Prairie Rattlesnake Stacey and I found this guy on the Bison Range last spring. We were driving down a gravel road in the Jeep with the top down, and we noticed a very unmistakable rattling noise as we drove by a hillside. Stacey slammed on the breaks, and we backed up to see if we could find it. He was only about a foot off of the road. So, I leaned out and snapped this picture. We were pretty close to it, but well out of strike range. Just a few days later, we had another run-in with a rattler while trying to find a pronghorn fawn. This time the snake struck and almost tagged Stacey's mentor, John on the leg. Luckily, his yoga training helped him levitate a couple of feet off the ground. It was a pretty close call. Since that incedent, Stacey has been wearing snake-proof gaiters in the field.
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