Python blanks

[Pastor John]

Is anyone casting Burmese Python blanks from Florida Everglades yet?

 

[panamag8or]

They've only bagged 27 so far. You'd think they'd do this when it's a bit warmer, and those nasty things were a bit more active.

 

[Pastor John]

Pythons

How close are you to the action?

 

[panamag8or]

How close are you to the action?

I'm up in North Central FL, a long way from the Everglades, but our paper keeps a daily tally, lol.

Actually, the pythons are making their way north, so I hope this hunt works.

 

[Rodnall]

i know a couple of the firefighters on our venom units. I will ask how we can get some skins.
Rod

 

[Bayward]

I am not sure the Python skin pattern will make a good blank for something as small as a pen. The pattern on a Python skin seems it is too large ?

I have tossed a few Pythons in the trash barrel for pick up in the past. I used to live in South Florida, now Tampa Bay area.

Here are some skins for sale.

Bob

 

[Pastor John]

I thought of the same thing, i.e., the pattern being too large, but would like to give it a try anyway.

 

[Kenny Durrant]

They have babies that are small enough to make pens. I also found that you can shrink a skin quite a bit with heat. I had a skin that was wrinkled so I had the idea to iron it to smooth it out. I laid out the skin and put a damp paper towel over it and as soon as the iron started warming up, not hot, I pressed the skin and it shrunk. The pattern looks better but it gets a little thicker also. I do it often because on the larger copperheads the patten is too big and you can see through the skin. I had a large rattlesnake and was able to put it on a slim pen with no problem.