mattuga
Banned
Yep, we came up on a heap of them in a natural den on a ranch in Wyoming and it was wild to hear them. I came home with quite a few rattles that summer as we saw a lot of snakes hiking 10 miles a day on ranches, it's a wonder we didn't get bit being so dumb having to kill every one we saw out of "safety" for those we work with. I bet more people get bit trying to kill one than if they just left them be, we were in the wild so I can only claim youthful exuberance. Unless in a residential spot they should be left to go as others have said.Those were western diamondbacks. That type and Mohave rattlers tend to den up together. That`s just a common thing.