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by yoyoing on February 22, 2010
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has finally approved a hunting season. Info is at www.myfwc.com.
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by Cro on February 23, 2010
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James, that is good news. Even though they are not paying a bounty, it does sound like they are letting the hunters sell the skins to tanners.
If the nit-wits had allowed hunting of pythons years ago, there would have never been a problem to start with.
It is very likely that the cold killed a lot of pythons, and those that are left should be greatly reduced by a hunting season.
Should be interesting to see how well it works.
Best Regards
John Z
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by tj on February 23, 2010
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Not only are they not paying a bounty, but they're charging people a permit fee on top of a hunting license to provide what, to me, is a service.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. You would think it would be a good thing, but how many other native snakes or reptiles are going to be killed because of misidentification?
If certain, trigger happy hunter's can't tell the difference between a turkey or a human (just an example), how are they going to tell if it's a python/anaconda/monitor or not?
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by pictigaster1 on February 24, 2010
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It still will not stop the onslaught of bills to end our way of life.Killing is the only answer but what is the real question.Who knows
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by Cro on February 24, 2010
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tj makes a good point. I also wondered just how many other snakes like cottonmouths will be shot from the canal banks ? Likely though that the game wardens will be out in force monitoring the hunt, so, folks shooting something other than a python will probably be ticketed. That should keep the "bi-catch" to a minimum.
However, as long as the pythons are in the Everglades, the political folks will use them in an effort to scare folks and pass more legislation.
If we can show that cold weather and controlled hunts can eliminate pythons, then it is less likely that they will be used to further legislation, and that is a plus for reptile keepers.
Unfortunate that the greedy government folks decided to charge a extra $26 fee, as it should be the other way around. Some of that Everglades Restoration Act $$ should be going to pay a bounty on pythons.
And, the hunters should be able to sell them to tanneries and skeleton prep companies, and Chinese restaurants, to make it more worthwhile to hunt them.
Best Regards
John Z
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by earthguy on February 24, 2010
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One other possible small problem. If the hunt becomes successful then the politicians could decide that the python represents a natural resource that can be managed for profit. Boars are a destructive invasive species in the SE that enjoy (in my opinion) WAY too much protection because people enjoy hunting them. There should be NO limits to harvesting any invasive species (other than the ability to properly identify it). In fact, as somebody pointed out, there should be SOME kind of encouragement to do so.
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by Crotalusssp on February 24, 2010
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Seems like I recently heard about a change in the way Aussie's can deal with Cane toads. Really should not be any limits on how they eradicate them provided it is not detrimental to other organisms or the ecosystem.
Charles
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by venominme on February 27, 2010
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It might just be a good thing. It will be hard to exaggerate the numbers and call for restrictive legislation when all these licensed experienced hunters are unable to find any.
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by agkistrodude on February 27, 2010
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Joshua, in GA, wild boar can be hunted at any time of the year, no season, no limit, just a hunting license required on private land or national forest land(no big game permit). If you hunt on your own property, you don't need any license. The only place that has limits is WMA's. Take care, Marty
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