Python hunting

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When I was at Guantanamo we had an iguana that hung out behind the chow hall. He was some sort of pet and when the workers would take a break, they would bring food out to it.

One day I was talking with some of the refugees and they had roasted an iguana. I asked where they got it and they said from the chow hall. :) The American GI's were mad as hell about their pet being eaten, but it actually tasted pretty good.

I understand the need for the Florida Department of Wildlife, or Wildlife Management, or Conservation Department or what-ever (:D) they want to call themselves, to gather info on a non-native species. But it seems to me that if the ultimate goal is eradication of these species, then there should be a happy medium between gathering information and eradication.

Requiring people who hunt the wildlife management areas to have permits and such seems counterproductive in the removal of these species. Why not have a voluntary program in which people report the location of the animal and stomach contents? There would be enough volunteers. Most hunters like to brag about what they have taken.

As far as folks letting these species go, we have the same thing here in Missouri. I worked with a lady who had some kind of snake (Python or boa constrictor) that was six feet long. She took it to the wildlife conservation area and let it go because it was to big for her apartment. I doubt it could survive the winter here, but what about the havoc it could cause before it died?

These critters also carry diseases that can be spread to other animals.
 
If the let the "redneck telegraph" system handle the info with the bottom line bein' "kill 'em all boyz" population ZERO...
Brent
 
Uncle Buck...

One of those snakes might make it thru the winter. They adapt.

There was a lake in Montana somewhere. 2 or 3 years ago I think. They found an alligator that someone had put there. It seems like it had been there for a couple years they said,but I could be wrong. That was a while ago. I think it was about 3 or 3 1/2 footer.
 
Reloader, Please don't tell me crap like that! I do not care for snakes larger than I am and my wife is so afraid of them that she freezes and pees... Uh..Urinates, when she sees them.

Now I will never be able to get her to go back to the conservation area! :o
 
The $26 fee isn't for a python hunting permit, its a water management area (WMA) permit. Its required if you're going to be hunting in any WMA here
 
Silver State

Here in Nevada, no license is required and no fees are charged for hunting nongame animals. Even folks from out of state have a free ride.

In California, a hunting license is mandatory even for hunting planted pheasants. I am surpirised that a hunting license isn't required there for swatting flies!;)
 
Dogs and Cats will disappear for sure, but it wont be funny the first time a 3 yr old does out of their back yard,personally,if i lived in south florida i would kill everyone i saw sunning along a road with a 4x4 tire over the top of it. They aint supposed to be here in the wild that is. The impact of this and other invasive species is far from over.
 
G_Loc Maybe cause the Water Management District manages most of these places.

earlthegoat2, if I see a constrictor snake in the wild it's dead, period. I'm leaving it lay.


Now thats me, the way I read the rules that seems to be allowed. It's when you want to transport (out of the wild) them that you run into an issue. I'm not suggesting what other people do.

I think FWC has two thinks going on here. One, and foremost, they don't want people catching them and selling them as pets. And they need to gather information on the snake. They want to impose laws against importing or create ways to track these snakes for pet shop or owners. Also add fees to the snake owners and shops that deal with them.
 
It occurs to me that they are fighting this invasive species problem on the tail end without a front end attack. Why not start "chipping" all new pythons sold with one of those pet ID chips that could contain info on the breed, breeder, DOB, the seller, and the owner? If someone loses their snake, they get it back; don't want it back, get a stiff fine. I have had a few reptile pets & wouldn't have minded a hidden chip like what is used on dogs & such. It might be noticeable when the animal was very small, but probably not as the animal grows larger.

It could also be helpful to those kids out there wondering where their living slinky went to & wanting it back. :D Think of the children.
 
The problem is people who buy them when they're little and cute... then they get huge and they dump them in the Everglades. Its not just people "losing" them
 
^^^ I comprehended that, hence the " :D ". Perhaps, i should have put quotes around "lost". my bad

Realizing that there is now a breeding population in the wild, wouldn't it be of benefit to be able to trace, at least, some of the snakes out there (the recently "lost" or released onces)?

When my last Burmese outgrew my living situation, i found a person to buy him who had proper facilities to keep him long term without endangering any of their other pets or any small kids.
 
Well - isn't the skin worth some $?

I completely agree - removal of invasive species should be a state - sponsored event. What a -great- opportunity to bring families together, teach firearms safety... turn it into a POSITIVE event.

Instead of that...
 
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