John E, I would be wearing rubber boots or even leg guatds.

Lol!!

Luckily for us here, the prairie rattlesnakes are a protected species, and anyone who does harm to one and is found out will face a pretty steep financial penalty. In my experience, a snake can live among people for several years and never be noticed, and never cause any harm. Then the one odd day that the people see it, next thing you know they're lopping it's head off with a shovel over the imagined threat. It's just a learned cultural response of needless persecution

Poisonous snakes certainly are not protected here. We have plenty of them. Killed 2 Copperheads about 4 years ago, one was on the top step of my porch and my dog was sniffing it when I found it and the other was in front of my garage. Luckily the door was down. I got a cat and have not seen one since. Have a large Black Snake that has been under my house for years. He is fine with me.

Well, until you watch a loved one bit. You’ll tell a different story!

You're more likely to get bit trying to kill it, than just leave it alone.

Easiest prevention is to wear boots and bite-proof gaitors. Personally, I'd rather take the risks and be comfortable in my shorts and sandals. The snake's first defence is to use it's camouflage, lay still and hope not to be noticed. Come close, and it will likely (though not always) rattle as a secondary defence. Touch it, and things escalate to Defence Level 3... that's where you don't want to go

I bring all snakes back to the nearest den site that I know of. So in the case of this one, I brought it back to a den close to Bridge Drive... not much more than 400 meters or so from where I picked it up

I've never encountered a rattlesnake in the rain, so probably they do scoot underground at that time

Well even on a sunny day, I probably won't encounter one.

No signage around dens. That would put the snakes in too much danger, because of people who are culturally programmed to kill them

James Mckay you more you know ⭐️

My protocol is to release the snakes at the nearest known hibernaculum (or there-about... I use the wood pile often so that I don't have to reveal the location of an actual hibernaculum in the area). But in any case, I'm not actually "relocating" snakes. I'm just bringing them back to their most likely starting point for the season, in a sense. So I'm not adding new snakes into an area. Just happens the area around that wood pile is dense with snakes, and I get most of my calls from there

I enjoy these videos. I've learned a lot. I didn't even know that rattlesnakes lived that far north.

Bobbys site It's a very hot climate in this part of Canada In summer it is like a blast furnace and in winter if it it is cold enough for snow and snows it melts within two days!

Yes

Alberta, Canada

People have lived in this area forever, that have never seen a rattler .... They are not big or common here .... and they seem to have more rights than people do ... I've seen pix of 'Alvin Texas..... road was littered with them .... You can have them, too.....

They are not common in Alberta.

Yes including school shootings on kids much bigger, ! and a much bigger problem with the power grid

Brayden Firth Well, guess you’ve never been to the Bridgeview RV Resort then

Actually, we've talked about things (he and I) since I posted this video, and everything's good. He appreciates what's being done for their conservation, even if it means they're on his land (that the snakes have occupied for thousands of years)

I hope one of his children, grandchildren, wife, neighbor or one of his animals don't accidentally step on one. I don't think they'd care how long the snakes have been there while they were swelling up and possibly dying.

qpwillie , well then you teach family members to keep aware of their surroundings, and that there could be a snake around! I don't care for snakes either, venomous or otherwise. I live in Iowa, and I know for a fact, there are rattlesnakes around here, but, in my 55+ years, I have yet to see one, and as Ryan told me in a post, they are aware of your presence long before you are usually aware of theirs, and they are usually moving on before you discover them, unless they are cornered. So, you hear a rattle move away from it......Don't get nosy!! Snakes perform a vital function in our ecosystem......leave them alone, and they'll leave you alone, and mind their own business.

You bet... all you've got to do is know your strike distance

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How are you

You should watch more videos, Ryan is very good at his job and highly respected in his field.

Last year they were.

In Alberta, Canada their range is limited. They are not diamondbacks, they're prairie rattlers. They can be threatened in application.

+mattbell555 yep, you're pretty "special" alright

***** ?

Been around snakes much have you?

All my life.

Unlike Marxists, etc, Rattlers are good for nature. Marxists, on the other hand, are completely useless.

change "marxists" to "right wing american dolts" and your comment is correct. LOL