Python Hunting With Chance The Winner of The Florida Python Bowl

Python Hunting With Chance The Winner of The Florida Python Bowl. It's been awhile since I've gone hunting for pythons but tonight i'm back out hunting pythons with my buddy chance. Chance and his father just won the Florida python bowl and I could't be happier for them. They found 2 python nest with baby python hatchling which is incredible.
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[@shellythom7248]

It’s good to see native animals taking a stand and realizing that pythons are food for them. So they are taking out the babies. It’s awesome to see people care so much about their environment to get out there and hunt them.

[@davidobrien3600]

That barn owl has to eat also brother Mike, LOL. Overall I think that's a great sign for our beautiful Florida.

[@bentley2678]

Really cool to see barn owls preying on python hatchlings, good sign

[@josharvin6239]

Agreed!

[@joegilly1523]

Went camping last year in the Adirondacks in October. Nice 50* days,the owls were out at night. They were eating all of the mice. We had food the mice came out. They got none of our food. The owls got full belly's. They scare the hell out of you at 3:00 AM.When the WHO WHO,YOU JUMP UP.

[@roostersalukisandpitbulls4305]

Come to England ye will have better hunts dodging cops🙏🐓🐓🇮🇪

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

@@roostersalukisandpitbulls4305 = i hope you go to jail and meet your MAN !

[@wrenchhead4378]

Hell yea…. Owls kick ass

[@ralphd4879]

To echo what Mike said about the Everglades coming back, I took the kids on a tour of Shark Valley about 5 years ago. The guide explained that all of the small mammals had disappeared. It's great to see the natives are flourishing or at least growing in population after such a short time. Great job to Mike and the rest of Florida's awesome python hunters!

[@jragan3452]

We

[@petemitchell6788]

A guide took your family on a tour of Shark Valley. You merely took them to the parking lot. 🤣

[@mattharper588]

@@petemitchell6788 are you that bored with your life that you have to make a comment like that

[@radfishguy6784]

That barn owl was gorgeous. And only the second most dangerous predator in the glades, after Mike! Love the videos

[@davidobrien3600]

Supervisor Moose on the job. Love all your incredible hunting dogs brother

[@martyroseingrave9064]

Good to see so many native species around, keep up the fantastic work and videos. Thanks

[@ttgk8506]

Great to see that the owls are getting an appetite for python hatchlings

[@Hakulanni]

Back in 1986, when I moved back to FL, I used to see majestic birds, an occasional Panther or Deer, lots of wild Rabbits as well as other mammals. Now one rarely sees these Animals. It breaks my heart to see the slaughter and disappearance of our native species due to Pythons, African Dragons and the explosion of South American Iguanas... It's ridiculous what irresponsible exotics hoarders have done to Florida. I thank you for your work and I hope you're making a relatively good living catching and helping to control the madness. Best of luck Chance!

[@eriesniper]

Mike, with all of the native species out and about, it seems that what you and others are doing is working. Keep up the good work.

[@sridhardathathraya2381]

I have been binge watching this channel for some time now! Boy, Mike is awesome! Hunting requires enormous amounts of patience and persistence. Thanks for sparing us by not posting the entire hunting trip but just the ones he catches one. His dogs are the proof of his compassion to animals. The snakes he is catching are not native to Florida and have no natural enemies. If we don’t control their population it will wipe out the native wildlife. I don’t think we can completely get rid of pythons from Florida but we cannot stop removing these invasive species. Good job!

[@JoshRavuakua93]

Good to see native wildlife slowly returning. Keep doing the good work Cowboy Sir

[@1911Earthling]

If I was a little younger I would fly to Florida and hire cowboy for a iguana hunt. Excellent guy. Great videos.

[@NEKOUFar]

bro you are one of the most underrated channels on youtube. You seriously are an expert filmmaker. your editing is captivating and you get some of the coolest shots

[@iceberrypink4350]

So nice to see all the native wildlife out, it's the most I've seen on any of your videos I think. Good sign of progress.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Awesome video again. It's good to see birds eating pythons but not taking your paycheck. And I'm glad more people are killing pythons, maybe it will help. Those nests are great to have gone. I had a big black rat snake on my front porch recently in NC. I just left it there, native non venomous snakes are welcome at my house. Keep up the good work, thanks for helping my home state.

