I love my guns too! I don’t think I would last long living out in the country without them! I do get a lot of rattlesnakes, but I’m not afraid of them. It’s the two legged snakes who like to rob, rape and kill women that I need my guns for! They level the playing field. :)
I don’t know what area you live in but it sure isn’t around here. I live out in BFE, my closest neighbors are a half mile away. That means if someone is in the middle it’s only a 440 yard for both of us. Between big dogs, lots of firepower, thousands of acres and several backhoes, we don’t worry too much about punks.
Several of us have rifle ranges right on our property. Everyone in this neighborhood reloads. Just my kind of people. We don’t bother other people and outsiders don’t bother us.
I have a sign at the end of my driveway that says, “The cops are a long ways away. They won’t get here in time to help you but they are good at drawing lines.”
Same here, in all my years spending time out in the woods the only wildlife I’ve ever worried about is the two-legged kind.