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I do a lot of multi-day rafting trips in Oregon and Idaho. On several of the rivers, rattle snakes are common. I never mess with them, but on a very very rare occasion, when we have had small kids and dogs on the trip, a big old rattler will come right into camp and we just can't seem to coax them into the river with an oar to swim away. Our normal approach is to scoot them into the river and they usually swim away never to be seen again while we are camping overnight. But on a couple of occasions, they just won't go. And in those few circumstances the Bond Arms snake slayer II with with #6 shot does the job effectively. I have only had the need to shoot 2 (once back in the 1990s and once last year). The 1990s was dispatched with a ruger single six 22lr though. The vast majority, probably over 20 rattlers in or on the edge of camp did not pose any problems and left unharmed.
Here is a nice Owyhee rattler left alone.
Here is a nice Owyhee rattler left alone.
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