Steve D Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) A record 17-foot Burmese python was captured in the Big Cypress National Preserve in south Florida. The female weighed 140 pounds and had 73 developing eggs. Florida's war on pythons has escalated to new levels, with a radio transmitter chip in a male snake helping reveal the location of a record 17-foot female captured in Big Cypress National Preserve. Edited April 16, 2019 by Steve D 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot 327 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 In terms of human suffering (Lyme Disease) the ticks in NY are a bigger problem than the snakes and gators in Florida. I expect to close on a home in Fl. before the end of the April. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 13 minutes ago, Bigfoot 327 said: I expect to close on a home in Fl. before the end of the April. Good Luck with that. You can have the snakes, gators , fire ants, scorpions, cockroaches, and heat that melts the tar on the roofs. Just not my cup of tea. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot 327 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Looking forward to hunting both hogs and gators! Won't be spending Summers in Florida, too many fish left to catch in NY. (gotta get my moneys worth from my lifetime Sportsman's license). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappyice Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Looking forward to hunting both hogs and gators! Won't be spending Summers in Florida, too many fish left to catch in NY. (gotta get my moneys worth from my lifetime Sportsman's license).SND the Squatching In the FA Everglades is legendary. You will have Photographic evidence in no timeSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny hunter Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Wow That would scare the crap out of me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 12 hours ago, Bigfoot 327 said: Looking forward to hunting both hogs and gators! Won't be spending Summers in Florida, too many fish left to catch in NY. (gotta get my moneys worth from my lifetime Sportsman's license). i'd never stay for fishing in NY. fishing in florida is hands down better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 those big invasive snakes are a huge problem in florida. losing smaller prey species from birds, to reptiles, to mammals i've been told. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACC Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 If the FWC (DEC) in Florida would stop being so cheap and offer a bounty of $2-$5 per foot of python captured and brought in to a check station with an open season, these rednecks down here would have taken care of the problem by now.To them its just an added bonus of beer money for their hunting party.Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Real_TCIII Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 47 minutes ago, dbHunterNY said: i'd never stay for fishing in NY. fishing in florida is hands down better. Different. If you love a cold trout stream in mid-summer or a 50" muskie, lake run salmon etc NY is the place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut in the bush Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I can't wait to move to Florida, 80's in January, Grouper taco's, Conch fritter's, Hillbilly chick's, Latino chick's, air boat's. I've had enough of these winter's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexerER Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I jump when I am caught of guard by a small little snake here in NY that I know is harmless. I am not sure what I would do if I ran into that thing.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, The_Real_TCIII said: Different. If you love a cold trout stream in mid-summer or a 50" muskie, lake run salmon etc NY is the place to be i'm sold as long as you tell me where you're catching the 50" muskie. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 49 minutes ago, helmut in the bush said: I can't wait to move to Florida, 80's in January, Grouper taco's, Conch fritter's, Hillbilly chick's, Latino chick's, air boat's. I've had enough of these winter's everyone knows it's hard to obtain a chick and an airboat, unless the chick owns the airboat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Florida fishing and NY fishing two different things completely. Let me know when you catch a steelhead in FL! I could do FL Jan through end of April but it would not be my first choice and sure as heck would hate to be there in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsNbows Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I just left Florida after living there for 40+ years. I just got sick and tired of the heat, humidity, traffic and NE U.S snowbird azzhats trying to run everything. My new residence is more gooder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) On 4/15/2019 at 9:24 PM, Steve D said: Good Luck with that. You can have the snakes, gators , fire ants, scorpions, cockroaches, and heat that melts the tar on the roofs. Just not my cup of tea. Florida is good seasonal I feel sorry for people that actually have to live there year round . Half the year you can't even walk out side because the sun will burn your skin off Edited April 17, 2019 by Storm914 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampy Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, bugsNbows said: I just left Florida after living there for 40+ years. I just got sick and tired of the heat, humidity, traffic and NE U.S snowbird azzhats trying to run everything. My new residence is more gooder. Where are you now bugs? In my younger days after getting out of the army, I spent a few years in S. Carolina and Florida. The hunting, fishing, hiking and beaches were excellent. But I never did get used to the heat and humidity in the summer. Still have family in both places. Nice to visit, but would never live there again. The mountains of N. Carolina, may be where I go for retirement though. You still get four seasons there, and green grass by mid March. Low taxes and no Safe Act! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 44 minutes ago, Storm914 said: Florida is good seasonal I feel sorry for people that actually have to live there year round . Half the year you can't even walk out side because the sun will burn your skin off I spent one August down there and part of Sept. another year. As you say you couldn't be outside during the day and had to just go from one air conditioned place to another. Only place I have ever been where it would rain on one side of the street and not the other and each time it rained the humidity level would go through the roof. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsNbows Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 58 minutes ago, grampy said: Where are you now bugs? In my younger days after getting out of the army, I spent a few years in S. Carolina and Florida. The hunting, fishing, hiking and beaches were excellent. But I never did get used to the heat and humidity in the summer. Still have family in both places. Nice to visit, but would never live there again. The mountains of N. Carolina, may be where I go for retirement though. You still get four seasons there, and green grass by mid March. Low taxes and no Safe Act! I moved (last fall) to the north Georgia mountains... just south of TN and NC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 47 minutes ago, bugsNbows said: I moved (last fall) to the north Georgia mountains... just south of TN and NC. Just watch out if you hear BANJO music....<<cringe>>…... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Steve D said: I spent one August down there and part of Sept. another year. As you say you couldn't be outside during the day and had to just go from one air conditioned place to another. Only place I have ever been where it would rain on one side of the street and not the other and each time it rained the humidity level would go through the roof. Another problem is because of the hurricanes and climate there are very few trees that make shade like in the north so you are exposed to the direct sunlight where ever you walk sun starts to cook your really bad . Ok for vacation but you will notice the locals avoid going out until dusk for a walk because it's just to much sun and heat to take . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsNbows Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Pygmy said: Just watch out if you hear BANJO music....<<cringe>>…... Squeal like a pig Ned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygmy Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 7 hours ago, bugsNbows said: Squeal like a pig Ned! Poor Ned...Talk about typecast....In the many roles I saw in in after Deliverance, all I could think of was him squealing like a pig... Same way with the dude who played the psycho in the original Dirty Harry movie...I could never picture him after that as anything but a psycho..." MY..That's a BIG one....Don't you pass out on me now Piggy...No no no no no...…" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Looks like someone found my trouser snake Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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