tripod3
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I see rattlers moving in April/may that are sometimes sluggish til it gets into the 70's.
June/July/Aug are prime for hunting them. They move/hunt more at night during hot weather and like to find rocks or stretch out on the road when it gets cooler down to 75 deg.
The ones that have been most worrisome to me have been the ones shedding a skin they have outgrown and may strike without warning. This can happen any warm month but tends to occur more in July/Aug when feeding hours are long.
Occasionally stumbling onto a grumpy one a warm day in September is a wakeup too.
Getting one with a new thick green hide is nice.
Remember if you encounter one and mess with it they can get aggressive.
If you kill one they can still strike afterwards for a long period of time, even with the head severed. The heart will still pulse when removed and separated.
So they do still squirm in the frying pan.
June/July/Aug are prime for hunting them. They move/hunt more at night during hot weather and like to find rocks or stretch out on the road when it gets cooler down to 75 deg.
The ones that have been most worrisome to me have been the ones shedding a skin they have outgrown and may strike without warning. This can happen any warm month but tends to occur more in July/Aug when feeding hours are long.
Occasionally stumbling onto a grumpy one a warm day in September is a wakeup too.
Getting one with a new thick green hide is nice.
Remember if you encounter one and mess with it they can get aggressive.
If you kill one they can still strike afterwards for a long period of time, even with the head severed. The heart will still pulse when removed and separated.
So they do still squirm in the frying pan.