If I'm near civilization, I kill poisonous snakes...just hate to hear of a kid getting bit after I letone live. If I'm in the "sticks", I let 'em live. I lived in KY for 6 years, and we'd occaisionally find rattlers or copperheads near our house. Sometimes we killed 'em, sometimes we relocated them. I had an argument with another OHio resident a couple years ago. I said there were no rattlers in Ohio...we ended up called the Dept. Of Wildlife, and the ranger we spoke to said there were. I've still never met anyone that's ever seen one in Ohio though...I'm guessing it must be down south near WV and KY. To topic, I really think that a rattler THAT big, would shake me up. I'd kill it just to have the hide most likely, and maybe some stew.