If you get hit in the chest or above by a rattler you are in big trouble. I always carried antivenen with me. It's expensive but worth it. Fortunately, rattlesnakes in my area of NY are very rarely found in areas that people frequent. You have to go to higher elevation rocky outcropping and ledge areas to find them. They are concentrated in a relatively small area. They are exciting to hunt. I haven't done it in a long time but I plan to get back into it when I retire. I won't sell them this time, but just do catch and release. Just like I do with wild trout.
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