Hunting the snake that is destroying my home

Today, we are in the Everglades, in

which is home to a lot of crazy scary

creatures. And we also have Luke

McFadden with us today, the Maryland

crabber, and my buddy Python Cowboy, who

will be taking us on this trip. He is

very well known for eradicating invasive

species, and you also may have seen him

on the Joe Rogan podcast.

>> This is actually the one that bit me.

That I almost bled out in the middle of

the Everglades, caught by myself in the

middle of the Everglades.

>> But yeah, that's what we're catching

today.

>> The bites aren't bad.

>> [laughter]

>> The bites aren't as bad as you think.

I've been bit by almost 18-footer,

didn't go hospital, nothing like that. I

almost bled out.

>> [laughter]

>> And today, hopefully, nobody will be

bleeding out in the Everglades, but I

guess you never know. And after we're

done catching snakes, we're going to be

blowing some fish. Pause. Wait a minute.

Wait.

>> Okay, we are going on a hunt that

honestly can't say I'm excited for

because this is probably one of the few

creatures that I've hunted that

potentially, you know, get you. This is

hand-to-hand combat. Kayla didn't want

to come with me on this one, big

surprise, but we're going to catch some

big old snakes.

>> How big do you think these snakes get?

>> 16 ft. I think Mike has caught one.

>> It's like three of my size.

If you were 5 ft.

>> Three of me.

>> If you were 5 ft.

But you're not.

Wait, why are you doing this again

though?

>> Why are we catching snakes?

>> Yeah.

>> Cuz we're protecting Florida.

These invasive creatures got to get

through me first.

All 135 lbs of me.

>> [laughter]

>> Because these snakes eat everything

that's supposed to be here. You like

rabbits, don't you?

>> I love rabbits.

>> They're eating all of the rabbits. All

of them.

>> They're bunnies.

>> They're eating all of the bunnies.

>> How do you know the python's not going

to do that to you?

>> That's a risk I'm willing to take.

Cuz I'm honestly, I probably weigh as

much as these snakes. I did I actually

haven't thought about that till now.

>> And with that being said, well, let's

just get into it. Are you ready?

>> To catch a snake that's twice my size?

Yeah.

>> When was the last time you did this? Has

it been a whole year now?

>> Yeah, it's been over a year. But we're

trying to get turn Luke into a Florida

man at the same time, so I think we let

Luke

get on the first one and just see the

reaction.

If he can pull the Florida man and jump

jump on these snakes and

>> I think he's cut out for it.

>> I don't I've seen these snakes eat

animals bigger than me and Luke, so it's

like

And we just got to play it right. We got

to play it right.

>> So, uh, we'll be getting up on these

islands out here. What we want to do

when everyone kind of gets comfortable

and gets their bearings right, generally

these pythons are just going to lay

there and wait to see what you're going

to do. They're going to use their

camouflage. So, if you come across one

by yourself, all you got to do is yell

out, we'll come together, come up with a

game plan.

If the snake does try to run from you,

bite you, whatever, mainly if it's

trying to run from you, dive on it, grab

it, do whatever you can to stop that

snake from getting in the water. It gets

in that water,

it's got a good chance of totally

disappearing. They can hold their breath

a while like a gator. When you grab the

head, let's say this is the head of the

snake, this is the neck, you want to

grab high up on that neck as you can.

Grab back here, it can turn and bite

you. Grab too far forward, you're just

going to wrap your hand around its head

and you'll be good. If the snake does

bite you, fight all your instincts to

yank your hand away, which is easier

said than done. But when you yank your

hand away, it's either going to make

that snake latch on to you or it's going

to rip teeth out of its mouth and make

your wound worse.

The bites aren't bad.

>> [laughter]

>> The bites aren't as bad as you think.

I've been bit by almost 18-footer,

didn't go to the hospital, nothing like

that. I almost bled out.

>> [laughter]

>> But

other than that,

you'll be good.

>> [laughter]

>> I was just going to say almost bleeding

out in the Everglades.

>> If you hear the dogs barking, get to the

dog.

>> What do you do if you if it does bite

you?

>> Kind of not play dead.

>> No, kind of take it.

>> [laughter]

>> Generally, what it's going to do is it's

going to hit you and retract.

>> Uh-huh.

>> And you'll be good. You'll be bleeding a

little bit, but you'll be good. If it

latches on to you, grab it by its head,

cuz then you got it.

>> Uh-huh.

>> And then we can get it off of you.

>> All right, [laughter] great.

>> Its teeth are teeth are all facing

backwards, so that's how they can kind

of trap you.

>> Uh-huh.

>> That's how they trap prey. But again,

it's just a bunch of little needles.

It's a bunch of them.

>> Yeah, yeah.

>> But it's not like a gator where it's

going to grab you, crush you,

>> Yeah.

