On my property, just behind my outbuilding, next to a sidewalk my daughters and I use, was this coiled rattlesnake. I was within 4 feet of the snake - it never rattled. I saw it, stopped, moved slowly back, drew a 9mm Kahr and put 3 slugs into the snake. I did not want to do it, but it was too close to the house and was a danger to my family. I’m grateful to God that the snake did not strike.
Orange Cove sunset 6-17-19