Shot a rattler at the house....

Snakes hide from me. I've weeded down the copperhead population here. Now we're down from 6-8 a year to maybe one. I've only had my hands on one rattler. Back when I still lived in Louisiana, a friend was up by the Mississippi line and caught one. He didn't have a cage so he brought it over. It was a lowland timber rattler about 5.5 ft. long. The damn thing wouldn't eat in captivity, so we ate it.