>> tear you up.

>> Got you.

>> Nothing like that.

>> All right, sweet. Let's do it.

>> All right, well, I I forgot about the

water moccasins. I I didn't really think

that one through.

>> And with the safety brief over, now it

is time to go catch these invasive

pythons. The reason why these pythons

are so bad for Florida is because they

are eating all the native species, deer,

rabbits, alligators, anything that they

can get around, they're killing and

eating, which is not good. So, our job

today is to take out as many pythons as

we can.

>> All right.

>> We need snake.

>> I think Florida initiation Luke's got to

jump on the first one.

>> That's fine with me, man.

>> So, we got to we got to find these

suckers, dude.

>> It's probably one of them things where

you're like you'll be sitting there for

5 minutes and then realize you've been

sitting next to one.

>> that's why you should check the same

like walk back over the same spots.

These dogs will find one before we do.

Like all of all five of us looking,

dude, is equivalent of one of these dogs

going around.

>> Kind of what I figured. I was like, if

these dogs going crazy and they're not

going

>> Yeah, they

>> barking.

>> I guess there are none.

>> And these dogs are making our lives 10

times easier. They can sniff out these

snakes, and they actually found one

within the first 45 minutes. And now

it's time to put our catching skills to

the test, without getting bit.

>> And while some dogs catch 10-ft snakes,

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>> You got two.

You ready?

>> You go grab that one.

>> Where is it?

>> On the other side. Go go where the dogs

are.

>> Good dog.

Get a little closer, dude.

Get a little closer.

Easy, get back.

>> Hey, hey, hey, don't you do it.

Don't you do it.

the back of that neck.

>> Woo! [cheering]

Yeah, buddy.

>> [laughter]

>> That's what we're talking about, son. We

got another one, though. What's this

other one looking like? Bald up?

>> Yeah, bald up staring at me.

>> Yeah, trouble was uh

>> Easy, dogs. Easy.

>> Hurt you, trouble now.

>> Get it out in the open.

>> A little bit more.

>> Easy, dogs. Easy, dogs.

>> Woo! That's a good one, boys.

>> Go easy.

>> Trouble, easy.

>> God!

Dude, they're so strong.

>> Greed is what's going on here.

>> So, the bigger ones are normally the

females or

>> And how many did we just prevent from

coming into play?

>> Uh

there ain't no telling, man. A snake

that size can lay upwards of 50 eggs,

maybe more.

>> Huh.

Dude.

>> Damn.

>> You give me a small one.

>> That's a male.

>> That's actually a male. That's a male.

>> Oh, they were

>> This may be a female.

>> Oh, I thought they were gay

[clears throat] snakes.

>> Well,

>> You never know.

>> You never know. [laughter]

>> 2026.

>> there that could mean there's a big

female here that we didn't see yet.

>> Hell yeah, dude.

>> Look at that.

>> Bro.

>> Hell yeah. [laughter]

>> Look at that. That's That's just snake,

dude.

>> I've never seen a snake that big. That

That's crazy.

>> Did you get yours Is that from the dog,

too?

>> That's from the dog.

>> So, this this one here is probably only

a year old.

>> A year old? Are you serious? They're

born out of the egg at 2 ft long and in

that first year depending on what they

eat they can reach 6 ft or more.

>> Really? That's crazy. Whatever the hell

that is coming out. What is that?

>> So these are their spurs.

It's like a little French tickler to get

the female all riled up.

>> So he was ready to make a move.

>> Very possibly. These two were like right

next to each other. They had to have

been.

>> Boy,

sounds like the same spot. And if you

thought those last two pythons were big

you're about to see a way bigger snake.

There's a nice open spot right here.

See back up.

Oozie, come here.

Careful of that dog. Keep pulling

Oozie, get back.

Oozie, get back.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Oozie, Oozie.

Trouble, get him.

Just careful of that dog. Keep pulling

it.

Oozie, get back.

Oozie, get back.

Oozie, Oozie.

You're going to only get him from there.

Trouble, trouble here. Trouble here.

Trouble, here.

Here.

Here.

Good.

>> God damn son. Trouble now.

>> It's so hard when they're coiled up like

that. [cheering]

>> Boy.

>> The three

>> That's a That's a snake.

>> That's a freaking snake.

>> Number three.

>> She's so strong.

>> That is a snake.

>> Oh my gosh.

>> [panting]

>> It worked though.

>> Look at that, [laughter] dude.

>> Uh this might be the thumbnail. This is

>> This is freaking awesome.

>> This might be the thumbnail. Look like

if I put my hand there, dude, she just

coil like tries to coil it. Look at

that.

>> Yeah.

>> So strong.

>> That's a big one.

>> [laughter]

>> That is a That is a

That is a big snake.

