“rattlesnakes won’t strike unless provoked.”
Unless they are Mohave.
Not buying that for a minute. My folks came from far west texas and my dad killed every rattler he saw and insisted everyone else do the same
I think i killed north of 100 by the time i was a teenager and out there they were agressive as hell
He and his dad wore stove pipe tin over their boots every time they went out in what passed for pasture and got struck who knows how many times.
That is Mojave!
Mohave’s are no more aggressive than any other rattler.