[@Agent-kb3zb]

You have to wonder how many adult pythons are thriving just half a mile into the swamp from that road.

[@johnberens2898]

Mike, you guys are heroes. We are in your debt. Thank you from all of us👍💪❤️🇺🇸

[@Jbwooten571]

Keep rockin that in-air catch. Love it.

[@arnoldanderson1501]

Always fun to watch your videos my friend, and educational as well, thank you for gearing up and taking us along.

[@moonmunster]

It is great that you are catching the small ones. The big ones are more exciting and all but if they are big, that means they already ate lots of wildlife.

[@El_Rubbertoe]

Also put out alot of offspring

[@maralonent6257]

And they’ll keep eating wildlife until they’re killed.

[@brig4775]

That's great the native species are making a comeback. The python you caught is huge!

[@hoptoit5910]

So awesome to see raccoons after not seeing them there for so long! Hats off to you guys. You’re definitely making a difference. Keep up the great work.

[@jamessparkman6604]

I bet you should tell people to feed those python eggs to raccoons

[@beckyjo8745]

Nice to hear that the native species of animals are coming back up in numbers! That's because of you and all the others out there hunting down the evasive burmese pythons, shows that all the hard work ya'll have been doing is paying off. 😊💙😊

[@ecleveland1]

I used to hunt bullfrogs around the catfish ponds around Belzoni Mississippi back in the 80s. I'm not exaggerating the least bit when I say I've killed lots of them the size of a cottontail rabbit. My uncle thought they were so big because they were eating some of the catfish food. I'd be willing to bet you can still find guys and maybe some girls hunting those big bullfrogs at night around the ponds. My uncle sure loved those fried frog legs.

[@michaelfay794]

You truly love what u do. Thanks. Stay safe

[@alanduncan9204]

Good to see that Owl taking a python.

[@Fazzer57]

I live in the UK so snakes are not an issue here. The stuff I have learnt from Mike & his team has been a real eye opener, an education and fascinating. I've heard of Florida but not the Florida Everglades. Watching Mike's and other python hunters videos, I was surprised at the vast expanse of land and waterways the Everglades consists of and the many number of Islands. I could not touch a snake for love nor money, if I'm out gardening and I accidently touch a common old earthworm I run indoors squealing like a girl, so watching these bad'ass guys n gals tackling the python invasion is like watching a work of art. You got me hooked. I've watched every video several times. I love Mike's southern drawl especially when he's talking to the dogs....."bubba". Carry on your important good work especially as now you are seeing signs of animals surviving in their own habitat. That shot of the killer owl was brilliant, especially Mike saying to the owl, 'bastard, you bastard gone stole my hatchling'.....he adds just the right amount of humour. Look forward to watching many more videos and updates on the eco system and the war of the the python invasion. Thank you for sharing your videos, I look foward to watching many more. Just as a foot note: would it not be possible to dredge the waterways stretch at a time using nets? It was just something I picked up on when Mike said the pythons spend 80% of their time in water. Just a thought. 😊😊😊😊

[@clairecpdxx8862]

Great to see more of the native wildlife coming back. Great job!

[@joshuaglaude1549]

I'm glad to see and hear that the native wildlife are making a comeback. It's slow going in sure and less in some places than others, but getting rid of the invasives is doing is job. I'm glad Florida put this program in place.

[@tammykuchta5409]

Hey Mike! Great to hear (and see) some native wildlife are starting to make a comeback. 😃 It’s great to hear that you guys are starting to gain a bit of control over the burms. The Burmese you caught at the end of the clip. Was gorgeous. Take care and keep doing what you’re doing… which is a fantastic job! 😃👏👏🤗🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@mariebissette6192]

Big smile big hug sending all my love glad you're back python cowboy stay well my friend

[@machinesofgod]

It's a good day when a python cowboy video is uploaded. Every time I watch, my backwoods roots start flaring up. I love the work you do, keep it up as it's critically important. Please stay safe during this awful pandemic. The Californian Submariner hath surfaced.

[@julierobertson9397]

Thank you so much for this video. To see what you and the other serious hunters have accomplished in just five years is so satisfying and encouraging. To me, this is land stewardship (management) at its best. Thank you again for all the determination, hard work and endurance it took to accomplish what you've shown us here..

