Very Disturbing...

[Holbeird]

There is yet to be a bank to take the venom from one of these.

any proof the back up that statement?

[Purrrfect9]

Although I do think that unlimited killing of these WDR is highly unnecessary, I do see the concern that families and business might have with having these Hot's so close to their home and children. There is a guy in Oklahoma (I can't recall the name right now, I believe Shannon might know him) who goes out to people's homes, and he sets a car hood out in people's backyards/ pastures. Every few days he'll come out, check the car hood for snakes, may they be little corns and garters or even the diamond backs, and he'll safely relocate them either to a scientific/educational facility or to a remote area/ wildlife reserve. While a lot of states are soon running out of uninhabited area's if the population density is extremely high, I wouldn't be as upset with a limit on the 'snake hunting', as long as every possible resource was used from the killed snakes.
It's just sad that the human population has become so...unaware of nature, and unwilling to view anything unless it benefits ourselves.

[Holbeird]

I agree. I think a spectacle is being made of it all, and that's what bothers me most. I think having a "season" on them, like dear and such, to cut down numbers but keep them from being endangered is fine. I just hate how everything is like a circus and show people killing snakes is fun :-p

Even if they made it a big educational thing I may be okay with it, just do the killing behind scenes instead of out where everyone can watch them get their little heads chopped off!

[Phaddy]

Texans...

Please...can we quit stereotyping Texans as barbaric rednecks? It does get tiring after a while. We don't all own horses, live on ranches, wear cowboy boots, or participate in rattlesnake roundups. Nor are these roundups exclusive to Texas. Thank you.

Andy Fadner

*EDIT* Wow, I just realized how old this thread is. My bad.