Ya its alot of fun seeing animals in the wild i never really go "herping" i just go out camping at the lake or out in the desert and animals just come across my path like if u ask any other arizonans about Gila Monsters and how many they have seen they will probably say 0 or 1 my dad saw his first one at 38 years old and i saw mine that same day at age 8 or 9 and i have not seen one since they are very elusive creatures and i did some research on the rattler i saw and it was either a Mohave Rattle Snake or a Western Diamondback but im leaning towards Mohave cuz it wasnte very big o and scorpions i would go looking for when i would be out with my dad fishing and we ran out worms for bait lol and i guess when i was a baby the apartment i lived in was infested with scorpions lol real good for having babies in lol