[@carolgoldberg2115]

Glad to see you posting on youtube. Enjoy your passion

[@julianescobar2395]

Missing them videos. Good to see you back

[@lindaflannery6789]

Your the best python catcher, love your videos keep up the good work ! There’s a lot more for you to find don’t stay away too long . Thx

[@fcnl]

hahaha, the way he caught the head of the bigger one... He's like one of those cobra snake charmers, that was wild. He's just showing off at that point, which was super rad.

[@paulgriffiths1062]

So as a brit I'm intrigued. Yes the pythons are a fantastic snake but obviously they are destroying the habitat. It's good to hear you guys say that the pythons you catch are getting smaller. I don't think you will completely eradicate the pythons but you seem to be doing fine. Good video.

[@leannkennedy6568]

Thank you for the longer video. Hopefully others enjoyed it as much as I did.

[@JohnJosephNiemann]

Good to see you catch a long python. I liked the song you chose for the Dance with the Snake. Overall good editing of the video. Enjoy your story telling.

[@katherineallen9060]

So fascinating to watch you working!!!🐍😄😁

[@brianquilty687]

Great job ole Mike ! Can't wait till the next video.

[@walterswain8076]

Yeah Mike I agree with you, y'all's hard work is paying off good deal. All the other shows I watched never saw anything and tonight's show wow it was almost too much to even take in it was so many of them good job.

[@phillipbarnhouse496]

Good job Mike . Keep up the good work !!!

[@judgetk8327]

I always try to leave you a like and comment cause I like the way you catch them . On another note that barn owl that was eating your hatchling, I think he was there first. Lol. I know you were just kidding about but I got a chuckle out of it when you said he stole your little snake. Great video and work. I think the state should treat them like the lionfish and pay everyone to get out there and reak havoc on them. Keep up the good work and I look forward to see more hunts.

[@CharlesManch]

Keep it up! You're doing amazing work!

[@CharlesManch]

Lol!!! Now you're having to fight off the owls! 😂

[@allysonjackson5610]

Nice to see the native wildlife coming back. Great job.

[@davidobrien3600]

Love every one of your videos Mike. Keep up the Phenom work

[@Chompchompyerded]

Hate to say it, but I'm glad that barn owl stole that snake. That'll be one happy healthy owl, and there will be plenty more of those devil snakes to catch. To me, it's just more evidence of an ecosystem that's recovering and getting more healthy, thanks in large part to people like you. Keep up the good work! I know it's a never ending job, but at least you're giving our native species a running chance, and that was definitely not happening before. The same thing is happening with feral pigs, lion fish, and a host of other invasives. Out west we have entire forests which are dead and dying because of the Japanese bark beetle. Some of the forest fires they're having are actually a blessing in disguise. Though I don't sanction burning down millions of acres of forest, it does rid the area of those horrible things. It took 80 years for the bark beetle to spread as far as it has, and now those forests will have 80 years beetle free to recover from the fires. They won't be back to normal in my lifetime, but maybe in the lifetimes of the kids growing up today.

[@InTuGuru]

The way you grab that python at the beginning of the video was insane LOL

[@regkane-Pluvis]

Your videos are always great. Thanks. Reg

[@BLTil]

Awesome to see all this native wildlife coming back

[@zambimaru]

I would pay money to go out and hunt Pythons for a day.

[@bmf420ful]

Sign up for the 2022 python challenge

[@jamessparkman6604]

@@bmf420ful hey if you want to participate, feel free don’t forget you can always feed the small pythons to the alligators, crush or even feed the eggs the raccoons and bobcats

[@murrayflewelling1258]

Great video...I wonder if Mike saw the video of the Hawk that had the rabbit, til his deer friend showed up and ended the Hawk....researchers had never seen anything like it...Bunny took off and the hawk got curb stomped till it stopped moving !.

[@lisaclark1181]

I loooove that the barn owl stole your hatchling and I know you are too!!

