Friday Night In The Florida Everglades Hunting Pythons And Alligators

[@codymenard5534]

Been watching Trapper Mike for years, always supported his work removing invasive species in Flordia. Gators in the glades shouldn't be hunted. Come on Cowboy, you gonna do panther hunts next if the money's good?

[@PythonCowboy]

Is that your expert opinion? Because based off state wildlife enforcement and biologists, gator management in the Everglades is CRUCIAL for the health of alligator population, surrounding ecosystems, and safety of our residential areas.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Have you been to Florida?! There are plenty of gators. They have a bunch of invasive fish to eat and they were protected for so long that they came back in huge numbers. They can get overpopulated and they are in some places. Relax, Mike isn't going to hurt the alligator population. If all the gator tags for the year were filled it still wouldn't come anywhere near endangering them. There aren't very many tags issued.

[@HELENGodLoves]

I imagine it's compared to deer season. Logically man is ultimate hunter and we have to keep them in check. What's hunting an alligator other than the two legged man

[@dianayount2122]

Unlike the Florida panther there are so many alligators in Florida. It's like hunting deer in Michigan, keeps the population healthier and is safer for everybody..

[@alexandradittmann8588]

@@PythonCowboy Thanks for the work you're doing, which has probably saved many pets' lives. Florida must be crazy-dangerous, with all those gnarly critters - crocs, alligators, iguanas, toxic toads, oh, and to top it all of, monster pythons. And wild hogs. If it wasn't for brave people and brave dogs like you and yours... the problem would be far worse. Much respect.

[@tedsummers1604]

Came here just to watch Otto work. Amazing dog.

[@angelakimbrell1214]

@@PythonCowboy do you sell the skins? If so how much? I would love to have a green iguana skin from its belly.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

​@@angelakimbrell1214he has a website that he's mentioned before where he sells products made from pythons and iguanas. I don't remember the name.

[@PythonCowboy]

@@angelakimbrell1214sure do, price depends on skin. Best thing to do is email [e-mail]. Thanks!

[@PythonCowboy]

Haha he definitely keeps it interesting! The boy makes us proud

[@DoctorSavag3]

Can you think of more humane ways to handle the snakes like relocation? It hurts me to see them being put down 😢

[@johnphillips5097]

Love these long episodes trapper Mike & Otto deserve a motion picture, just imagine 💯🤙🏼

[@centurione6489]

It takes a special breed of cow-boys to hunt the Everglades islands.

[@PythonCowboy]

That would be awesome! Thanks, takes awhile to edit but we had a great night!

[@jackwilder463]

That first iguana catch one handed was absolutely wild.

[@TommyTom1022]

Seriously that’s crazy

[@PythonCowboy]

Hah had to show the ppl how it’s done!

[@MrsSunshine75]

Good boy Otto! 🐍

[@ARGONONYA-ye6wl]

Good Boy Otto, what a Dog, Thanks for bringing us along Trapper Mike

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Otto is a pleasure to watch working. He's amazing. He has to be to replace Moose on the islands. They're both badasses, like their human partner. Thanks for clearing out the invasive critters from my home state!

[@pammager7135]

You, sir, are a wild man! Just like Otto! Be careful out there. So many dangers out there! Your videos are the best!

[@PythonCowboy]

Thank you, I will

[@andydanko7074]

I'm glad you are continuing the good fight, Mike!😊

[@timcunningham9996]

Thank you trapper Mike for everything you do!!!

[@v.dargain1678]

Love your outback Friday nights , Trapper . Just as entertaining as a bar room .

[@PythonCowboy]

Thanks for watching!

[@smscoal8579]

Good boy, Otto!

[@danhutson3460]

Mike I always enjoy your videos hunting pythons, eguanas & gators. And the guys with you look like they are having a good time as well. Keep hunting & be careful!

[@davidobrien3600]

Hell of a one-handed catch on that first iguana

[@geoffgoodman-qb2ng]

Get em son!! Love your Channel from right down the street in fort lauderdale

[@davidobrien3600]

You fearlessly swipe up those snakes like you're picking up golf balls or picking up the kids toys on the ground

[@nickhart5332]

Great viedo as always Mike! The dogs being color blind is a myth. They can absolutely see color. They can also obviously smell like we couldn't imagine. I get they are still next to impossible to see at night in the dark. Keep up the great work sir.

