I don't ever intend to catch one. It's people that mess around with those things that get bit. A hide will keep just fine if you salt it down good, it doesn't need to be kept alive. It would be nice if you could get the skins already in the condition that Dave shows them. Most of the ones that I have seen for sale commercially had no bright color variations. I think that they were the western diamond back and were more of a dull color. They didn't look nearly as good as Sandy's version. I don't generally promote the random or deliberate killing of snakes, poisonous or not, but it begins to bother me some when they are close to the shop. They do make a nice sheath though and I like to have some available when a customer requests it. The next one will go in an inlay.
