We only have little water snakes here, about 8 inches long at the most. But over in Helena (about 100 miles away) there are huge rattlesnake dens. We had a friend that used to hunt them. One of my scariest days was having Larry show me a live one in a bag, and it was big. He froze it while still alive and then had it mounted on a display. When Larry died, my fear was that he might have willed us the snake. Thank God he didn't. The soninlaw received the 'gift'.
When Larry died, my fear was that he might have willed us the snake. There was talk of trading in Iraqi souveniers tonight...
At about 13yoa, I went to a Boy Scout Jamboree in Colorado Springs (1960, I think -- I got to shake President Eisenhower's hand!), and for my main "trading stash" I took about 40 rattlesnake skins, from 3' to 6' in length, with the rattles still attached. I got lots of good loot for them!