Seems like I would have at least read a story or two here on CW about someone getting bit by a rattler while out hunting but I don't recall ever reading such a story. This has got me wondering if any of you or someone you know has ever been bit by a rattler while out hunting? Personally I only know one person that has been bitten and that was because he picked up what he thought was a garter snake which turned out to be a baby rattler. I myself should have been bit at least three times while out hunting but lucky for me I only step on nice snakes. Are rattler bites while out hunting so rare that the stories are few and far between or do I just know the wrong people?