Killed a timber about 50 feet from my back porch yesterday evening. I was up in the mountain checking a game camera in my dadgum tennis shoes and thought I heard a rattle but it was really loud and back down towards my house. So I start walking back down that way clearing some brush on my trail to the feeder with my machete, then I hear it again and immediately knew what it was. My kid's kittens done found them a rattler that I probably walked within 10 feet of and didn't have a clue it was there. I get back down closer to the house and sure enough the 2 kittens were staring at it, I wouldn't have known it was laying up against the rocks if it wasn't for those cats. My GSP was going nuts her kennel about 50 yards away cause she could hear it rattling, it was so loud. I go get my phone and record it rattling so I could show my kids what one sounds like, then I shot it......4 times! Snake had 10 and a button and had just ate a dove that I am assuming was eating on the seed below the bird feeder about 15 feet away from where I killed him.
