Feh, a rattler bite will only make you a little sick. Not that I’m looking forward to my first, but if it weren’t rattling, I’d have been glad for the new friend.
My wife said I was insane.
She’d already taken off running when she saw the snake.
The five foot or larger ones scare me.
Unless, of course, your immune system is all skiwampus. Or the rattler is very young. Or you is very old.
I grew up in diamonback country, and there is no way I would want to test a snake bite's ability to damage, maim, disfigure or kill.