakes are some of the most agressive snakes I have ever caught. Skinks can also be agressive. The biggest one I have ever caught was a great plains skink that couldnt fit in a 28ounce coke bottle. The sound was probably a wind mill thats what it sounds like any way.

[SalineSnakeGuy85]

great stuff here, nice copperheads! that sound is freakin' creepy, i wonder what it was.

[smetlogik]

always a treat to see copperheads, really miss hanging out down in Arkansas.

[repkyle]

That was some awesome footage and photography. I've always wanted to herp in Arkansas, even though I've been herping in Missouri's boot heel which has very similar swamps. a big difference however is the lack of gators up here hahaha.

[smetlogik]

Grew up in Arkansas as young tyke, enjoy going back for some "real herping" with all the chiggers, ticks and poison ivy. Like to try MO sometime.

[joefarah06]

Hands down the best herping video on youtube!!! I love how you spliced the pics and music in. The driving scenes are great.

All around AWESOME!!!

[smetlogik]

Thanks! Arkansas is definitely a great place to herp. It was wild to drive down dirt roads out in the middle of nowhere. We try and make it down to Arkansas at least once a year.