Quote Originally Posted by jparker1167 View Post
the best way to learn how to handle hots is a mentor showing you what to do. its good you have someone to help you out. i just hope you are not starting out handling the eastern or western diamond backs, those are some nasty snakes and if you mess up with a large one of them you may not live through it or you may have less fingers from it. a friend of mine got hit by a 4 foot western diamond back after keeping hots for 28 years with no bites. he said he was in the hospital for 8 days and had a hospital bill over around $42,000. good luck and be safe.
Oh no, the diamondbacks are the last of the hots on that list I'll be working with. Though it's the one I look most forward to. Mainly because the biggest EDB I'll be around is over 5 ft.
I'll mostly be learning with copperheads and the pygmies.