John and Sandy quit their office jobs in Rockford, Illinois, married and left for Arizona back in 1979. They traded the work-a-day world for the laid-back and somewhat lazy lifestyle of rattlesnake hunters. They hunt rattlers during summer nights with a 4 foot long "snake-stik" that has a plier-like grabber on one end and a pistol-grip on the other. This device takes much of the danger out of catching poisonous snakes. A valid Arizona hunting license is required,and game regulations protect some species, and restrict the others. The Webers catch and average of one rattler for every 9 1/2 hours they hunt.

Nearly every part of the rattlesnake is used in making the crafts including the vertebrae, ribs, fangs, skin and rattles. Even the meat is made into jerky.