Caught a Rattlesnake!!

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Jo, there was a boy with a stick and a snake on a trail.

Could there have been any other outcome?

At least he had a hook! My son only had a stick when he did the same thing

If it's one of my boys I'll be swatting them with the stick until they go do their research first, Wes LOL.

I didn't swat my kid cause that's not how I roll, but I did have him write up a paper and also speak with the F&W guy about the snake and all sorts of neato things!

It may be stupid....

Perhaps careless...spontaneous...or as my son said "The snake was just giving off such a peaceful vibe mom..."

...I am no expert with hots...but have handled rattlesnakes before.

Oh thank gods. With my son, it was his first time!

unless you are doing field research you have zero business handling that snake.

you see steve irwin or some schmuck do it on tv, you keep snakes so you think you are a herper, so you gotta do it.

the whole point of you free handling that snake is so you could run home and post a photo on here and on myspace so people could tell you how aweseome you are.

freehandling a venomous snake is pretty ignorant. pit vipers are very delicate to begin with. the fact that you had no idea what species of rattlesnake it is is troubling enough, and proof enough you had no business handling it.

even though the hospital is ten minutes away, you could've had a serious reaction. a friend of mine took a cottonmouth bite and it cost him $80,000. DO you have $80,000 to spend?

Talk to Jim harrison of the KRZ about ametuer wannabe's free handling venomous snakes.

It was a dumb move, and next time around i hope you show more respect towards the animal.

I disagree with your hard line approach and condemnation. You accused the OP of a lot of stuff and asked no questions. Hmmm, not the most enlightened approach. I see no disrespect shown to the snake in the pictures that were posted and the OP thought it was cool and that's okay for him to think that. You need to seriously lighten up and take a walk maybe....

To the OP: Please, write a paper about the rattlesnakes in your area and the correct handling of them and the safety protocols. Do not ask my son for his paper Just understand what you are doing and pay attention 100% of the time that you are near the snake. 100% attention, 100% of the time.

Oh, and wear boots too