snakes (Rapid City, Mobridge, Lemmon: gardens, farm, rattlesnakes)

[ron van bergen]

Where in South Dakota would be a good place to find and photo graph rattlesnakes. I heard the Lemmon area and west of Mobridge are good places to look.

[kbat]

There are rattlesnakes all over the place in the New Underwood area in the summer months. You can pretty much pick any open field or out-of-the-way area. This time of year they'd be in hibernation though.

The Badlands would be another great option. Probably better for photographic purposes... more rocks, less brush, a little easier to spot them and get a nice clear shot of them.

[SD4020]

Most anyplace west river outside of the hills your chances of finding shaky tails are decent.

[just anotherguy]

they are pretty tasty I think (after you take their picture of course)

[jmgg]

I would try Reptile Gardens in Rapid City. I guarantee a successful photo shoot.

That's also as close as I like getting to them. If you can name one of the biggest advantage of growing up on a farm in EASTERN South Dakota is we didn't have to concern ourselves baling hay with these nasty little reptiles.