Any of you guys got burmese pythons in your area? lol

[toomanyknots]

Saw this video where the person says that there is gonna  be a contest to kill as many pythons as you can, with like a 15,000 dollar reward for the most kills:

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/50499/unwanted+guest+in+florida+picnic+area+is+a+17-foot+burmese+python/

So if you live around there, you can just massacre these guys if you want, and keep the skins legally? It blows my mind that the skins are 300 dollars or more at tandys leather, when evidently the everglades are crawling with em, and evidently people want them gone...  Heck, I'm surprised you can't find more skins on ebay. I wonder what they taste like,  .

EDIT: Ok, honestly though, I would probably wet my pants and hightail it out of there if I saw a snake that big coming at me!

[killir duck]

and i thought 5' prairie rattlers are big!

[seabass]

i so want one of those snakes.i wish those florida guys would start getting them for trade on here.hey Eddie,where are the pythons.we need them.

[Ifrit617]

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EDIT: Ok, honestly though, I would probably wet my pants and hightail it out of there if I saw a snake that big coming at me!
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Haha I'd be right behind you. That is one big snake!

Jon

[osage outlaw]

My dream vacation would involve a week in the everglades followed by a week in Texas with a .22 revolver, my snake catcher, and a sharp knife.  Indiana snakes are so bland    Black rat snakes are about all we have.

[toomanyknots]

My dream vacation would involve a week in the everglades followed by a week in Texas with a .22 revolver, my snake catcher, and a sharp knife.  Indiana snakes are so bland    Black rat snakes are about all we have.

Yup,  . And the only time I see em are when they are flattened on the road, or when somebody runs em over with their mower. Aside from that, I just don't ever see em. Of course, there are boat loads of water snakes though. We used to call them water mocasins and think most of em were poisonous when I was younger and we would see dozens of em hanging from branches by the creek, or swimming in the water right next to us when we were swimming, but I have read that ohio doesn't have any water mocasins. So I guess they might be something else, some kinda water snake. Supposedly we got timber rattlers and copperheads too, but I ain't never seen either in my life.

[seabass]

they are common brown watersnakes Daniel.we used to call them moccasins when i was a kid.they are non poisnous but will give you a nasty bite.i used to catch tons of them.

[toomanyknots]

they are common brown watersnakes Daniel.we used to call them moccasins when i was a kid.they are non poisnous but will give you a nasty bite.i used to catch tons of them.

Sweet, I've been thinking they were poisonous since I was like 12,  .

[mullet]

You guys crack me up! Have any of y'all ever been to the Everglades?