I know the feeling, Boberdz. I shot a good-sized diamondback rattlesnake a few months back because he was in my driveway and crawling toward the house, about fifty feet away. Most of the time, I go out of my way to let rattlers live, and I'd never dream of hurting a nonpoisonous snake. When I see 'em on the roadside, I'll stop and have a conversation with 'em instead of runnin' 'em over like my redneck neighbors are wont to do. But, every now and then, a rattler or a cottonmouth wanders into where he's not welcome and then it's, "BOOM! Sorry about that, Mr. Snake. Have a nice rebirth. Why dontcha try comin' back as somethin' everybody likes, like a pileated woodpecker?"