he swung–and, all i can say is that the lord was with him. he killed all four snakes. he cut the rattles off all four and headed for home, calling it a day. i think his getting all four snakes in one swing was a far greater accomplishment than any golfer that ever shot a hole in one! he did say, however, that over his many years of hunting rattlesnakes he did get bit twice; but he got medical attention and lived to tell about it.
over the years though, because of the heavy hunter pressure on them, the snake population greatly declined. the bounty system had worked and most people 