When am I most likely to encounter snakes in the wild when I’m hiking, hunting, fishing or doing other outdoor activities?
When the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold for the snakes. In spring and fall snakes may be encountered more often during the warmest times of days. In summer snakes may be encountered more often during the earlier and later hours when the temperature is cooler. Snakes will be warming in the early morning in summer and resting during the heat.
