Went fishing in the marsh this weekend...we were setting up our canopy near our duck blind and I noticed my dog was too far away, called him to me and just as he started coming towards me, we hear the rattle and my wife yells SNAKE!!
This snake took the first .45 through the upper 1/3 and looked at me like "Is that all you got"....then he coiled up and was ANGRY....... .45 rounds 2 & 3 did the job though.
Now the wife wants a boat!! The island we fish/hunt on was named Snake Island in the local indian dialect. This is the first live rattler I have seen......I was shaking afterwards because he could have bitten my dog!
Good rattlesnake pictures from beaches photos on webshots
Hammers should have warning labels.