re: How does Florida get rid of a plague of pythons?

Fl is big on “rules,” mostly stupid rules

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This regulation is a prime example of how stupid government regulations have become.

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Look at what regulations have done to the growth in alligator populations in the south.

First they put them on the Endangered Species List and outlawed all hunting, killing, etc. for many years.

Then as the population recovered and grew to stupid levels, they at least opened a hunting season and my understanding is it only happens in August here in La. and you have to tag each gator as it is harvested.

People like Troy Landry and those guys/gals on the TV show "Swamp People" are just a few of the hunters in the state that harvest the animals, but they too are restricted to only daytime hunting and quotas not to exceed their gator tag allotment.

My best guess is between the Landry's, Bruce, Willie and son, LeRon/Porkchop and Ronnie and Ashley, they probably bring in around a couple thousand gators a year before they tag out. Even at those numbers, they are not putting a dent in the gator population.

The restrictions on snake hunting in Fla. are beyond stupid. Catch them live, bring them to a dealer to dispatch them to be processed for their skin.

Not sure about the meat from these snakes. I know there are those that will eat it, and for sure there's a ton of meat on a big python to be harvested. I'm just not sure how tough that meat would be since it is a constrictor and likely just one HUGE, lean muscle from head to tail.