>> They're so strong. Holy

>> How long is this one? You think like 8

ft maybe?

>> No, that that other one was 8 ft.

>> No, that's another male.

>> Really?

>> We might not be done yet.

>> Dude, the other ones like didn't look

that mean then this one was like

>> Oh my gosh.

>> [laughter]

>> Hey, so like on the on the scale of

size, where does this lie like medium to

large?

>> Um this is on the larger side of

average.

>> Yep.

>> Larger side of average.

>> Yep, average is like 6 to 10 ft. This is

10 ft.

>> It's the biggest one you caught this

year?

>> Uh biggest one this year was just under

15 ft.

>> It's a big one.

>> All right, head to the floor. I meant to

tell y'all that on the last one. There

you go. I'll let go of him. Nice work,

boys.

>> Hell yeah.

>> Dude, that's a

>> Pretty good one.

>> Hell yeah.

>> [laughter]

>> This is freaking sweet.

>> Yeah, when we walked up to that one, he

goes, "Oh, this is the this I think this

is the big female that I want."

>> big

>> [laughter]

[music]

>> figure out cuz I want like a belt or

something out of one of these that we

caught today. And do we

>> I'll make my old lady a bikini.

>> Yeah.

>> Hell yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> Sick, dude. Let me see it.

>> Hey, babe. I got you

>> It's a surprise.

>> Or you can order this stuff on his

website. You can come on these trips.

But is it pythoncowboy.com?

>> pythoncowboy.com

>> Dude, come do this yourself and

>> Heck yeah.

>> see if you see if you don't hesitate

like we did on grabbing those pythons.

>> I am intimidated, dude.

>> Yeah, there's a big difference between

the little snakes and the big snakes.

>> [laughter]

>> The big snake, I was like, grab the

tail. I was like, oh my god, this just

keeps going.

>> It keeps coming, yeah.

>> All right, three down.

>> Trouble

>> Come here. What are your What are your

thoughts of the Everglades so far?

>> Dude, it's freaking wild. It's like

crazy.

>> It's some stuff I like never seen

before. It's Jurassic Park.

>> Yeah, it really is. It's just like a

whole 'nother like world within the

world.

>> Florida is like Florida [music] is

crazy.

>> There's everything in Florida.

>> One of the things I love about Florida,

a lot of things I love about Florida.

But

>> Dude, you can go to like the Keys and

it's like Bahama clear water, catch a

million different things. There's a

thousand species to catch. And then you

can just drive get in the truck and

drive 8 hours and then you're in the

Gulf and then you drive 3 hours back and

you're in the freaking Everglades

catching snakes. There's like literally

everything to do here. It's crazy and

all year round.

>> Yes.

>> It's pretty nuts.

>> Dude, if you think about it

>> I like the people in Florida.

>> The Florida The Florida man

>> They're my people. [laughter] I like

>> You would fit in well in Florida.

>> I'm telling you, man. I think I think I

would like Florida. I would

>> Little snowboard action?

>> Yeah, he's going to be a snowboarder in

a couple years.

>> to be living in a trailer down by the

river in Steve's backyard.

>> [laughter]

>> Well, now that we've caught three

snakes, it is time to start blowing some

fish. And what I mean by that is this

thing right here. It looks like a normal

fishing rod, but actually you got to

suck and blow.

Pause. You You It's There's a There's a

sharp dart

and you blow it

at the fish.

And it's way harder than it looks.

Pause. You You It's There's a You suck.

>> Yeah, that's why you got to You'll get a

better

>> That was a good blow. It was

Oh, You jerked it up when you blew

it, yeah.

>> And remember, it's like blowfish, so aim

a little low.

>> Yeah, he didn't go anywhere.

Suck in, don't move it, blow out, and

>> Hit the rock just above him.

>> That's the same.

>> You see, I just feel like I'm barely

pushing it out.

>> Yeah, you need a bigger blow than that

one. Your first blow was good.

>> Oh, he got

>> [laughter]

>> I thought I had him.

>> I thought you did, too. You did it.

>> gas the freaking blow up.

>> He's a better blower than me. He is.

>> He is. I don't know. I should be.

>> Pause. I'm proud of him.

>> [laughter]

>> That's why I keep him around. He's a

freak.

>> I hate being the bad like the worst

person to try something, you know?

>> You're the first person.

>> He's got some steam behind that, though,

seriously. I can hear it. Mine was like

and it just like hit the water and then

sank.

>> Ronaldo, replay the clip of Steve's.

>> No. No.

>> Dude, that is a rocket.

>> Yeah, he's

>> He's got [music] the power.

>> It's not freaking even I'm not

>> I mean, the the tip on that is a little

bent, but it's like it's it should still

be punching right through.

>> a new dart on.

>> Pause.

>> [snorts]

>> Oh, good shot, man.

