Rawhide with an attitude once these are gone thats it

[twitchstick]

Now that's some cool backing!

[Mike Yancey]

They are tough skins and one neat thing about them is the scale's are not like other snakes. They have a very smooth texture to the skin after being put on the bow making them easy to slick up.

[lpcjon2]

My buddy is a breader and breads some very unique color combinations, and sometimes they get certain diseases that they die from. thats when he gives them to me or they get disposed of.Skinning one thats big is an interesting task. I am waiting for a little smaller set for the bow.

  Mike if you get pics of them on a bow please post them.Tim

[Hopewell Tom]

And we thought RC had snakes to show us...

[ronp]

Cool.  Tater said he's curious to see what they would look like on a bow.  I would be SCARED to death to see them on a snake!

[Mike Yancey]

Go back to the first post, I edited it. New law just passed and this will be your last chance to get legal pythons.
Mike

[Bladepeek]

That would be pretty typical. The FL DNR (or equivalent) crying about how the big constrictors are multiplying like crazy and doing serious damage because the climate suits them and they have no natural predators to keep them in check.  Then along comes the US Fish & Wildlife Service and says you can no longer sell them because they're endangered. Why not just require a permit to hunt them, then put a tag on the harvested snake and supply a certificate of origin when selling them. Way too complicated for Washington I guess.

I'm a bit surprised they didn't create a Python Czar to monitor the whole thing.

[Mike Yancey]

Bladepeek,
 Thats right, there was no problem until Florida started harvesting these and there became a market for the product. So lets make a big mess a bigger one by the Government getting into the mix.

[Zbone]

After all the hoopla about these invasive species in Florida and the F&G bellyaching about them for the past couple years, they are now going to protect them??? Go figure…

[Mike Yancey]

Makes no since to me, I can see the Indian Python on the list but its in India. These snakes are a totaly different and from the USA kind but they look alike so they get on the list. Get em while you can is all I can say because I wont sell them once these are gone.
Mike

[Pat B]

Is Fla protecting these snakes or is it preventing more from coming into the state?

[Mike Yancey]

No its not Florida, they were all for the harvest and use of the meat and skins. This new law prevents the sale of meat and skins of the python 90 days after the passing of the law a couple of weeks ago but you can still have the skins after that just not sell the raw skin or meat.  Its the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Because these pythons are hard to tell from the Indian Python that is only found in India and they look alike so all python were put together in this new law. This all came about when people started making money off the skins, there is one shop in FL. that is getting 1200.00 for pants made from the skins. The only thing good right now is the Boa's coming out of FL are still ok to sell.

[lpcjon2]

Mike,
  My buddy is a snake breeder in NJ(has special permits to breed and sell) would this effect him giving me the snakes that die from disease? Selling those skins is it illegal?

[Mike Yancey]

If its not a python should be fine, if its a python you better check. From what I have been told it will still be ok to own and posses just not sell.

[DVSHUNTER]

Guess you will just have to give em to me then.