Used to hunt them. Never used a gun. Fashioned a makeshift snake pole out of an old "sturdy" fishing pole. Used it to beat the bushes while I walked. Like cowboykjohnson said, the ones I killed, I would cut the head off and bury it. I did bring some home alive, and kept them alive for a spell. Finally ended up eating them too. They are pretty tasty. Still have at least one skin, and a few rattles.

Had a good THICK pair of leather leggings back then. Even knowing you have them on, it can get your adrenalin going, if one strikes your leg. I was walking through a clearing where I had been throwing them, after I had cut off and buried their head. Heard one rattle and felt him strike my leg. Got my heart to pumping. With NO head, his accuracy was still there.