Was told by a local ER nurse friend of mine that 99% of the rattlesnake bites they see around these parts are because somebody came across a snake and then started PHHUCKING with it. The antidote will run ya about $20,000 in the ER room. If not more.
You're in Idaho where the only poisonous snakes we have are several subspecies of the Western rattler. They're very timid and you usually see them as they're ducking into the brush. I've never seen one coil. They just want to be elsewhere. With these snakes, it's very true that getting bitten is very rare unless you screw around with it. I can't speak for the diamondbacks, copperheads, and religious snake handlers. I've never been around any of them.
