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jcraft75
at Mon Nov 23 15:57:55 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jcraft75 ]
Correct, recommended status or not, it is about trust. The recommended breeders list is the best system that we currently have, however. I am anticipating the possibility that DNA information will be part of the process.
For those who would question each unverifiable detail, as you laid out, this response will mean nothing, but I can honestly say that I have not collected an alterna from BSR post 2007. I mentioned that I was relatively new to the Kingsnake website scene, not necessarily to snake collecting.
Have you ever hunted game animals? You may be familiar with the practice of using the road to spot deer or pigs, or whatever, crossing to huntable land. If you have access to the huntable land, and stay within the game laws, you can legally harvest.
IF I were to contact ranch owners in an area I wished to herp, and explain my intentions, I could theoretically use a road to "spot" herps, and wait for them to inevitably move off of the ROW, and legally collect. This is theoretical, and not something I have practiced, but have given some thought. This, at least in one game warden's eyes, would be legal. I could still claim this specimen as whatever given locality. Obviously this would not work on most rock cuts, but there are plenty of instances where it could work. A ranch owner may be more likely to allow access to the first 10 yards of his property, than to allow someone free-range of his entire acreage. Of course this is all speculation, and I have no idea how receptive ranchers might be to that idea; just a thought.
John
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RE: Excellent.... - jcraft75, Mon Nov 23 15:57:55 2009