>> And I And I literally this is me.

>> I saw it.

>> I don't know if I'm cut out for this.

>> Let's do it like uh you got to do it to

eat, or else you got to hit them or

you're not eating tonight.

>> Then you might hit

>> Why you got to put the pressure on me,

right?

>> Oh, that looked like maybe right over

top of him.

>> We got to get one, boy.

>> All right.

Oh, I think I got him.

>> Oh, it pulled out.

>> Oh, no.

>> I seen it take off.

>> I don't believe it. I need an instant

replay.

>> That is a

That's That's some crazy power.

>> Oh, that was a freaking giant.

>> That was a dart.

>> I was under him.

>> I got him. Oh, no, I didn't.

>> Dude.

>> And he just like

>> Was it in him?

>> I don't know.

>> All right, dude.

>> Please, please finish this at this

point.

>> Now, I love to say the reason why we

haven't gotten a fish yet is because we

just weren't seeing them, but that's

that's false. We were seeing plenty of

fish and we were also seeing plenty of

gators.

Like a lot of gators.

>> All right. Now for the real initiation,

cannonball.

>> All right.

Look at you first.

>> So, I grew up in Michigan. That gator

right in front of us just went down.

>> Hey, you better get off of that.

>> But normally, like if that was an

iguana, she'd dive on it.

>> Yeah.

>> And she would have done that with the

gator, too.

But I think

>> So, she just got bit by an alligator not

that long ago.

>> She was underwater. It had her. It was I

was a second away from losing her.

>> Oh my god.

>> Like she's

Uh no, I dove in and got a hold of the

alligator and it dropped her.

>> Dude, that's the most Florida man shives

ever heard.

>> But in earlier he was telling us, yeah,

there's probably one death a year with

alligators. There's normally some dude

saving a dog.

>> Well, dude, I I've always

>> [laughter]

>> I I talk a lot of I've always said

that if I had a chance to save my dog

from an alligator, I would and it's like

I was like I don't know if I'd be about

it.

>> Oh.

>> Just my luck.

>> Saw it, dude. I thought you smoked it.

>> I did, too.

>> All right, we're we're still we're still

alive so far.

These it won't to line up.

>> Well, they never they never they're

never sitting still.

>> Yes.

>> Get him. Oh, he pulled.

>> No.

>> I saw it. I felt that one, though.

>> Did you connect it for sure?

>> Holy dude. That was a piss

missile.

>> I mean, how long can I stay?

>> Yeah.

>> Do it right.

>> Dude.

>> Probably a lot.

>> Oh.

>> After blowing this thing a few hundred

times,

I have it No, I can't even say that with

a straight face. I I got it.

Well, what I'm trying to say is is I'm

not very good at this. I I I cannot hit

the fish for some reason. So, I'm

starting to lose hope. But, I'm not

leaving until I get one.

>> Whenever you're ready.

Come on.

What?

>> Hey, on the bright side, at least Luke

isn't out here slaying. I'm not the only

one struggling.

>> Definitely harder than the

>> That's got to be.

>> Dude.

>> Oh, no. No.

>> hit him. I'm telling you.

>> I don't think we're breaking the armor.

>> Punch more.

>> Oh.

>> Got his head.

>> Yes. Yeah, baby.

>> camera.

>> Bro, what? You had the camera going?

>> You've been at this for 2 hours. Set it

down for a

>> Oh, look at that. Through and through.

>> Dude, if y'all want to know about

penetration right there.

>> That's right.

>> You just can't hit him in his head, I

don't think.

>> Got to be body.

>> Dang.

>> It's a weird looking fish.

>> Got him. That is

>> Pick that thing up, Luke. Let me see it.

We got him.

>> You got to actually shoot

>> Yes.

>> Got him.

>> Come on.

>> Heck, yeah.

>> Let's go. Dude, look at that. Barely.

God, he's still got him in the boat,

though.

>> You just grazed him.

>> Finally, dude. That took way too long.

That took way too

>> So, we got editing man.

>> We got it done.

>> [music]

>> Just you wait

>> [singing]

>> and listen for the storm.

>> He's behind him.

>> He's the only one who can pull her.

>> Oh.

>> Hold down.

>> Don't lose it, please.

>> Yeah, catch and release.

>> The motherfucker's

huge, dude.

>> Bro, he's wrapped around my legs.

>> Oh.

>> Oh, no.

>> Oh, watch it.

>> Watch it, son.

>> It's the last you'll see of me.

>> Dude, that's a grip.

>> You're going to lose your foot here,

this thing.

>> And well, that was a very successful

trip removing these three invasive

pythons out of the Everglades. And just

to top it off,

I got some pretty awesome shoes made out

of these bad boys.

>> When dark clouds form and start

[music and singing] to turn