Just days from the end of python season...
He does not wanna get caught.
-Oh! -Oh!
...the hunters are going all out to finish the job.
There he is! There he is! Whoa!
They pursue the invading serpents
into forgotten pockets of the Everglades...
We hit the jackpot here, babe.
and venture into sinister corners...
That's a nice-size bear.
Ain't nothin' to play with, that's for sure.
-Deeper... -Oh, watch it, P!
Pee-wee, Pee-wee, get back!
-Further... -Aah!
He got a few fingers.
You're leaking bad.
Racing against the ticking clock.
-Whoa! -Aah!
-Oh! -Aah!
In the southern Everglades...
Boy, look how this turned into solid grass out here.
..a late season heatwave has dried up water sources
and sent pythons into hiding.
But rookie snake hunter Pickle Wheat is convinced
that she and partner Troy Landry can find them.
The flat ground is usually where your water source is.
I mean, if you think about it, that's where your low land is
and that's where all your water's gonna drain to.
So if we get out in these sawgrass prairies,
I really think we're gonna find some water.
And where there's water, there's snakes.
Right here, right here. Stop. Listen to me.
Why you wanna go right there? It's a jungle.
The grass is so thick, you can't see a hippopotamus in there.
We're looking for water,
and if I learned anything from hunting out here with you,
they got water out in these grasses,
these prairies like this.
Do you trust me?
Well, yeah, I trust you, like, for certain things.
-Well, come on. -But I don't think
you know too much about the Florida Everglades.
It's your first time ever coming out here.
I really think they got some water back here.
Let's go see. I don't believe it.
I think we wasting our time.
I don't think so.
All right, let's go.
Man, Pee-wee, who the hell told you about this place? Huh?
Nobody told me about this place. Intuition.
-Who? -Intuition.
-Intuition? -Yeah.
I thought that's what you paid when you went to college.
I don't think we gonna find nothin'.
I mean, we gonna have to step on them
to be able to see 'em.
Here, Pee-wee, Pee-wee.
P, look. Look up front.
-Look. -What is that?
Yeah, I don't know. Let's go see.
It's getting high ground.
-Look at this. -Oh.
Some little native huts.
They got like fossils in these limestones.
Dude, this is old, huh?
There's no telling who was the last person
to walk around over here.
This structure that we come across
is what we would call a chickee hut,
something that the natives in this area built
way back in the day.
Like, from where I'm from, they built palmetto huts.
They built chickee huts here.
Chickee huts are open-sided dwellings with thatched roofs
that were first built
by the Native American tribes of Florida.
From the Seminole word for house,
chickee huts offer a vital connection
to the Everglades past.
That looks like a buzzard head, if I ain't mistaken.
Yup, that's exactly what them-- let me see the beak.
It's bad for something to kill a buzzard,
because that's, like-- a buzzard is a vulture.
Yeah.
Pee-wee! Pee-wee!
Get back, get back!
-Jesus. Jesus! -Look at that [bleep].
I thought he was about to jump on you.
Dude. How do we get that thing down?
Grab the tail and you go that way with the tail.
He's locked up there, though.
I need a stick or something.
Watch it, watch it.
-Get ready. -Watch him. He's going up.
Ain't no way you getting away.
-Oh, watch it, P! -Aah!
Whoo!
Whoa!
Let me wear him down before you try to catch him.
-Let's wear him down. -Watch him, watch him.
I guarantee you he's the one
that's been eating all them birds.
All them skeletons you're seeing up there,
he ambushed them.
-Aah! -Oh!
Watch him.
I told you they had snakes back here, man.
A snake that surprises us like this,
I'd almost rather not catch him.
Well, a snake's a snake.
Can you catch it?
Whoa! That's what I'm--
Give me the sack. Give me the sack.
I got it in my boot. It's in my boot.
I got it, I got it.
Yes, indeed! Whoo!
This eight-foot python is worth $250.
Thing almost fell on my head.
-Not the way he scared us. -One, two, three!
[sighs]
-He almost fell on me. -I really think that thing
was fixing to jump and bite you in the neck.
-Look at the water over there. -Huh?
The water over there.
Oh, yeah, look.
They got some water right there. You right.
Told you, old man.
One of these days, one of these days.
Well, how they say that?
Every once in a while,
even a blind squirrel can find an acorn.
How they say that?
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
-[laughs] -Huh?
Hey, all that matters, neither one of us got hurt.
Sometimes I gotta learn to even listen to Pee-wee,
because sometimes she got good ideas.
