They are rare in Vermont but I'm not sure but I thought Wisconsin was the only state in the lower 48 that does not have poisonous snakes. Or maybe it was Maine. If I'm not mistaken you have pigmy Rattlers, though their name might need to be changed 'cause it's "waisist".
Yeah, maybe you'll see ex-gov Cuomo slithering across in shame to retire in a less oppressive state like VT.
What a great time to kill him! That joker blends right in.
Wisconsin has Timber Rattlers (the snakes) and a minor league baseball team named Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
Wisconsin also has the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake. It was widely rumored that the DNR introduced some type of rattlesnake 4 or 5 miles from where I live. No way to verify that so it's just a rumor.
What part of the world?
We were about 5 miles? south of Vantage, WA on a R/R grade east of the columbia River. I read a historical account of exploring the river a few miles further south in 1811, 'lots of flat rocks with many rattle snakes'. There is a very large apple orchard south of our location, they don't kill the rattlers, they use them to control the mice and gophers. "Pick up that bottom fruit bin with a fork lift" is the rule. There are large 'scree' slopes just east of the orchards where the snakes can den up for the winter. I've ridden in that area for quite a few years, usually during winter and spring, I've seen snakes in late March till early November. Some seem to den in the cracked basalt along the R/R grade, not much for scree slopes in that area. I think the most I've seen is 3 or 4 in one day. We're not allowed to kill them, State Park, but I do know snake shot in a .38 or ,357 will kill 'em with out a wiggle from horse back.
