in the far western everglades come on back come on back all right troy chase and bill
prepare for another grueling hunt where are we going buddy there's a place called snake island
and it's way out there snake island we never went with you there right no i haven't been there in
years snake island it's about a 10-mile boat ride out into the mangroves pythons go to higher ground
they like that island snake island is in an area of the everglades called ten thousand islands
named for its endless number of tree islands they formed over five thousand
years ago when vegetation began to grow on top of perched layers of carbonate stone
we'll go through these mangrove tunnels to get out to snake island
and it's thick like a jungle i mean we'll go in as far as we can but we're gonna have to get out
and then pull our way through okay we're gonna get to the island yeah
okay snake island is very remote but bill's not sure we're gonna be to make it to the high
ground with the big boat so we're gonna bring the canoe just in case we got to paddle the last half
a mile or last mile the challenging trip is more difficult today as the everglades are experiencing
a heat wave you got to spend any ice and water in here oh yeah all right big bill let's roll baby
welcome to the snake island boys go get it bill big bear scratch bear claws oh
right there troy all right freaking pike hurry up right there bye
hey get him bill get him get him get him i got him watch him don't let him get away
here's the tail i got it lucky you spotted it i wouldn't have seen that snake back here
lord pushy better wear him down make him strike you're watching me [ __ ] are you watching me
watch it pick up your leg he's about to bite pull him back pull him back hold on hey guys
oh he got your boot good thing you had that boot on there you go let him get around that big man
oh dad one of y'all yeah he's wrapped around that knee right there that's your chin
he's looking at trees bill
elmo you we got him baby we got him chase you got the sack yeah
if i took one more step backwards i was gonna step on it this ten foot monster is an early
sign the area's crawling with pythons good job yep all right let's go where are we going i wanna
i wanna take off and follow this big ridge of uh cypress trees i wanna go uh here we go oh no
no no no i don't think joe i wanna go check it out you're going to be your daddy you're gonna
follow your daddy i'll go with chase and we'll just stay within yelling distances yeah i mean
if you all want to hurt together a little while that's fine i'll go by myself all right let's go
watch them bill watch them close don't let them get lost bill
with a lot of dense ground to cover the crew splits up hoping to capture as many snakes as
possible
holy [ __ ] name oh my god dude that thing is big dude oh
buddy oh watch it there we go oh yeah got his attention boy he's quick
oh don't you get me he's hitting you yeah he's got oh god he almost got you
oh he pissed off you can't even get close to it that thing is fire
watch out i think like a freaking cobra
somebody's getting close and closer mom
got his attention you want to grab them yeah
damn don't let them bite you oh yeah good one brother oh look at that i'm soaking wet how about
you what look look at my shirt i got jumped in to buy it there's not a breeze up in this
sniper's head yeah you want to hand them to me and grab the bag yeah gotcha watch your hands boy
the heat is almost unbearable i mean it's like being in a jungle down in south america
it's hot and humid there's no breeze in there
despite the brutal weather snake island is paying off and chase thinks he knows why
oak tree right there dropping acorns you got a cypress tree right here with cypress balls
what's the number one thing that eats acorns and cypress broth squirrel squirrel no doubt feed is
here for yeah cypress trees grow close together creating a natural canopy to protect nesting sites
for birds and breeding areas for frogs they also grow seeds that feed small mammals like squirrels
this perfect storm creates the ideal buffet for invasive burmese pythons chase has a good point
you got trees that are producing fruit pythons are hunting the squirrels that are hunting the nuts
since we've seen two snakes right off the bat by cypress trees we're going to go through
and hit every one of these cypress trees and check around them let's go drop it at the boat
old cypress trees pay it off baby yeah we need to keep hunting these cypresses
further west split from his team troy is feeling especially vulnerable
hell was that i hear something and i mean they got bears banters and out here
everything takes you food nothing runs away from you out here everything comes for you
what the hell that was a hurt
dude some kind of way i got to make the roundup and get behind oh this thing is me
gotta get to the deal gotta get that deal i can just deal i gotta be bad oh god help me
he got me a war out where's my help he's too big for me to grab his tail and hold
him away so i gotta make him strike every time he strikes it takes a lot of energy out of them
that's all i can do see that
i'm getting tired but so is he come
oh yeah oh yeah it's getting tired that's it i'm going in for the kill now he's dying
he's tired come on
capturing this 12-foot snake alone is only half the battle he still has to get it into the sack
where the hell is my buddies when i need my help
damn i just heard something big it could be a patch it could be a bear i need to get
this snake in here and get out of here and he's trying to twist out my hand every chance he can
hey troy hey what the hell oh my god well i think i just got the biggest snake we caught so far
real big oh i know he was the main and i was by my fricking shell
well that's what you get for venturing off on your own
story of your life as the sun starts to set the team is back together just in time
thank god they came they found me it was getting later it was almost dark by the time i put that
snake in the bag and this showed up i mean it was time to put headlights on and i didn't have a
headlight well i'm glad we found you because we're losing life oh look right here fail okay hurry up
hungry hurry hungry oh yeah right there oh look at the thought of this big baby oh yeah wow
pass him i can't watch it all right hey that was close just get him back get his attention tap
him on that so turn him around there you go there you go you want to take him yeah i'll get him oh
yeah oh yeah get him bill get him come on come on come on all right there you go there you go
good catch chase good one oh i got the shack
where we found this thing in a freaking jungle weeds over our heads yeah we were so lucky to
spot this thing moving i didn't see the snake i just saw the grass moving and ran over there and
lo and behold it was a snake in the grass dude we racked up and we hit the jackpot
okay i'm gonna get in the canoe you'll hand me the snakes okay all right i'll hand me the
ones you all got first yeah the ones dude i don't know how many we got we got the full border snake
i told you snake island let me tell you this is the first time troy landry come to snair
garden but it ain't going to be the last no we're definitely coming back we had a money there to do
we made money and we caught some nice snakes big snake the boat's full the canoe's full of snakes
i wouldn't mind coming back i'm just not going to let them leave me behind next time
can we come back here tomorrow yeah why
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