Traps

[poissonguppy]

Many garters I've caught try to bite, go bike riding alongside a creek area and flip rocks/logs looking for them is what I do.

Really? I've never had any try to bite me! What species have tried to bite you?

[stonyloam]

There are some trap ideas here. The reptile tube trap looks intriguing. Good luck.

Appendix B: Control tips for common nuisance species in New York - Snakes

[Lee]

Really? I've never had any try to bite me! What species have tried to bite you?

meh better late then never I guess sorry for being so slow to reply?
T. e. vagrans of all sizes bite like none other, I guess babies bite then run away. Although I've never actually been bitten... As a kid in Iowa either t.e.vagrans or radix or easterns, whatever I would catch would bite frequently. I remember one that curled up in a corner and struck at me many many times. Take in mind this was a large adult female who was not looking to be captured, one of only 2 garters to ever get away from me as a kid