http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/22/fish-and-wildlife-sets-python-hunting-season/news-breaking/
http://myfwc.com/NEWSROOM/10/south/News_10_S_ROC_SpecialSeason.htm
Fish and Wildlife sets python hunting season
The Associated Press
State wildlife officials have created a special python hunting season to try to stop the spread of the nonnative snakes throughout the Everglades.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says anyone with a hunting license who pays a $26 permit fee can kill the reptiles from March 8 to April 17 on state-managed lands around the Everglades in South Florida.
The season is open for Burmese and Indian pythons, African rock pythons, green anacondas and Nile monitor lizards.
Thousands of the nonnative Burmese pythons are believed to be in the region, upsetting the natural balance of the ecosystem.
Wildlife officials trained a group of hunters on how to identify, stalk, capture and remove the reptiles.
why dont they open it up when its summertime too? what would the harm be in having a summer snake season?
Question for you guys in S Fl...IS the python situation as bad as the media is making it out to be? If you listen to the news, there is a python or anaconda hanging in every tree down there
I have two questions...Why do they need an official season?? Why cant they just say "if you come across a huge snake, KILL IT!!!" Who cares what season it is.
So does this mean you can only kill them in this one season??? If they are invasive and such a problem, how does this make sense?
I've seen 2 down there. One we ran over in a truck, it stretched from one side of 41 to the other. The other we tried to run over in a buggy but it just escaped death.
