My mom killed a rattler that had crawled in the house and was coiled under the kitchen table using a garden hoe (this was in texas). Funny thing is she thought it was this rattlesnake plaster cast thing my grandma had had, she yelled at my little brother to pick that snake up and put it away... then it MOVED.....
Hate snakes, one good thing about CT is they are rare, but copperheads and rattlers are on the rebound, and heaven help you if you do much as give one of them a dirty look. The tree huggers will throw you under the jail.
Safest bet here is to just let it bite you....
