Python Hunting In Florida

[Steuben Jerry]

I don't know how much fun this would be, but at least it's warm there.

 

I'm thinking nothing less than a 20 ga shotgun would be my preference, but they do prefer you catch them barehanded..

 

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/01/18/florida-declares-open-season-on-pythons-in-annual-challenge.html?intcmp=hplnws

 

 

[Critter4321]

Its all fun and games until one catches you!!

[ants]

No thanks.

[growalot]

I'd go for Burmese...but reticulated can be nasty. Any thing over 4ft are surprisingly Strong!

PS...more afraid of moccasins....snapping turtles..and freaked by blood suckers

Edited January 19, 2016 by growalot

[Larry]

All good fun till someone gets eaten then it really gets funny!!!    

[The_Real_TCIII]

I cant believe how fast those suckers are!

 

[Steuben Jerry]

I'll never know how much fun it may be. Right or wrong - I hate snakes!

[grampy]

You would think that gators would keep the python population in check? I know gators eat snakes, why not pythons?

[growalot]

They most likely do and vise versa , but Pythons being snakes eat eggs as well. Gators lay eggs.Plus young gators are vulnerable. They also apparently breed well in the conditions there. People and their pets...it should be ...if it isn't illegal to sell or have them as pets in areas they can survive and thrive in the wild...those and iguanas...nice little pets...until they aren't little anymore. Most people don't realize an iguana can grow to be a 6ft lizard...I know a woman in Caledonia that turned her dinning room into an iguana cage..that's how much room her 1ft long pet need ,when it grew to 6ft...and the Zoo wouldn't take it.

[NFA-ADK]

I had a 14 ft and a 12 ft pythons.  They are a amazing predator and are a good match for gators.  Depending on which one is larger will usually depend on which one gets eaten.  You would think the gator would win hands down but that is not always the case.  They should be eliminated from Florida, they are dangerous and they get big, over 20 ft easy!

 

Here is one you would think the gator would eat him with no problem, not a very large snake but the results are evident. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfYAj1k9uZM

[Doc]

I had a 14 ft and a 12 ft pythons.  They are a amazing predator and are a good match for gators.  Depending on which one is larger will usually depend on which one gets eaten.  You would think the gator would win hands down but that is not always the case.  They should be eliminated from Florida, they are dangerous and they get big, over 20 ft easy!

 

Here is one you would think the gator would eat him with no problem, not a very large snake but the results are evident. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfYAj1k9uZM

I was rooting for the gator.

[grampy]

I was rooting for the gator.

 

Me too. Kept waiting for the death roll!

[Elmo]

Once the python wraps around a gator, the gator is done.  The gator can bend back and bite the python once it's wrapped around its body.  I'd imagine juvenile gators do fall prey to large pythons.  With no natural predators they have been wrecking havoc in the Everglades.  I hear they're impossible to catch though.

 

Over 600 hunters participated and only 24 snakes were caught.

 

Edited January 19, 2016 by Elmo

[Elmo]

I wouldn't mind looking into iguana hunting outfitters in Puerto Rico.  This way I can trick the wife into going on a "vacation".

[turkeyfeathers]

Over 600 hunters participated and only 24 snakes were caught.

sounds like harsh winter and coyotes are the problem ????

[Marion]

They most likely do and vise versa , but Pythons being snakes eat eggs as well. Gators lay eggs.Plus young gators are vulnerable. They also apparently breed well in the conditions there. People and their pets...it should be ...if it isn't illegal to sell or have them as pets in areas they can survive and thrive in the wild...those and iguanas...nice little pets...until they aren't little anymore. Most people don't realize an iguana can grow to be a 6ft lizard...I know a woman in Caledonia that turned her dinning room into an iguana cage..that's how much room her 1ft long pet need ,when it grew to 6ft...and the Zoo wouldn't take it.

She should have cooked it up like they do in the tropics

You Can't Beat My Meat!

[The_Real_TCIII]

sounds like harsh winter and coyotes are the problem ????

 

And no one was moving them around

[tracker65x]

Its all fun and games until one catches you!!

 

Exactly haha. 

 

By the way have you guys ever seen some of those snake hunters who track down anacondas in Thailand.. it takes 15 men to control one. No idea how anyone goes swimming around there with snakes like that in the water!!!

[Geno C]

ill skip that sport lol

[Nomad]

Used to enjoy catching rattlers in the Arizona deserts. We used about four feet of 3/4,inch pvc with a doubled over piece of coat hanger duct taped onto the end .

Tastes like chicken !!

[ny hunter]

Not a snake guy at all.............even a small milk snake gives me the creeps....

[Lawdwaz]

I've said it once and I'll say it again.................I hate (I hate the word hate) snakes.

 

My ignorance shines again.

[Critter4321]

Used to enjoy catching rattlers in the Arizona deserts. We used about four feet of 3/4,inch pvc with a doubled over piece of coat hanger duct taped onto the end .

Tastes like chicken !!

 

like a stingy chicken maybe but still no thanks I will stay with Purdue for my chicken dinners 

[Elmo]

Stringy, tough, and bland. Too many bones and not enough meat.

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