On Feb 1, 1:31*am, wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:32:01 -0500, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:01:22 -0500, wrote:

The fear is that the hunters
will be worse for the environment than the snakes

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They can't have it both ways. *Someone's going to have to hunt or trap
them.

There is an ongoing program to kill them in SFWMD managed areas. My
son in law has been out there with the hunters. The big problem is
these things are real hard to see.
You get marsh grass and a few inches of water and you can step on one
before you see it.
There are some real good infra red goggles that will let you see them
at night as long as they are not underwater but they can stay
underwater quite a while. The basic plan is to shoot whatever part you
see with a shotgun and then hope you can hit a vital spot with a
follow up shot *when they jump. Some of the pros are pretty good at
it.
You have to be fast tho because you are never sure which way the head
is if you just see some of the body.
The bite is very serious, even tho there is no venom. Imagine a big
dog with a buttload of backward pointing teeth. Once you are bit, they
can't really let go all that easily, particularly if you are pulling
away.

Shotgun? Screw that... .308 !!!!!