[@PythonCowboy]

They are most definitely color blind, green/red to be specific. They don’t see in black and white but they are color blind

[@davidobrien3600]

Thank you for another awesome show and for keeping our beautiful Florida safe

[@jacksonmd62]

Those crowded islands are snake Havens

[@thornehauser9511]

Such a sick video. Keep up the good work

[@PythonCowboy]

Appreciate it!

[@stevenharper9066]

Thanks son 🦎🐍👊🏻👍🏻😎

[@davidobrien3600]

I always love seeing Otto, the heat-seeking missile

[@jeremynelis5024]

Love these videos. I’m in Australia and can’t get enough of

[@PythonCowboy]

G'day Mate

[@alexandradittmann8588]

subbed - this is fantastic content! Must be spooky out there in the night, with all those creatures around...

[@samphilipp4997]

Air rifle with Bluegabe is a blast is what I heard👍

[@liamsire]

Can only think about Otto and the freaking moccasins. Keep that boy safe!

[@erichaskell]

Always a great pleasure.

[@copenhagencroc4649]

It aint a Python Cowboy video without a little bit of blood. Ot' looked like he knew he'd done good, getting that bellyrub! I wonder if you were trying to scare the city dweller a little on purpose there in the beginning :P

[@rhodie33]

Love the vids.

[@sandrabeck8788]

Only way I hopefully will ever see these snakes are on your show…the night swamp gives me the creeps!

[@GO-xs8pj]

Those damn Bufo toads used to come in through the cat door in the garage when I lived in Miami and eat the cat food. We moved the cat food up to a bench a couple feet off the floor and they climbed up and found the food. Nothing like seeing a huge toad sitting like Jabba the Hutt in the cat food when you walk out to put your clothes in the dryer at night.

[@kidsgrowingup]

that's wild! fr!

[@davidobrien3600]

I think Otto is in competition with you for those iguanas

[@AlanZablocki]

I did a python hunt 1 year ago - so much fun!!!!!!

[@v.dargain1678]

Them damn Burmese Pythons are the "cancel culture" of the Everglades . Thanks for helping Trapper Mike get control of them . I ain't got the the guts to hang out with that guy .

[@Konradical007]

Great videos!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PythonCowboy]

Thank you!

[@martinedwards4522]

love your vids man, i only worry bout auto around gators

[@Ghaghdjs]

Nice catch dude

[@larrystephens7437]

Get em Ott...

[@sloppystooly5439]

I know the movement would be impossible but I would not be walking around where you do with anything less than a steel trashcan on my feet. Get rid of em all, plz. Lol cool video!

[@umvhu]

I've told you a million times "DON'T EXAGGERATE!" 😛

[@omgitswicks]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@josephsmith9663]

Our state is wonderful

[@v.dargain1678]

Same . You got 49 others to back your statement up .

[@paulstaacke8953]

lets go

[@jeanwilkie5801]

You should give your smaller snakes to chandler or Tylor for food for their co rad😊

[@kevindillenbeck1698]

Doesn’t seem like you see very many gators as you and Otto are island hopping. Do you worry about gators as you and Otto are walking g the islands at night?

[@mideon13]

No sir, what the people want is to NOT have destructive invasive species in our environment. Sure, the angry, striking snake IS kind of exciting but at the end of the day, not having those damn invasive species is what we really want. Please keep up the good work. Nature needs you.

[@LeisaKoski]

Friday night adventure in the Everglades? Time to say 'see ya later, alligator' and 'hiss-tory' to those pythons!

[@irisElee]

Are the water moccasins poisonous to the pythons?

[@ashirapratt]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-jh6vl4kx7c]

Eels are so damn slippery I couldn't stop laughing when I caught 1 and couldn't handle it at all :P

[@floydisnutz8443]

Newspaper is the way 😊

[@kidsgrowingup]

that's a whole lotta water moccasins. i came across one the other day. i stay in sarasota county right on a little network of spring fed ponds/lake. the lot across the street is right up against the bigger lake and it's empty no house on it, just a bunch of live oaks. i saw a fat snake moving thru the grass and i got excited i thought it was an indigo snake, i've only seen em a few times in my life, so i skip over to it and before i got too close my heart sank and my hairs prolly stood up when i seen it's big ol triangle head and by then it had stopped moving. i didn't back away, i turned around and ran back across the street. not embellishing sucker was over 2 feet, maybe closer to 3. I used to see em a lot when i was younger but i was outside all day everyday then. i don't know all that much about them now that i'm thinking about it, but the most aggressive snake behavior i've witnessed was when i saw one more or less chase my buddy a nice lil distance, i cant say how much distance, but it was goin for him, i was laughin my butt off even though it's really not funny.

