Didn't you get bit by one? I've tangled with a few but never have gotten bit (knock on wood).


Me and a buddy caught a big timber ratter in Perry Co years ago. A cold snap came in and the temp dropped 20 degrees in an hour or two. We were walking in and came across it and it was real lethargic. It was about 5 feet long and we later found out it was full of little ones. Anyway we caught it and put in in a yellow 5 gallon bucket and put it in the truck bed. The sun on that yellow bucket warmed her up pretty good and she got pretty lively. I didn't know how to get her out so we just unscrewed the cap off the lid of the bucket and filled it full of water.