[@brianriley9426]

What a blast! So we should understand when you see a headless rabbit it reminds you of a hatchling. Interesting

[@graceerhart7126]

I'm glad the native wildlife is coming back down there. I used to live in Naples, and we used to see wildlife all the time, still do up here. But, from films I'd seen made earlier, like the dead zone

[@gregmcb5305]

I love the videos man be Messing with the owls, I have enough problems with eagles lol

[@swedenfrommycam]

U rock!! I like how u make your vlogs very intresting 🇸🇪💪

[@Matt-dc8lp]

Would thermal work for python hunting? Yes, I know they are ectothermic but if they retain heat better than the surroundings they'd stand out...especially the big ones.

[@skurdibbles7913]

No but a new tech that applies a filter to ir that highlights reflective surfaces works wonders on them. Thermals don't work cause they are cold blooded.

[@Matt-dc8lp]

@@skurdibbles7913 any key words, companies or places one can search for this?

[@skurdibbles7913]

Python cowboy has been testing it for a company. I believe he said the name in a random cid

[@skurdibbles7913]

The companies name is Imec.

[@CrimFerret]

It's pretty cool to see that the efforts to control the python population have started working. Mother nature seems to be doing her part to pitch in given the chance. They are beautiful snakes and I hate that they have to be killed, but there's no real alternative. It's not their fault they ended up there. It's ours so it's on us to deal with it. I'm glad you appreciate and respect them even knowing what you have to do when you catch them.

[@jamessparkman6604]

Well, I’m glad you agree with me. It’s about time that the python hunters fed they’re bounty to the alligators, whom they compete with

[@1969landcruiser]

Good job on getting rid of those evasives!! I'm guessing the amount of bites you recieve has dramatically increased making things exciting for KZbin:)

[@timmaggard8862]

Love to watch you work. You and a ll the snake hunters!

[@daymoon295]

How do you make use of the hatchlings with big ones you normally use the skins to make products and meat to feed stuff but hatchlings are too small for that right? So what do you do with them?

[@missymarie2698]

I was wondering too! Also, how much do they get per snake???😬

[@frankmarullo228]

Man I love your videos. I have a question . back in the 1970's till 1982 I lived in ft. Lauderdale my friend and myself would go camping in what at the time was called the hollylands , I think it was off route 27 north of alligator alley. Is it still there ? Can you still camp and hunt there ? THANK you Frank from montana...

[@nickel7737]

Man. How calm and composed you are when that snakes head was so close to your face is unreal.

[@mattmatthew2440]

I grew up in south west florida,spent 30 years on swampbuggies in the big cypress,there wasn't any pythons there until the national in park service took the land over and closed trails and freedom there,When FWC only ran the land it was a beautiful natural paradise.

[@cspdx11]

You are doing great work!

[@Andy-Gibb]

As kids in South Africa we would catch African rock pythons for the local snake park for cash to buy ammo and we used to take a 3 x 3 foot piece of chicken wire with us. When we found a python we would get it to strike at the chicken wire and its teeth would get stuck on the chicken wire as they were back facing so they could not get free and then it was easy to wrestle the python into a bag. We used to catch a few and put them on the back of our bicycle and the drive to the snake park and sell them. We would then cycle to the army base and buy a box of 1250 rounds of 22 ammo to go hunting rock pigeons and iguanas etc.This was in the 1970,s in Cape Town when no-one thought anything of a 14 year old cycling around with a 22 rifle on his bike. Those were great days. I really miss them.

[@ernestperkins4394]

Good to see the wildlife coming back!

[@jennytillery6408]

Great to see the wildlife out there!

[@LeilaniLight11709]

The owl's dinner is more natural and more important than your catch, but, hey, there's plenty for you still AND I thank you for doing this conservation work,and plus you are entertaining because of your passion. There are others doing this kind of work but I don't watch them because they aren't interesting... You should have your own show on TV, the everyglades hunter....

[@justnashp2293]

Charlie is one of the best guys I know... he cant hunt deer for crap (inside joke) but still a great guy!

[@chancedachton488]

I’m Telling hahahha

[@ChrisChurch161]

Loved your video We counted 11 rabbits off Wagon Wheel rd on the 16th of July. I was up all night and about sunrise they came out like crazy. Got good video of gators, but I found no python on my trip. I herp north Florida mostly, same method, but mostly natives. Fun experience, my 2nd time to the Everglades and Big Cypress area. Eager to go back

[@ChrisChurch161]

@Your Father we will find the spots eventually. Pretty much herped Big Cypress from skillet strand heading east. We didn’t get out much more than that area

[@ChrisChurch161]

@Your Father I did get good footage of medium-large gators, close ups. 2nd half of my python trip has the best shots of those. I want to get back down there before winter to chameleon hunt, but it’s looking like that’ll not happen this year.

