jiminbogart
TCU Go Frawgs !
Get caught shooting one and they'll stick you under the jail lol. Hopefully that changes after the ongoing predation survey in the big cypress is complete.
SSS
I'd call it civil disobedience.
Get caught shooting one and they'll stick you under the jail lol. Hopefully that changes after the ongoing predation survey in the big cypress is complete.
"Just about eradicated hogs south of the caloosahatchee and the deer numbers have plummeted as well"
I don't hunt or even live close enough to give it a shot. But, if these snakes can control the hog population, much less "eradicate" them , then there is a plus side to these creatures.
s&r
Hogs been on the increase in Florida since 1539.
You mean they have been on the increase in Florida since 1492?
Nope, 1539.
Too bad those hogs couldn`t be dealt with like the wild cows were.
Maybe the Vikings brought a few too.
I don't. I like to eat em. If I had to guess It's because they are destructive to habitat and their populations are out of control. They eat turkey eggs as well. Just a guess?Why does everybody hate on Hogs ?
Dang good eating sometimes, and way bigger than a Rabbit.
I think ole Ponce stocked the Hogs , Glad he did..
When I worked for the NPS half the Staff wanted the Hogs gone Now..
The Panther folks we're just biding their time cause they knew it was a great source of an expanding Cat population.
Deer were at 1'3 per mile and that ain't feeding much.
You watch...major die off coming to the Cats as they ate themselves out of food...
Why does everybody hate on Hogs ?
Dang good eating sometimes, and way bigger than a Rabbit.
I think ole Ponce stocked the Hogs , Glad he did..
When I worked for the NPS half the Staff wanted the Hogs gone Now..
The Panther folks we're just biding their time cause they knew it was a great source of an expanding Cat population.
Deer were at 1'3 per mile and that ain't feeding much.
You watch...major die off coming to the Cats as they ate themselves out of food...
They had one hit on I-4 a few years back...way North of the Caloosa.
FWC is pretty secretive on what they know about population and now with the new regime of Commisioners I think it will be worse. Wiley, Yablonski, Priddy were good folk who had common sense and wanted the right information before making a decision. Bloviating Alligator Ron was just there for his 15 minutes.
Kinda like the bear season, we were being fed a line of what the population was but all the outdoorsman said otherwise. Had passed the quota in like less than 48 hours and they shut that down pretty quick for the following years. They can say there is 200 something cats right now but we could probably kill 200 hundred and still have close to 200 remaining.
I think the population is higher too, Scott. Correct me if I`m wrong, but, say a female has 2 cubs with her. Don`t they count that "unit" as one cat rather than three?
Other sources reveal they made it spit up the deer, (that's why they could weigh it) and released the snake as it is part of a tracking project.
If you want to read some interesting stuff, look up about the Indians (from India) whose culture is tracking and hunting these snakes, and who were brought to Florida. These dudes could actually track the snakes, and knew how to lure them in.
Another footnote, is that the water control districts in Fl. are independent gov't agencies, and the SW Fl. Water Control District has taken a much more aggressive approach to the python issue than the State of Florida.
I haven't seen the latest results, but there was one project where they were training terriers to scent and track the snakes. Apparently they leave a significant scent trail.