Okeene Rattlesnake Hunt 2025. All snakes provide important ecological services, including those that are venomous. This small town has been celebrating their festival the longest out of all five towns, counting this year as their 85th annual.

In the final ceremony, snakes are measured and weighed—all of them need to be. Some 30,000 people visit the town, which is normally home to only 2,800.