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OT? More Everglades Horror Stories
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 --- 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 !!!!! |
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