Yeah yeah...a little late but so what! 
I hope all is well with everyone. This year was a great year in the realms of Daytona Beach, FL. It seems that each year, the amount of certain pits I see can change. Each year is different. This show rules, and even though I may not have purcahsed as much as some of my buddies, it still was great to meet the other pit bros I talk to often and see the great animals that were for sale. I thought that there was not enough ball pythons though. ( kidding )
One interesting thing I noticed was the lack of black pines I didn't see, although there were some, but very little. However, I have never seen as many northern pines in a Daytona year as I did this year. Of course, those being my faves, I gave those extra attention when scoping tables for pits. Lots of northerns. That is a good thing.
The albino bulls were sort of few as well. It was cool to see the albino patternless bulls that Don Shores and Jim Keenan had. Different and very colorful.
I was pumped to finally meet Randy Whittington after years of seeing his pics on these forums. Very cool guy and he had some smoking jani and was one outta the two that I saw that had cape gophers.
I did see some very colorful Crumbly line red bulls and a few Kingsvilles. Scott Crumbly was a pleasure to talk to, and had a great assortment of bulls, pines, and others on sale at his table. And, the Stillwaters I saw on other tables, or hypo bulls labeled as Stillwaters, were nice. I am hoping that pure Stillwaters will still be put out onto the market on a regular basis. To me, outcrossed Stillwaters lose the locality, but still should be properly called hypo bulls.
Mark Bell had some nice patternless snows and patterned snow southerns. My quest to find a really nice albino patterned southern pine however was lost though, as I didn't see one this year for sale anywhere.
The two breeders I saw with the most pits were John Meltzer and John Schmitt/Suncoast Herps. I was at their tables so much I might as well should have chipped in for some of the table rent..lol..
Schmitt's yearling hypo deppeis were smoking! Wow is all I can say! His yearling Stillwater hypos were nice as well, as well as everything he had from his Sherman hypo bulls and albino bulls. I picked up from him, a killer northern pine with some different brownish blotches and a perfect blairs grayband.
John Meltzer had the most locality pits and snakes at the show, and they were very unique in all aspects. MN. bulls, Kankakee bulls, a few Kane Strain cape gophers, MN. hognoses, which were very nice as well, and Burlington Co. northerns. Also, his outcrossed Iowa hypo bulls were jaw dropping. From him I obtained one of those outcrossed hypo Iowa bulls, and an incredible Burlington northern.
Nokturnel Tom had the only ghost and blizzard Sonorans I saw there. Sonorans in general seemed few.
Great year, and I can't wait till next year. Feaster, get yourself there next year!
Take care!
Billy
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