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June 20, 2012, 01:06 PM | #26 |
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Never hunted pythons before,but Ive killed a ton of rattlers over the year usually with 38spl snake lolads. I think that I would carry a 410 shotgun
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June 20, 2012, 01:35 PM | #27 | |
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June 20, 2012, 08:41 PM | #28 |
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Thanks Doyle.... When it comes to snakes I'm hard-wired to go to guns lol
No way no how would I ever go on a live snake catch hunt |
June 21, 2012, 03:15 PM | #29 | |
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June 21, 2012, 04:01 PM | #30 |
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The special "no gun" season may be only a month long, but other areas sounds like year round and guns are fine. I wouldn't hesitate to use a "pellet gun", of course mine would be lauching a whole bunch of pellets at once!!
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June 21, 2012, 06:13 PM | #31 |
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Panfisher, even though the pythons are making appearances in other areas of S. Fl the bulk of the population is still in the 'glades. Since most of that is either National Park land or state-owned preserves there isn't a whole lot of opportunity for shooting one.
I predict that that will change as the population begins to migrate northward. Most of the snake problem started when Hurricane Andrew blew through back in '91. There were a few reptile distributors that abandoned their property during the hurricane and the storm opened up a bunch of cages releasing a whole bunch of invasive species. Couple that with the deliberate releasings of individuals whos snakes had grown too big to handle and we had a breeding population. In 20 years, they have bred enough to become a real problem. 20 years from now, I'm sure they will have begun to spread out. |
June 22, 2012, 05:12 AM | #32 |
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why can't you dispatch them with machetes or clubs? I can see how yahoos and firearms are a no-go around tourist areas, but that shouldn't mean said yahoos should be forced to live-catch. seems like it would be more effective to kill them in the field than back at a station.
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June 22, 2012, 07:19 AM | #33 |
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Swopjan, good question. I don't know why they don't allow killing in the field with non-firearms. Seems like a bow (set up like for bow fishing) would be another good choice.
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June 22, 2012, 09:37 AM | #34 | |
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June 22, 2012, 09:47 AM | #35 |
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Actual tourism in the Everglades is limited by Mama Nature to a few areas, of the gazillion acres there. It's a swampy/jungly equivalent to the BLM or USFS lands in the western states. Beaucoup acres, few people wandering around. Snake hunters using shotguns would be no danger to tourists.
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