So if you see a Rattlesnake, do you automatically try to kill it? It seems like that big boy was minding his own business when Cletus decided to shoot it for no good reason.
Personally...no I don’t. I don’t kill any creature unless I intend to eat it, except for those bastard yellow jackets.
Ole’ Cletus there probably claimed he killed it because it was a danger being on his hunting land, but the truth probably is Cletus saw the biggest assed EDB anyone around his parts since he was born, and his eyes lit up knowing his bragging rights chit expiration date went away.
You can bet some south ga redneck has chunked up the tail and fried them to a delicious golden brown. Meat does not go to waste in south ga.
The old saying is ‘plumb always kill a rattlesnake’.
If they’re hanging out on the property, you have something they want: rabbits, mice, lizards.
I agree with killing any vipers within sight and especially the cottonmouths in your creeks and lakes.