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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m fascinated by all the weird invasive species in Florida. How do you catch and kill a python? Are you afraid that an alligator will get you when you’re in the swamp looking for the python? [/quote]

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Python capture is best done with two or more people. Or one person can do it with a shotgun, assuming you can get in front of the snake for a clear headshot. That’s a lot harder than it sounds, haha!

But in pairs, one person keeps the snake’s attention occupied by moving around in front of it, while the other comes from behind with a catch pole and loops the head. Or you can throw a towel over it’s head and then grab it while it can’t see you. Either work. Then the two of you hold the snake down and behead it with a machete or flat shovel.

But we didn’t see any during our hunt.

As for gators, nah, not really a concern. This is the dry (well, mostly dry) season right now, so water levels are about 2-3 below where they are in the summer. The gators are all in permanent creek channels or ponds right now, not walking/swimming about through the shallow flooded woods like they do in the wet season in summer. So it really doesn’t look like a “swamp” right now at this time of year. It looks just like woods. It’ll be a swamp again next summer. So for now, no gators in the woods. [/quote]

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