[@greenmanalishi6963]

“I think he sees something” lmaoo

[@GregPrince-io1cb]

Mike..... for us dog owners, trainers, hunters.... you gotta cuss that damn dog some more!!! Otto and Moose are both Brag dogs.... once in a lifetime and you've had 2 of em!! Damn it son... ya done good!! Murica!

[@PythonCowboy]

😂🙌🏼

[@v.dargain1678]

He could retrieve his lost fishing pole with a portable sonar device . Ask USFW for use of one theirs .

[@kayturner8612]

I could be completely wrong! 🤷🏼‍♀️ ... but I thought he lost the drone ??? IDK? 😀

[@PythonCowboy]

Haha it was a drone unfortunately

[@jlletaw1954]

Good Video 👍

[@PythonCowboy]

Thank you 👍

[@susanang1732]

Did you ever think about the extendable spotlights like the use on scenes IE accidents? Usually found at the rear of a ambulance? You could put on your truck for cruising the levys or the boat On the canals.😊

[@PythonCowboy]

I have big lights on the boat

[@susanang1732]

@PythonCowboy I didn't realize.thank you! Don't mean to cross boundaries just thought it might help.

[@susanang1732]

@PythonCowboy I sent my grandson your info for maybe he and friends could do a trip! I think they would love it and he is a definite outside guy! They are all mid to late 20s age

[@PythonCowboy]

Not crossing boundaries at all, always appreciate advice and support! Problem is boat only has so much power unless I get loud generators

[@kidsgrowingup]

how far along have the LED's come along? i bet pretty soon you'll be able to get ahold of some bright bad mf'ing lights that run on just a lil bit of juice. hell my neighbors got some gawdamn lights that i swear are brighter than the sun in their trucks. @@PythonCowboy

[@rebellicious74]

I miss hunting soooooooo much. I haven't really been hunting since my daddy died in 2007.

[@latios44]

This should be a lesson to always have two cameras lol.

[@Flatfoot2282]

Dang, give a belly rub while holding on to something trying to kill you? Classic !

[@Cherrydagasman]

Nice down yonder

[@AMart0710]

How do you not get bit grabbing those iguanas by hand? Also i seem to remember alot of reptiles have bacteria in their saliva

[@PythonCowboy]

They scratch so the claws more than bite but I do get bit sometimes too! I think I’m immune to everything by now lol

[@DinDooIt]

I just love when a company charges for a service or product and asks for tips on top, it just tickles my fancy!

[@PythonCowboy]

It’s for my captains and guides… we would be the only guide service in the world that doesn’t get tipped, my guys definitely earn it… same as a waiter or buss boy, your experience is based off their service.

[@tigersharkdiver]

2nd comment my boy Python Cowboy

[@randycrager4074]

My Dad was bite twice by them little Devils. While in the water was less as venomous when he was bit. Still he got pretty sick with elevated heart rate that didn't last very long.

[@Tulip860]

10:07 what do you do with them

[@SarahRichardson-x2g]

How is he breathing with all them flyes 😅

[@votikakashka]

Interesting video. But is it legal to kill gator like this ?

[@PythonCowboy]

Yes, it is

[@invictawarrior]

Anyone ever try bbq iguana? I hear it's pretty good white meat.

[@MarshGirlAdventures]

What light do u use for your head it's so bright !!

[@PythonCowboy]

Fenix headlamp, forget the model. It’s like $120 on Amazon

[@MarshGirlAdventures]

@@PythonCowboy thank you so much 😁

[@zakkmotzy]

What breed is ott

[@Gunsandbunsmma]

Me to my wife: how many times will he say “son” in this one? :27 seconds “thats how you do it son!” 😂😂😂 embarassing

[@PythonCowboy]

Thanks for watching son 😂

[@joshhollingsworth1853]

I’m a Florida boy born and raised in fort Myers and I’d absolutely pay to go ride with ol Mike and have a good time I’d give a python a good wrastle 😂

[@PythonCowboy]

Haha appreciate the support brotha!

