It all depends upon what you want to see. Are you into snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, or salamanders? You have to target them or you could spend all day finding very little. I could tell you two things that would help you get started well. 1) find a community of herpers near you to learn the ropes from. If there’s any club or organization near you, it’s very helpful to get experienced people to go into the field with. 2) Use iNaturalist to search for what species interests you (or just look at what lives near you), and then see when and where people are finding them.
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