"You should park your car well off the road, put on your vest and walk the roadside, correct?"

Yes, that's the only legal way to hunt herps now as I understand it. I know I won't be looking for bugs, I will be parked and looking for snakes.

The only gray area, I think, is if you are driving to and from walking sites and you see a snake you may legally park, put on your vest and let the snake crawl all the way off the road on it's own and then collect it. I'm not sure though.
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