[@joshhollingsworth1853]

@@PythonCowboy 💯 no problem keep doing badass shit 💪

[@CharlieMain-q9y]

Are the pythons eating the iguanas ???

[@drb996]

Would be interesting to see if a scientist would be able to harvest pheromones and build a trap that dispenses it every half an hour. That'd be intriguing...

[@joellel3527]

Is the guy on the airboat your brother?

[@PythonCowboy]

Nope, thats lil Mike

[@wpbjim]

What happens to the dead gator?

[@PythonCowboy]

The clients take it and it’s all put to use. In this case the meat has too much mercury but everything else will be used.

[@martinedwards4522]

i know

[@comfortablynumb9342]

I'm surprised that you see so many rats out there with all the pythons eating the rest of the mammals.

[@OffWidthCrack]

Milk them cane toads and run a brujo ceremony while catching pythons

[@dmichael7144]

R.I.P. Drone

[@PythonCowboy]

She gone!

[@v.dargain1678]

It's retrievable . Ask USFW for a sonar device .

[@dmichael7144]

@@v.dargain1678 would you go in a canal where gators and possibly pythons are hiding to get it though?

[@v.dargain1678]

@@dmichael7144 Wouldn't have to ! The fishing rod has magnetic parts . And once it becomes visible on the sonar screen , a strong magnet dropped into the water over the spot on the screen will magnetically pull it out . I've seen it done before .

[@dmichael7144]

@@v.dargain1678 sounds cool. Is it costly?

[@galenmarek4079]

why would you hunt gators arent they native?

[@FloridaJack]

Why I keep coming back ...

[@SarahRichardson-x2g]

Still wouldent leave that snake on my boat even with a bullet in its head them things play dead man be careful 😅😅😅

[@mjlives5428]

I don't get why you weren't scared the Iguana could bite you..take a finger or part of your hand off????They look pretty muscular with a good size mouth and teeth...but you were talking and smiling the whole time not even gloves?????

[@mchapman1928]

The pythons are destroying the balance of nature in the Everglades. They do not belong there. They breed so prolifically it’s hard to get a handle on their numbers. This time I’m rooting for the gators. I hate snakes.

[@BallhawkSports-d5x]

Du you accept Vietnamese Dong ?

[@MOONSLIFE36]

Couldn't handle the alligator killing!! They are real dinosaurs and deserve respect. Esp when theyl water is polluted and killing everything as is humans are the worst 😪

[@erichschimmer7729]

Otto is thin af ,very probably endoparasites and, hopefully not,heartworms,but likely. Just look at the muck he goes through. Yes,he is a working Dog. Fla would be no place for me or my pets. Alone the heat and mosquitos.

[@jimmytnc6133]

Stop the music

[@amyschillings7864]

I totally agree love the videos but can the music 😊

[@erikadowdy2382]

It’s a Shame that these animals have to be dispatched 😢 YAY, Why u dispatching gators? Aren’t they Native? Oh ya, I guess it’s about that coin. There mite not be any gators left eventually 🥺😳

[@mariannebonner2280]

Why go after alligators? They aren’t an invasive species.

[@BatteredDonut]

Over population…also it’s a seasonal thing and I believe you can only hunt so many

[@fivenightsatfreddysgameswo9689]

Ok u say ur hunting n killing the snakes n lizards bc they ain't supposed to be there but why u killing the gators whats that excuse

[@travisbaker7461]

To keep the numbers down, it's allowed by the state ( seasonal)

[@nleanne4836]

Such bad energy killing things. I feel so bad 😢 for these iguanas and creatures. Horrible murders going on to innocent sentient beings 😔😔😔😔😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@PythonCowboy]

Literally managing animal populations to save animals for the betterment of my state and its ecosystems. Pythons are invasive and eating all our helpless native wildlife, alligators need to be managed for their own good and the animals that surround them. I understand you have no idea what you’re talking but making such negative assumptions about someone’s livelihood and their way of life based off your ignorance is a pretty bad “energy” don’t you think?

[@abbyt4713]

Sucks these poor creatures are tormented handled cruelty...heart wrenching I wouldn't support these by watching them...

[@PythonCowboy]

The state of Florida and all its experts strongly disagree with you. If this isn’t your cup of tea, that’s fine… keep it moving. You commenting your hair brained opinion based off your complete ignorance on the subject isn’t doing you any favors but is only helping my video gain more traction

[@maddie45779]

Luv it! Many thanks ❤❤️