 your waterways conservation officer and discuss it with them if you don't know the methods for doing that it's better to be safe than sorry and learn and as I mentioned northeastern Pennsylvania especially my home area in Pike County is home to plenty of good numbers of rattlesnakes in fact we have quite a few good dens in our area where there are literally hundreds of rattlesnakes and on any given day in the summer time if you happen to sneak in there you can get a good look at these snakes