For you old oil haulers: What about Rattlesnakes?

I use to run to this area a lot.I would have killed it.Attached are pics of a coworkers friend that got bit in that area while installing upright tanks.Ended up having his thumb cut off after it got worse over a few months.

 

Why wouldn't you kill it? It's a rattler, the problem is you need a bomb for that big sucker.

 

Because you have to get within its striking range to kill it.

 

That's why they invented rifles. They had it picked up with a pipe or something, they could've jammed it in tree chipper at that point.

 

I don't like snakes if you can't tell, especially not rattlers that look like they could eat a horse.

 

I'm not aware of any producer that allows firearms on their locations (although I do know a few gaugers who carry pistols). Regardless, torching off a round in the presence of flammable vapors is absolutely not a good idea.

 

I suppose that would be a bad idea wouldn't it.

 

Yep.