[@terrywells3955]

Mike another great video very educational keep on taking them evasive species out your ecosystem ..

[@floridacracker_]

Great job man. Keep gettin em!!

[@argeelearner3978]

What a catch!!

[@jdau2b]

Mister Owl says…your python!!! Shucks!…MY PYTHON. I caught it fair n square!!! Snooze you lose

[@williamhowle2771]

Owls got to eat too! Lol

[@bcreationz8618]

So amazing when you focus the native wildlife in your videos. Shines a nice light on the fact that what you are doing is working wonders. I love burms and have one as a pet but sadly they should not be where they are destroying our eco system. Repect!!!

[@josharvin6239]

That was a beautiful young yellow rat snake you found!

[@argeelearner3978]

Love these python videos

[@subscribe4noreason439]

I'm not Python Cowboy but he is sometimes out there for days and they will be ruined if he shoots them off the bat. He also prefers to have them captured when he euthanizes them for better accuracy through their brain.

[@billsmith5166]

When I was running my trapline one dark very quiet morning, I had a big owl buzz my head. Didn't hear a thing, but as it came over me it flapped it's wings hard and scared the livin s**t out of me. It couldn't have been more than 3 feet over the top of my head coming from behind.

[@kennethbailey2616]

Since you’re seeing raccoons it might be an indicator that your efforts at removing pythons is effective. Glad to see that.

[@johnlabus7359]

I'm all about those barn owls doing their thing!

[@Aussiem8e]

Nice! Do you get paid by snake or by size? Subbed mate

[@Tkidddd]

Minnow traps work really good for catching those smaller snakes.

[@daviddixon2166]

What kind of rifle do you use for iguanas Brother?

[@JensOrDavesThoughtsUnfiltered]

Technically it was the owls snake first. He found it. You wouldnt have even seen it without the owl.

[@kathyweddle4874]

Would it be worth it to invest in an infrared light? I know you would see every other animal but it would definitely show you snakes.

[@DragRacer561]

Reptiles are tough to see on infrared because they’re cold blooded and get their heat from the environment so they’re generally the same temp as their surroundings.

[@kathyweddle4874]

@@DragRacer561 I’ve seen it done, at night, with a drone. It must have some special equipment to be able to see them so easily. Thank you for answering my question!!

[@amystone6511]

I'm so thankful that there are crazyasses in this world that love doing things the rest of us are too scared to do lol. I have a question though, during competitions like the bowl, how do they know someone hasn't raised the snakes or got them from somewhere else and turned them in as a capture? What's to stop someone from rigging it basically? Idk if you or anyone else knows, just a thought I had. Thanks for the videos🐍🐍

[@ralphd4879]

Amy, I don't know the answer to your question. However, when it comes to fishing tournaments where the prize money is much larger than the Python Bowl, the organizers force the winners to take lie detector tests.

[@DavitoMango]

It's because those snakes are illegal in Florida. So if someone takes them and then releases them in order to catch them... That person is going to get in a trouble.

[@sherrymull3699]

You sure do a great job a it has to be done their every where in the everglades ❤❤❤

[@jinjerfanatic1372]

Did he actually say , the Owl flew off with a hatchling in his HANDS ??? That's one heck of a mutation , hope you got some still photos of it.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shirleythomas2154]

Great show more !!

[@alexcarroll9200]

You should see about making a python cowboy hat out of some of the snakes, with a third-party ( merch/collectibles )

[@stevemcgrath7889]

You should kill the hatchlings on site and put them back so native wildlife get used to eating them. Then they will start hunting them on their own. Just a thought

[@thomasmcnamee8246]

Curious if any of the hatchling are sold to pet stores.

[@JasmineKnight101]

I applied with FWC perhaps you can give me pointers 😊 I want to work the lake Okeechobee area , I'm in highlands county im already seeing them here .😮 Great content can't wait to be involved

[@heatherchiuffo5375]

You gotta figure, that snake may have been out of sight, by the time you got to it. But I feel your pain. I love watching you at work