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hlthe2b

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2. Northern Pacific Rattlesnake almost certainly

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:18 PM

Apr 23

I have been similarly impacted by early snake infestation due to our unseasonal warm winter—prairie rattlers in my area. If you hike with dogs, I strongly recommend that you put them through snake aversion training—the ones that use real snakes. It works!

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Woman bitten three times by snake is third Californian to die from snakebite this year [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 OP

This is so sad...if I go off to the rocks and woods and prairie here in Kansas I always wear high top boots... wcmagumba Apr 23 #1

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake almost certainly hlthe2b Apr 23 #2

... littlemissmartypants Apr 23 #3

It's scary. One my fellow soldiers had a rattlesnake bite his leather boot 40 years ago Jacson6 Apr 23 #4