Actually i caught him in Utah, lol. Now i was just in Cali for several weeks and i found a field collectors heaven out where my father lives near Mojave. rats, kings, bulls, rattlers they were all over, along with lizards and a baby desert tortoise. infact the first snake i came across was a huge rat snake that was golden yellow and it was hunting down a baby rabbit, unfortunately i scared the rabbit away, that's how i noticed him cause he started rattling his tail in the bushes trying to sound like a rattler lol love it when they do that. take it easy!