Posted on 08/10/2009 12:12:52 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Nobody has killed more Burmese pythons in the Everglades than Bob Hill.
Long before the state launched its new python patrol, Hill was quietly -- aside from judicious employment of a 12-gauge -- racking up a count of constrictor carcasses likely to stand for some time.
The patrol has bagged six in three weeks. Hill figures he's ``dispatched'' 35 this year alone, and he's been in the dispatching business for the South Florida Water Management District since 2004.
That was the first time a rattled boss rang him from the L-67, a flood-control levee deep in the Everglades. Hill, a soft-spoken Miamian with a half-century of swamp savvy, chuckled recalling it.
``He said, `Bobby, I've got a snake here. It's as big as my truck.' ''
Some 300 pythons later, the side job has turned into full-time work. And Hill's uncanny nose for the giant snakes -- sometimes, he can literally smell them -- has turned the modest maintenance worker into not only the state's top exterminator of the exotic menace, but a leading authority on their habits....
Taste like chicken?
Bob has the right idea.
or dog, or cat, or goat or deer or child.....depends on what the heathon ate
The state ought to pay a bounty, not by snake, but by the foot. i.e. 1 x 12’ foot snake = 2 x 6’. This approach emphasizes quantity and quality :-)
OMG, Spatula City has a cousin! www.tongs.com too funny.
> ``A head shot is considered a humane way to euthanize them,’’ he said, and he can hit it with confidence anywhere inside 15 to 20 feet.”
Cool.
With a prize for the biggest and the most every season.
No mention of what load he’s using, any ideas?
Trade secret?
Depends on the choke. I would think something like a x-tra full turkey choke and a load of high brass #2’s would do the job.
I doubt seriously that a tricked out street gun is what is called for in the Glades. It no doubt requires a stock They can also double as a boat oar.
lol.
article says No. 4 steel (duck load)
The article said he uses #4 steel shot.
The article said he uses #4 steel shot.
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