A golfer was transported to the hospital Thursday evening after he was bit twice in the leg by a rattlesnake at Bully Pulpit Golf Course in Medora.
The Billings County Sheriff's Department said an EMS vehicle transported the man to CHI St. Joseph's Health, where he was treated.
Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation marketing director Justin Fisk confirmed the incident.
Fisk said TRMF President Randy Hatzenbuhler talked with the golfer after the incident occurred and reported he was "doing well" after the incident.
Staff did not attempt to catch or find the rattlesnake, because Fisk said their first priority was caring for the guest. If the snakes are not caught immediately after the incident, employees almost never follow up on the situation.
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Fisk said there have been many sighting of bullsnakes near the course, but rarely of rattlesnakes.
"They are in the Badlands, but we almost never see them on the golf course," Fisk said.
