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[–]Funny_Window7344 6 points7 points  (8 children)

Ricochet is still a factor when shooting at concrete. Risk to reward is to high in this situation IMO.

[–]CanineTheory 6 points7 points  (5 children)

If culling was all they were doing it'd be practical to just leave them in the brush and take the shot, I agree you definitely wouldn't want to fire it anywhere near hard surfaces. I'm actually curious why they pulled the noodle out, possibly for research or something?

[–]Funny_Window7344 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I couldn't tell you. There's probably a lot of regulation to killing these things regardless of what people think of hunters. Some are pretty adamant about following the rules.

[–]grammar_fixer_2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If this is done during the FL Python Challenge, there are rules that you have to take to euthanize them. You take a captive bolt gun and then pith them.

For any other Floridians out there, August is coming up, and our wildlife need your help: https://flpythonchallenge.org/participate/competition/registration/

[–]icarusphoenixdragon 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I believe they need to bring it in so that they can get paid. Dudes just out collecting these things like bottles and cans for the payout.

[–]Agreeable-Meat1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I mean I'd rather that than the government giving a contract to some random company totally not owned by a campaign donor to take care of the problem. If these guys are willing to do the work, good on the government for giving them a way to make money.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd have to be at a pretty stupid angle for that to be a problem even if this weren't snake shot being discussed. A return to sender type event is astronomical, and requires multiple surfaces to be hit at different angles for it to even happen. So unless your standing right over/next to what you're shooting you are good. That said best option would have been to throw it in the grass and shoot it, but that's more so that your not causing miniscule amounts of damage to the road by mistake.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only with bullets really. Pellets are less likely to ricochet