While duck hunting at McNary one fine 85 degree october day, had a rattler in the duck blind with my friends and me... I jumped at least 6 feet up and 6 more sideways! My father in law couldn't move because it was coiled and rattlin about 10 inches from his leg... he shoots it. I grab my dog, gun, and gear and head for my boat which was hidden in the reeds. (My first year in eastern wa I was a snake virgin then...) Grab the lab pick her up and toss her in the boat. I happen to look down and see another snake coiled around a rope on the side of my boat. It was six inches from a VERY BAD AREA to get bit! My hunting partners put it best, you get bit there, aint no way I'm sucking the poison out for you! Anyway, I jumped again to record heights, spun the boat sideways and shot it's head off... 2 rattlers in 5 minutes. Those suckers will keep moving and striking without a freakin head for well over an hour! Scared the crap out of a *****y gamey who liked to harrass us every weekend! But thats another story!