Despite her appearance in this shot...

this prairie rattler was surprisingly unaggressive.

I still have this horrible dread that I may have broken her jaw.

One of my wardens had a similar encounter with one of her kin today, and called to let me know he had counted coup.

My response?

You're an idiot.

"You did it!"

Yeah. And it was stupid. Somebody's going to find you laying dead 10 meters from your truck, with fang holes in your arm or neck.

I may have started a new extreme stunt. One that'll probably get somebody killed.