[ZX12R]

What did you shoot the rattlers with? A shotgun? Just curious. I imagine they aren’t that easy to hit if you don’t have a shotgun.

Yes, a 12 ga. auto. I gave up hunting a long tome ago, but I keep it handy and loaded as a crime stopper. I keep it loaded with 5 rounds 00 buck, and I don't have any birdshot. So, it's overkill, but very effective.

[ZX12R]

Also, once they’re coiled up in defensive position, they can remain pretty still, for the most part, and I’d wager that you could take a .22 rifle and put one right through it’s head.