I was staying with my grandmother one night when I was probably 11ish. The dogs started barking outside the back door. We went to check them and they had a rattlesnake mad about 10 ft from the door. My grandma couldnt get the one dog clear and the snake bite it. It ran back a little and she shot the snake. But the damage was done and the dog ran off in the woods and wouldnt come to our calls. 2 days later the dog showed up and its head and neck were really swollen. The snake bit it right between the eyes. The dog survived but it was a white dog and always had 2 black marks beteeen its eyes after that.

I was turkey hunting with my dad and we split up and 5 minutes later I heard a shot. He had went to take a break on a log and felt something hit his leg. He turned and saw a rattlesnake coiled up next to the log. He was lucky it just made holes in his pants. The snake wasnt lucky. The next weekend he accidentally stepped over another rattlesnake and he was a rattled for the rest of that turkey season.

We see rattlesnakes pretty often. I saw 5 or 6 last summer.