Also, to the op that no rattlers are not endangered, check out this article:
http://www.nytimes.c...gered-list.html
Not likely to find Timber rattlers out here: but do you really know the difference?
From
Califonia Snakes website, a list of Pit Vipers:
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake
Mojave Desert Sidewinder
Colorado Desert Sidewinder
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Panamint Rattlesnake
Mojave Green Rattlesnake
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
Great Basin Rattlesnake
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
None of which are on the
CA endangered species list of reptiles:
Common Name (Scientific Name)
boa, southern rubber (Charina bottae umbratica)
gecko, barefoot banded (Coleonyx switaki)
lizard, blunt-nosed leopard (Gambelia silus)
lizard, Coachella Valley fringe-toed (Uma inornata)
lizard, island night (Xantusia riversiana)
sea turtle, green (Chelonia mydas)
sea turtle, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
sea turtle, loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
sea turtle, olive (=Pacific) Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)
snake, giant garter (Thamnophis couchi gigas)
snake, San Francisco garter (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)
striped racer, Alameda (=Alameda whipsnake) (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus)
tortoise, desert (Gopherus agassizii)
QUOTE
If you don't have a hunting license--you have no right to kill. Game wardens need to know what is killed for control purposes. Don't kill a rattler unless you have no choice.
and you must have missed jagayman's post that no license is required for the sport taking of rattlesnakes in CA. Everyone has the right to kill them, just observe the daily bag limit.
http://www.dfg.ca.go...iles/fg1502.pdf
§5.60. Reptiles.
(b) No sportfishing license is required for the sport take of any rattlesnake.
And from the Department of Fish and Game:
"Rattlesnakes may be taken by any method and the daily bag and possession limit for them is two (ref. CCR, Title 14, Section 5.60[a]). "
So don't kill more than two a day and you should be good.