Timber rattlers have been pretty scarce in my neck of the woods for several years now. You rarely hear of anyone encountering them and I've never seen a live one in the 13yrs I've been here, only seen 1 roadkill a few years ago.
Early afternoon, the other day, I saw one in the middle of the oncoming lane, just beginning to attempt its trek across the road. One truck straddled it and I got to it before the next car did.
I took a few pics before I released it safely on the other side of the road and thought I'd share them with ya'll.
It was aprox. 3ft long with 9 rattles & a button. Oh, and it had quite an attitude at first, too. LOL! It was obvious that it had never been handled with two hooks before.
Have a good one!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
