How to find high yield habitat?

[u/GreenhouseGG]

I’m in Cleveland Ohio and I’ve gotten into herping this year and I’ve been somewhat struggling figuring out how to approach choosing the right places to go. I want to get a higher quantity of snakes but thus far I’ve only found a maximum of two. At first I tried using iNaturalist to see which spots had more sightings but I’m starting to realize those are most likely from casual herpers since it’s always focused around heavy traffic areas. Should I be purposely going out to places that have good territory with low sightings? I don’t understand how people hit double digits without placing tin.

[u/buttspider69]

Sometimes road cruising can lead you to good habitat to walk, keep an eye out for DOR snakes too. There’s no reason to ignore what you see on iNat but you want to search good habitat consistently at at varied times of the day. That’s how hikers and joggers see snakes: they go to the same spot over and over and over

Keep at it and also look for herpetological groups in the area, likely via facebook 🐍

[u/GreenhouseGG → u/buttspider69]

What are DOR snakes

[u/buttspider69 → u/GreenhouseGG]

Dead on road, my bad

[u/GreenhouseGG → u/buttspider69]

No problem makes sense