Weird/dumb question.

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I’ll be chasing speed goats next week in Wyoming, will i have to be careful for rattlesnakes with the hot temperatures? Never dealt with rattlesnakes before….thanks everyone.
 
Based on my one-time, 3 day hunt in wyoming at the beginning of October, yes.

To be fair the only ones we came across were on roads while in our truck.
 
Just don’t put a hand or foot anywhere you can’t see, especially around rock outcroppings. In cold weather they den up, but might come out and lie around outside a den during the heat of the day. Exploring old cabins, buildings, log piles, vehicles, etc, I walk with a little distance between the areas I can’t see well and legs or arms. The closest I’ve come was moving an old washing machine people had been shooting and I pinched the snake near the rattle so he sounded like a can of spray paint. Luckily he was pretty short because he was striking at me repeatedly.
 
Just don’t put a hand or foot anywhere you can’t see, especially around rock outcroppings. In cold weather they den up, but might come out and lie around outside a den during the heat of the day. Exploring old cabins, buildings, log piles, vehicles, etc, I walk with a little distance between the areas I can’t see well and legs or arms. The closest I’ve come was moving an old washing machine people had been shooting and I pinched the snake near the rattle so he sounded like a can of spray paint. Luckily he was pretty short because he was striking at me repeatedly.
Now I’m wondering if walking sticks would be a good idea to place them ahead of me as I move.
 
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