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Just about all of my rattler hunting is in Wyoming County, north of Pittston, in the vicinity of Noxen, Forkston, or Lovelton.—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026 Bossche says the encounter with the rattler hasn't scared her off the trails for good.—Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 One day, state law enforcement officers showed up at his home and seized more than a dozen of his rattlers, plus other reptiles.—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026 Weekly Newsletter Meanwhile, Native Americans worked to protect rattlers from settlers bent on hunting them to extinction.—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rattler