James,
 
I use the "extreme caution" method.  I've gotten away with it with textile
and striatus.  I've never encountered a geographus outside of their
secondary and least preferred habitat, a specimen cabinet.  The former two
species move much faster than most cones.  I've just picked them up by the
apical end and I don't take my eyes of them until I get them into a
hard-shelled container (no mesh or cloth bags).  Recatching them in the
container can be a little tricky, because now they're really angry.
Anyway, be careful.  As in messing with poisonous snakes, etc., complacency
will get you every time.
 
Kurt
 
 
At 01:33 PM 1/20/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear all, I have a question.
>Not that i'm going to be doing this any time soon,
>I just want to know. What is the method collectors use
>to collect dangerous cones? Is there a special tool for collecting
>them?
>
>Let me know,
>Kind Regards James
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