Here is an informative site I stumbled across in my search for rattlesnake chaps. The rattlers are thick at my field site (pictured above), and after watching that guy die in an abandoned bus (watched "Into the Wild" tonight), I decided I did not desire a similar fate. Note the recipes with cooked rattlesnake that are labeled "great for formal dinner".
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/ysnake.html
Actually, if the guy had just brushed up on his botanical identification skills, he would have been back on the hippie bus before you could say "poisonous plants".
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WHY WASTE GOOD MEAT?
The snake's mouth is still dangerous in that there is residual venom and you must take care not to handle the head. However, you should not be concerned with eating venom tainted meat as it will not hurt you. Cut the rattlesnake into 3 inch pieces and freeze in water. Do not leave a lot of meat at either the head or tail because, if you choose to tan the hide, you will have to "flesh" the snake anyway. Why waste good meat?
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