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View Poll Results: Venomous snakes: how do you prefer to catch them? | |
Hook/Jigger
|     | 18 | 42.86% | |
Tailing
|    | 21 | 50.00% | |
Pinning
|    | 1 | 2.38% | |
Tongs
|    | 2 | 4.76% |
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20-Apr-08, 04:08 PM
|  | Q Dog Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Redlands, SE Qld Gender:  | | | | Jonno from ERD will be able to give you some very good advice on this one Legally red
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20-Apr-08, 04:21 PM
|  | Friend of huey Subscriber | | | | | Yes, Johnno advocates the hook as manipulation into the bag and I think it is by far the safest method, but as mentioned different situations can arise where other methods are needed. I don't beleive that hooks are detrimental to a snake.
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20-Apr-08, 05:05 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Age/Gender: 13 | | | | I experienced handler only......
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20-Apr-08, 05:14 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | | Although many have told me my training is all wrong, I did a catch and release course and was taught to tail them. Nobody was bitten and I still haven't been.
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20-Apr-08, 11:01 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Syd | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cement  Yes, Johnno advocates the hook as manipulation into the bag and I think it is by far the safest method, but as mentioned different situations can arise where other methods are needed. I don't beleive that hooks are detrimental to a snake. | Your kidding me arent you. That method will work on bits of rope, rubber snakes and sluggish snakes. Try it with an active one.
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20-Apr-08, 11:08 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: NSW Gender: | | | | hook and tail | | |
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