I had never heard of this...I've gone snake hunting w/ my freinds. But we don't kill them we catch them and either keep them or let them go - usually the latter. I've only gone a handfull of times but have 3 carolina pygmy rattle snakes, a box turtle, eastern king snake, and a eastern hognose under my belt. I think I've gone all of 4 or 5 times, it is fun, just tiring because of what you have to walk through.