The strangest interaction I had with a snake was bow hunting early season . It was time to climb down because it was sunset and getting dark and when I looked down
there was a large 6 foot plus rat snake coiled up at the bottom of the tree . I got down to the 7 th step and it tried to strike at me . I was like get out of here and started
swinging the bow at it and it finally went far enough away for me to climb down. Next day I went to hunt the next spot and it was coiled up again next to my stand .
When I got closer it gave that fake rattle and it looked pissed off so I decided to hunt another part of the forest . I had several stands installed there on private land .
My guess maybe it had it's nest there and eggs hidden somewhere