My wife and I went for a stroll today in one of the areas we will be antelope hunting in the Buffalo area. Being from the north east this was a new experience.
I showed off some dance moves, I called it the "Rattlesnake 2-step". Scared the crap out of us. Walking along a hill side and heard the rattle, never really heard it before, but reacted before I realized what it was and after a quick 2 steps or so I was 8-10 feet from a coiled rattler with about a 2 inch rattle. While walking out later another one slithered away, actually on that one it may or may not have been a rattler, same basic color but didn't get a good look.
So, how common and how dangerous are these things during August archery antelope season? I have zero experience with these things. Are they common around here? Are they dangerous, well aside from getting bit, or do they run rather than fight? Are snake boots worth it? Would snow-shoe gators protect us or would they get right through that, then pants, then my leg?
Has me second guessing archery hunting, at least there.
