I must say this was an experience. I was peacefully cleaning stalls the other night when I noticed this in the corner of the stall. Not at all acceptable so I scooped it up with the pitchfork and shavings and dumped it in a bucket with intentions of turning it loose in the field. but.... was this not a great photo op??? so took snake and dumped it out on the step and got a few shots but then thought it might look better if posed on the fence so once again moved it . Now the snake was getting sort of fed up with all of this moving about but I persevered and got some decent images. These things hiss, strike and rattle their tails sort of like rattlesnakes do- a bit un nerving. It is a challenge to ge the snake to strike a pose and to deal with the camera at the same time. Now I am hoping that his mother isn't around- adult ones of these are big- much more than I can deal with I am sure- this was pretty much my limit. Mary