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Researchers turn to possums with GPS collars to track invasive pythons | WLRN
 
lihpster said:
Why not put a small explosive charge in the collars. It stops moving, then starts again? Fire in the hole!
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It would take some refinement to ensure that the animal fitted with the explosive collar had actually been swallowed by snake, but that could work. Alternatively some poison deadly to snakes could be released on command.
 
FredBart said:
The most successful python hunter is an older gentleman who works for one of the South Florida Water Management agencies. He slowly drives a F-series pickup along the canals and uses a 12 gauge. He has the vision and experience to eliminate them constantly.

The very big dead ones, especially during the touristy “Round-ups”, go to the University of Florida and other labs for dissection. 18 and 19 footers are found pretty regularly now.

They don’t rush out and strangle humans in the USA. It takes an experience hunter to find one. Raccoons, deer and similar mammals are easy prey for the snakes. These mammals are endangered in the Everglades because of the various python constrictor snakes have eaten them all.
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.....and, when they run out of stuff to eat they're going to migrate....or come looking for Fido or Fluffy...or your kids.
 
Kill them all.
Get it done Mr. Governor.
Use the National Guard and prisoners,
who are rehabilitatable, 24/365.
First time I ran into a 15' snake, I would have preferred
a 12 Gauge, as opposed to my Colt GM/45.
That was in '79, just North of the 8th Street tollbooth, on the rarely used Keys extension.
 
lihpster said:
Why not put a small explosive charge in the collars. It stops moving, then starts again? Fire in the hole!
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Great idea if nothing you don't want to kill is nearby.
Poison can contaminate and cause other issues.
Nice to have a friendly swamp with just Gators,
Moccs and Rattlers. :D

Currently we got Yotes in the Hood.
From the Swamp to A1a.
People that moved to Heron Bay, early on, got a rude awakening
to a variety of wildlife.
My Swamp handgun for decades.
Wears Hogue Monos in the field.
 

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Aren’t there alligators in the ‘glades, too? Yeah, stay in the boat and take at least an old double barrel any caliber. And the little garter snakes will snap when you mess with them around here. I never had any fancy snake catching tools when I played with them in my youth. I would just step gently on their necks and then pick them up behind the head. Thinking about it, anything over 6 feet long, count me out. Unless dispatching them with a Bullpup first.
 
SMSgt said:
Meaning they squawk a lot and poo everywhere?
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And want to change Florida into wherever they come from....... When they would tell my Mother "That's not the way we did it back home." She would tell them to go on back as the road ran both ways. Now if we could just do that with the critters.........
 
AJ , I have the feeling you were born here too . I was born in Orlando in 1958 . My dad was stationed at McCoy AFB , back when there wasn't much there .
 
SMSgt said:
That's because you left out stray dogs.
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Stray cats around here outnumber stray dogs 8-10 to 1.
Liking the Fla. member responses, I'm afraid soFla is way past gone with much of the state not far behind.
 
I think it would be a grand adventure, the python hunt. I can understand safety concerns, but I’d like to use a shotgun myself. I don’t see a reason to capture any alive.

On that type of hunt, don’t always need everyone blasting away when together. One shooter at a time is enough, as long as they can do the job.

With some outings being an ‘assistant’ isn’t bad, plenty to do even if not a shooter. I think my load would be hi-power, #4 lead or ‘Hevi-Shot’ type, maybe #2 or ‘T’.
 
I have a good friend who’s a well known wildlife biologist. He’d stop by with a cloth bag, reach in and pull out a coral snake to show me. He told me how to get a snake to let go when it’s bitten you-this was after the biting that prompted me wanting to know-a dab of alcohol on their nose will get them to open up and let go. Those numerous slanted teeth as shown in that python skull above hurt and are almost impossible to get off the web of your (actually my) hand.
Regards,
 
Snake! snake!
Never mind, it’s a fake snake.
When you jumped back, was that fake?
No, that was Real!
 

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turnerriver said:
I have a good friend who’s a well known wildlife biologist. He’d stop by with a cloth bag, reach in and pull out a coral snake to show me. He told me how to get a snake to let go when it’s bitten you-this was after the biting that prompted me wanting to know-a dab of alcohol on their nose will get them to open up and let go. Those numerous slanted teeth as shown in that python skull above hurt and are almost impossible to get off the web of your (actually my) hand.
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Let's see your friend whip out some alcohol when a coral snake bites his butt while he is squatting in the woods.
 
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Grew up in Miami, was interested in becoming a herpetologist. Caught lots of snakes, most native in Fla., many in Alabama while there for a year. Have watched the TV folks catching pythons and usually laugh. I was interested in regulations in catching them. Double check the laws, read it is against the law to transport them alive.
 
THE PILGRIM said:
Snake! snake!
Never mind, it’s a fake snake.
When you jumped back, was that fake?
No, that was Real!
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YIKES, THE PILGRIM, that would’ve caused me to have a heart attack if I stumbled upon it!

I am not a big fan of snakes. I’m not a “kill them all” person because I realize they have their value. I am a “prefer them somewhere else” kind of person. About 20 years ago I had my Boykin Spaniel in my backyard along with a buddies’ Boykin. They were both barking their heads off:mad:, which is something that they didn’t usually do. I also noticed that they were both standing in the backyard looking at the deck instead of standing on the deck.

I went outside to survey the situation, and when I crouched down and looked under the deck for a few seconds, I noticed the tail of a black snake moving around. The snake had actually climbed up and was “holding on :rolleyes:“ just under the deck floor boards. I fashioned a “snake catcher” out of a 6’ piece of PVC pipe with weed trimmer cord running through it. I went on the deck and saw the snake through the slats in the boards, and using a paint scraper, nudged it to the ground. Grabbed my homemade catcher and was able to get the loop of trimmer cord around its head and take up the slack, effectively catching it. I then carried it down the street to the local creek. Dogs Happy……..I’m Happy!
Larry
 
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