Snakes in Montana

[AQHA]

I was out riding a colt and teaching him to not leap across ditches he crosses, we crossed over a dry ditch several times, I was watching his front feet as best I could while up on his back and I heard the buzz and saw a rattler strike at his front foot on the "on" side.
The snake missed by only a fraction. I am very protective of my colts so before I realized what I was doing I jumped off the horse and stomped the snake to death. On the ride back to the barn I was just shaking my head that I did that. The snake had to die but a death by my boot was pretty risky for me. My leather boots came nearly to my knee but I have heard of snakes hitting above the knee.

[wawagners]

Does anyone know if there are scorpions? I hate them, they give me the creeps.

[AQHA]

I've never seen one but I've never looked. I would fear black widows more.

[Kapalua]

Mountain Lions and bears and rattlesnakes... OH MY! So would one see rattle snakes in town or in someone's backyard? Mountain Lions and Bears would only be in the moutains , .... right? What about MISSOULA? Thank you

[jimj]

Originally Posted by Kapalua

Mountain Lions and bears and rattlesnakes... OH MY! So would one see rattle snakes in town or in someone's backyard? Mountain Lions and Bears would only be in the moutains , .... right? What about MISSOULA? Thank you

You can run into bears and cats in town, as for snakes never seen on here nor have I heard much about rattlers around town, either Missoula or the Flathead.