Who is the greatest Bp breeder in the world?

[Larry Suttles]

Wow nows theres a topic! I'd love to hear everybodies opinion.

[munding]

hmmm... i would have to say..... david and tracy barker.... for overall knowledge of the python specie..

but as for variety morph-wise...kevin mccurley is the master..

[Reediculous]

..... :0

[Emilio]

One in particular doesn't come to mind, I group all the pioneers together and say they are the best.

[Nate]

One in particular doesn't come to mind, I group all the pioneers together and say they are the best.

I have to agree. I find it very difficult to say one in particular is "the best". interesting topic tho

[Beardedragon]

I like Ralph Davis, he seems pretty cool and has the whole either you like me or you don't thing attitude going on His snakes are awesome and he seems to keep everything top notch, and when you email him it doesn't take a week for him to get back to you( in my experience its been same or next day)

[MarkS]

Well, that would be me of course.... OK, maybe not. But how do you define 'greatest'? Most clutches? Most new morphs? Best promoter? Largest client list? Been doing it the longest number of years? Given back the most to the community? Made the most amount of money? I think there are too many qualities that could define one as being 'great' and I doubt that there is any one person who embodies them all. Except for maybe Ralph.

[rabernet]

I agree - it depends on how you define "best".

For me, best are those who really show how much they love what they do, strive to produce the best animals that they can, love giving a helping hand and sharing ideas with others coming up.

With that criteria, and based on my personal experiences over the past three years since I entered this hobby - Adam Wysocki, Kara Glasgow, Kevin McCurley, Tim Bailey, Justin Kobylka, Evan Jamison all come to mind as individuals who have shared ideas with me, answered my endless questions without ever asking for a sale, just because they truly love what they do.

There are others who would also likely fit that criteria for me who I haven't had the pleasure of getting to really know yet. Sean Bradley, Brian (BHB - I'm not going to attempt to mangle his last name! LOL), Larry Suttles, BT, etc

And there are many more of us who are just entering our first year of breeding that I see as being really passionate about this, that are some of my dear friends - Joanna, Ed, Shaun, Trey, Randy, Deborah, Emily, Christie, etc.

Gosh - I guess I don't have a best - all of the above are awesome in my book!

[Peter Williams]

I think Ralph is the best, well...not necessarily the best ball python breeder, but out of all the big guys, I like Ralph's personality the most. Lets put it this way, if I had to pick one of the big breeders to be stuck on a desserted Island with, it'd be Ralph.

[Otter_23]

Too many to pick the greatest. There are many that quietly do their thing and rarely visit forums. Their names are known among the "big" breeders and some have been around for a very long time.