Bobbyhcp Report post Posted November 3, 2016 Stepped over a 4 foot rattler and walked within 1 foot of a 6 1/2 foot rattler on Saturday in 31 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted November 3, 2016 had one buzz me while I was walking through a rock slide, never did see him. A guy I know said he had a black rattler crawl between his legs when he was sitting down glassing.Screw this. I might never step foot in the hills again if this happened to me. Freaks me out just reading something like this.I have a late tag in the Southern units and I hope I dont see one.. Hate them !Almost sat on one in 35b last year on Nov 30th. It was fairly chilly they were out that late at 5500 ft.I'm no herpetologist but I believe the higher elevation they live the more acclimated they become. I noticed fang marks and swelling on one of my mares legs. It was 7000' where I lived. I walked back up the trail a couple hundred feet and found the rattler coiled up with scattered snow on the ground. Must have been only 40'F out. It was lethargic but able to strike just before I dispatched it with a 12ga. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
