Man, I wish we had hots running wild in our area. The wife and I used to breed boas, pythons, geckos, and a few others back in the day. Handled hots in controlled settings, but always just missed the chance to see one wild. And that Tiger tic is a stunner!
Same with me, except it was geckos, ball pythons, corn snakes, tarantulas and scorpions.
We get "rattlesnake Summers" sometimes. When the farm near my house plants corn that year, you can expect it to bring rats, which brings in the rattlesnakes. One year I didn't go a single day without removing atleast one Canebrake from my yard. The bad thing about them is that they're a very timid rattlesnake, but are a very potent species at the same time. A lot of times, they don't even rattle even if you're very close to them. I've almost stepped on a couple smaller ones. I believe they're right behind the Eastern Diamondback in terms of potency, then out West you have the Mojave being the most potent, IIRC.
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