Catching and Bagging 6-foot Rattlesnake.

Longtime rattlesnake hunter Tim Fitzer talks about the tools needed, careful handling and how to bag a big rattler.

Longtime rattlesnake hunter Tim Fitzer talks about the tools needed, careful handling and how to bag a big rattler.

Kelly Bostian: Rattlesnake hunt turns up 6-foot monster Visions of the ridges, limestone bluffs, rocks, sticks, leaves – and snakes – lingered in Perry Shockley’s mind after he went to bed last Thursday night.

Perfect example of “to each his own”. I don’t go hunting for them and I do try to avoid them but if need be, my snake tool of choice is a 12 gauge!