somebody told me last week that rattle snakes in these parts are more and more not rattling when approached because it alerts hogs that approach them and the hogs kill them....if that is true....it's kind of a bummer since the rattling alerts humans in time to keep from getting bit.

but maybe it's not true?

http://articles.extension.org/pages/6366...o-stop-rattling

Fishing has never been about the fish....