This is exactly why we have never endorsed freehandling. I do not believe that this individual has any idea of what being bitten by a Puff Adder is like. He just assumes that he will go to the hospital and they will "take care of it". This is equivalent to walking on the 10th floor ledge of a building, and he's putting YOUR ability to keep at risk by doing it!
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Jvillevenom on 2010-03-03
AGAIN IT KILLS ME TO HAVE TO SIT HERE AND READ THIS CRAP FROM PEOPLE JUDGIN OTHER PEOPLE FOR FREE HANDLIN HOTS,,IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE HOOKS TONGS OR WHATEVER TOOLS OF THE TRADE SO BE IT,,I MYSELF WILL USE HOOKS BUT WILL ALSO FREE HAND IF I FEEL I NEED TO OR WANT TO NOT FOR THE PUBLIC NOT TO SHOW OFF BUT FOR MY OWN COMFORT,,SO DONT JUDGE PEOPLE WHO FREE HAND WE DONT JUDGE YOU AND CALL YOU A PUSSY,,IT DOES NOT CONCERN YOU WHAT I DO OR DAVID WEATHERS OR ANYONE ELSE THAT WILL FREE HAND,,AND ABOUT WHAT THE KIDS WILL SEE,ITS JUST LIKE THEM WATCHIN A MOVIE AND SOMEONE IS GOING AROUND MURDERIN PEOPLE,,IF THE PARENTS ARE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN THERE LIFES THEY WILL NO RIGHT FROM WRONG,,MY MOTHER WAS AND IS STILL IN MY LIFE,,I CAUGHT MY FIRST SNAKE AT THE AGE OF 3 YEARS OLD IT WAS A RED RAT SHE TOOK A MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE CAN AND CHOPPED HIS HEAD OFF,I PITCHED A FIT FOR 3 WEEKS UNTILL SHE FINALLY GOT ME NEW SNAKE AND THAT WAS A COLUMBIAN REDTAIL BOA,A JUVENILE,,BUT FROM THAT MOMENT ON I WAS HOOKED I GOT INTO VENOMOUS AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD I AM 38 YEARS OLD AND HAVE ONLY BEEN BITTEN ONCE,,SO IF YOU HAVE THE GUIDANCE KIDS SHOULD NO RIGHT FROM WRONG,,AND ANOTHER THING IS NONE OF US CLAIM TO BE ROLE MODELS YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO FREE HANDLE HOTS ON POSTERS OR COMMERCIALS BEIN SPONSORED BY GATORADE OR NIKE,LIKE JORDAN OR TIGER WOODS<<SO BACK THE HELL UP AND QUIT TALKIN SHIT,,THATS WHY WE LIVE IN AMERICA,,THE USA,,WERE NOT A BUNCH OF COMMIES TRYIN TO DICTATE WHAT AND HOW WE SHOULD DO THINGS...AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO USE HOOKS AND TONGS AND DONT FREE HANDLE AT ALL AND THEY HAVE BEEN BITTEN MORE THEN MYSELF AND THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT FREE HANDLE,,SO WHAT IM TRYIN TO SAY IS YES IF YOU FREE HANDLE YOU WILL GET BIT,,BUT ALSO IF YOU DEAL WITH HOTS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND DONT FREE HANDLE U WILL GET BIT ALSO,,AGAIN ITS ALL PART OF THE GAME!!!!!!! THIS IS FRANK KENNEDY!!!!!!
armata on 2010-02-13
Those who free-handle venomous snakes put herpetology back 20 years.
Its just stupid and unnecessary.
Since the start of the year I have taken 30 problem cape cobras fron property in my town here in the Little karoo.
But I guess, because i use appropriate tools and procedures then that would make it boring for the media.
More important, think of the message you are putting out to youngsters.
Anonymous on 2010-01-29
People who free-handle, will be bitten. Thats it.
Jvillevenom on 2009-10-20
IT REALLY MAKES ME LAUGH ALL YOU GUYS SITTING HERE JUDGING DAVID WEATHERS FOR FREE HANDLING VENOMOUS SNAKES,WHILE YOU GUYS HIDE BEHIND YOUR MONITORS AND KEYBOARDS,AND REMAIN ANONYMOUS,REAL BRAVE I TELL YA,YOU GUYS ARE NO ONE TO JUDGE DAVID WEATHERS MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE,QUIT BEIN HATERS BECAUSE HE HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF,AND IS RECOGNIZED,,JEFF CORWIN ,,MARK OSHEA,COME ON IF YOU GUYS NO ANY BETTER THERE ARE REAL VENOMOUS SNAKE HANDLERS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT SET THE SNAKE IN THE PATH FOR CORWIN TO STUMBLE ACROSS AND TALK ABOUT IT,BECAUSE A COUPLE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS HAVE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THEM,SO QUIT RUNNIN YOUR MOUTHS!!!!! KNOW YOUR FACTS FIRST,FREE HANDLIN VENOMOUS SNAKES IS A PERSONS OWN CHOICE AND IF YOU DEAL WITH HOT SNAKES ON A DAILY BASIS LIKE MYSELF EVERYONE IS BOUND TO GET BIT,IT'S PART OF THE GAME AND REALITY SO TO ALL YOU ANONYMOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE OPINIONS YOUR OPINIONS AINT SHIT HIDING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS "FRANK KENNEDY".....
Anonymous on 2009-09-21
great a topic on idiots/david wheather more like kid moron to most as spoted out side movies theather after a jackass film ( because he has no money to pay to go in the theather ) there he waits with cheap kinkos black and white photos of himself ( color photos cost too much )hopeing that the little teenage kids will reconize and crowd around him ( like a night at michael jacksons house ) so he could hand out his photos and sell his shirts ( to make some gas money to make it back home ) thank god he is not going to be in jack ass three/ well he was bearly in jackass two/ but a star in his own mind he is/ after the movie he ventures to the mall in hope for some reconision and gas money/ on his ride home he looks for road kills to feed his critters ( not lieing anyone that knows him knows this is true )he goes home and reflecs on the day he got to work with the sharkman/his most proud momment was standing side by side with the sharkman him self ( he wants to be like the shark man ) as his "high" star struck mind offers to insert a blown up condom in steve o's jack ass ( for the record he used no rubber gloves when he inserted the condom in the hole )this was a glorious momment as he sniffs his finger and says to himself " now i'm a jackass. true storie/ i know all his ways and his ex tells all/
Anonymous on 2009-08-21
DAVID WHEATHERS " SUCKS " !!!! MARK O SHEA, JEFF CORWIN,ARE WAY WAY BETER THAN THAT JACKASS!! AT LEAST THEY DON"T USE BUTCHARD SNAKES AND THEN CALL THEM SELFs EXPERTS.WHAT A JOKE<JOKE<JOKE!
Anonymous on 2009-08-21
David Weathers is better than O shea, and all those clowns because they got bitten by venomous snakes... If they were smart they will use venomoids like David Weathers.
liliana on 2009-08-14
LET FREEHANDLING TO MARC O'SHEA OR AUSTIN STEVENS...OOPS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN BITEN TOO!
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