Rattlesnake is not bad eatin if you want to try one out.
The meat is extremely white (like frog legs) and the texture is also a lot like frog legs.
They are easy to skin to - just slit right up the bottom from tail to head and the skin peels right off. Gut em - and then focus on the larger diameter parts (mid back area).
All you really have is a big long back/rib cage type structure.
Along the backbone on both sides you have two strips of meat (like the back stips on a deer). Then there is some thin meat down along the ribcage.
If you ever cook up the upper part of squirrel back it is similar in structure.
I have eaten several (in my younger days) deep fried like you would chicken or frog legs and well if you like frog legs you will probably do alright with rattler.
TNhunter
