Joe,
I have never asked a rattlesnake on a golf course to "bite me." Seems dangerous......At Sand Hills, I climbed a hill on that bunker on 18 to take a photo, and damn near sat on a rattler. He just looked and rattled, but didn't bite, thank God. I scared him as much as he scared me and jumped off the bank. He tried to slither across the fairway to another wild area, but was killed with a 4 iron by a golfer in the next group.....
I hate to answer on this thread, as it seems impolite to post what riles my feathers.....since most of my gripes here would center on certain habits of a number of posters.