RATTLERS AND THE DESERT

[II Sevv]

They’re really not that aggressive as long as you leave them alone. But it helps to learn where they tend to hangout (under rocks, under bushes, right on the edge of the shade like you found) and be careful. It’s also another reason to wear a tall pair of leather boots - rattlesnakes tend to strike the ankles.

 

[sixshooter_45]

Took a ride down to Gilbert Canyon with son. Hiked a few miles and almost got bit. It was in the shade and I stepped right over it (sucks being deaf) my sons says “Hey Dad you almost stepped on that Rattlerrr” WTF :/

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You know I watched a video the other day and all you have to do is whip them by holding them by the tail and snap them like a whip as it breaks their neck.

Also reminds me when I was in Boy Scouts I had ran fairly far up the hillside to take a dump, all of a sudden I hear rattle..rattle. and another rattle...rattle.

Glad I was finished cause I didn't bother looking behind me I just jumped as far down that hill as I could. Really scared the crap out me, seriously.

 

[DFS]

As much as I'd love to just leave them alone, you almost always see them or hear them when it's almost too late. Often step near them and hear the rattle after, and always try to get out of the way and leave the snake alone. But if it's in a high traffic area with people and pets, regardless of "who was there first" I'm giving it lead and looking out for the other people that will undoubtedly encounter that snake.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

You know I watched a video the other day and all you have to do is whip them by holding them by the tail and snap them like a whip as it breaks their neck.

Also reminds me when I was in Boy Scouts I had ran fairly far up the hillside to take a dump, all of a sudden I hear rattle..rattle. and another rattle...rattle.

Glad I was finished cause I didn't bother looking behind me I just jumped as far down that hill as I could. Really scared the crap out me, seriously.

 

[sixshooter_45]

Thanks, I really wish I could un-see this!

 

[JoeSC]

I ran over a Pygmy once with my lawnmower. I almost stepped on its still-moving severed head but thankfully I saw the movement before stepping down. I buried its head so no one would accidentally get bit. While they’re not normally deadly, I don’t want a wound like that!

 

[B E N]

Strange how they don't die quickly....

I used to ball one up into a bail of hay periodically out in Moab, you would come down the next row and see the dismembered top poking out of the bail biting at the air.

 

[sixshooter_45]

WHIP IT!

Watch "*********** a Rattlesnake Properly" on YouTube

 

[CoreyMac]

WHIP IT!

Watch "*********** a Rattlesnake Properly" on YouTube

Duuuude!!!!

 

[sixshooter_45]

Duuuude!!!!

LOL!, someone else's video.