Dogboy will have to take a group of us hunting....Florida's war on Pythons...

[grnidone]

Now that the Fish and Game of Florida is giving rewards for those who shoot the most Pythons from teh Everglades...You'll have to tell the rest of us if, indeed, Python "tastes like chicken."

A grand prize of $1,500 will be awarded to the person who kills the most pythons, and $1,000 will go to the person who bags the longest one. According to the rules, road kill will not be eligible.

Participants will pay a $25 registration fee and complete an online training course. The training focuses on safety while hunting pythons.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/florida-python-hunt/index.html

*looks for her rifle*

[littleman]

For some reason python hunting appeals to me.  With a python we'd be able to have a big BBQ party after the hunt.

[dogboy]

>big BBQ party after the hunt.
And all die of Mercury poisoning in a few years:)  Top of the food chain has it's drawbacks...

...but a nice pair of shoes, you could talk me into

[grnidone]

So...you gonna hunt these creatures, DB?  You didn't answer...

[dogboy]

No, I'd still like to shoot hogs though if I could find some private land... but I wish I had those shoes though for the wedding:)

[grnidone]

Dude.  Nobody is going ot look at your feet at the wedding.  You could go barefoot and nobody will notice.

[dogboy]

>Nobody is going ot look at your feet at the wedding.
But if I had on THOSE shoes, everyone would:)

[bill]

...which leads us back to the Python hunt 

[grnidone]

Actually...I'm surprised that python skins aren't worth a decent amount just for shoe/ purse/ belt making. 

If dogboy made shoes out of python, then he could advertise them as "Italian made" and charge a pretty penny

[dogboy]

eheheh I could see it now - dogboy's genuine imitation Italian made python dress shoes in size badass... I'll take 2 pair:)

Hunting pythons, I hate to say, isn't much of a hunt, I think, but I can't say for sure.  From what I understand you just cruise in your boat and you look for where they live.  You can tell because unlike other snakes that wiggle to propel themselves, pythons move in a straight line, like a centipede, and they make a well defined path out of the water to were they live.  Now, as to the finer points, I cant really say... if it were me, I'd find the place, then come in before dawn, wait for first light, then blow his head off with my shotgun, while it was still cool.  I guess it depends on his layer. At some point he needs to get sun.  I imagine that would happen as soon as the light hit that area.

Granted, it's not the most sporting way, but what they are talking about down here is an eradication, not a 'hunt', in the sporting sense. Nah, not for me. No real rhyme or reason.  I'd rather kill something I can eat, and shoot something that at least can run;)

[bill]

How many pythons would it take to make some of those Jim Morrison pants?

[grnidone]

>I'd rather kill something I can eat

Who says you can't eat Python?

[dogboy]

I did, a few posts ago... heavy metals

[littleman]

You could probably eat it a little bit, like the big fish, if you have it infrequently and in small amounts the heavy metal buildup isn't too high.  Cook it and through a party.  Unless the mercury buildup on these things are way higher than tuna?

[dogboy]

yeah, everglades are full of toxic heavy metal runoff... I'm no expert though.  You want to go out in the Everglades, kill a snake eat and wear him on your feet - it's all good:)