Yeah, let's leave him here,
and we're gonna come back later for him.
All right.
Whoo! Lord have mercy.
30 miles east,
with Zak away on a family matter,
Bruce faces the biggest challenge
of his python hunting career:
bag seven snakes by himself
and keep the team on target for the season.
I'm gonna have to get off this road.
That's the only thing I know.
If I can get deeper back in these swamps and stuff,
I think I can catch more snakes.
I don't like to hunt alone.
I mean, when you catch a snake,
you know, you got two people.
Zak can run around the other side of it,
and I can stay on this side and we won't lose it.
You're worried about getting bit
trying to stuff this snake in the sack.
It's a rough job doing that,
and if Zak's there to help me, it's a lot easier.
But today there's nobody back here,
so if something happens, it's all on me.
Uh-oh.
Definitely snakes out here.
That's a snake skull right here.
If a snake would've got this,
you wouldn't even see the skeleton.
Because the snake, everything just dissolves in it.
Whatever he swallows dissolves.
Burmese pythons swallow their prey whole.
Their digestive system then allows them
to break down both soft tissue and bones.
It's gonna be a tough job getting into this mess.
They're here. I know the snakes are here.
I can see the signs. I see something moving over there.
It's just gonna be tough to catch 'em.
Ooh, snake, snake.
Ooh.
Wow, wow.
Whoa, boy.
I got him. Whoo!
Boy, he's up in that grass, too.
Come on, come on, buddy.
Whoa! No, no, no, no!
Go the other way. Other way, other way.
I got him.
He just disappeared. Whoop, gone.
Come on. Daddy Bruce gonna get you.
Come on, get out here. Whoa.
Come on, come on.
Come on.
I got him. Whoo! God!
This eight-footer may not be a monster,
but it gives Bruce a boost of confidence.
I think it's gonna pay off for me to go in these woods.
And I'm not gonna go real far back.
I mean, if I catch a lot of snakes,
I might have to make two trips to carry 'em out.
Whoo! Golly.
Sure is a lot easier when you got two people.
Further east, professional snake hunter Dusty Crum
has a plan to finish the season strong.
I'm gonna go take the canoe up and hit up the Tree Islands.
This place is so far out in the middle of nowhere,
nobody hunts it, son.
Tree Islands are forest-covered patches of high ground
in the Everglades marsh.
Since Tree Islands provide nesting sites for birds
and protection for various mammals,
they can be a great lure for invading Burmese pythons.
It's just nice because you don't hear no cars,
no trucks, no semi trucks going by, you know.
It's just me and nature.
Me and the birds, the fish, the alligators.
Right here, this is the spot.
To get out here,
you've gotta want to get out there and work for it, you know.
You gotta put in the paddle,
and a lot of people these days ain't willing to do that.
There it is.
Oh!
Oh, come on, girl. [laughs]
Yeah, uh-huh.
Today ain't your lucky day, is it?
Whoa!
Aah!
Watch it.
Whoo!
Whoa!
Get back here.
Aah! Whoo.
Aah!
Come here, girl.
Give me a shot at you.
Whoo!
Yeah, baby. Uh-huh.
This seven-footer is a good start
and a great sign for what he may find on the Tree Islands.
They could be anywhere out here.
This is thick, it's swampy, it's rugged.
I should just set up a camp right here.
Oh, yeah, baby.
This is the easy work here compared to that.
In the final stretch of the season,
the hunters are checking every nook and cranny
they may have missed for pythons.
For years, this was like the hub for drug smuggling right here.
Bill takes Tes to a new corner of the Everglades
with a reputation for pythons and a dangerous past.
There's a few places that I've really never covered out here.
Al Capone used to have a moonshine still out here.
There was a lot of gambling, a lot of shooting and killing.
I hear, well, you know, there could be snakes out there.
But there could be a lot of danger out here.
Do you think that they've gotten stricter about it now
or is that still a frequent thing?
I'm sure it still happens.
But back in the seventies and eighties,
a lot of that took place down here.
I, without a doubt in my mind,
believe that there are many bodies
dumped out in the Everglades.
The Everglades are so vast.
There's so much space out here.
A lot of life is here, and that's great,
but there's a lot of death, too.
Bill and Tes are only seven pythons away
from catching 250 for the season.
You can hide anybody out here.
Oh, yeah, you know it.
You know, that thing right there.
I could fold you up and fit you in there.
-You think? -Nobody would know.
You'll hit rock before you can get me deep enough.
And then how are you gonna kill me anyway?
You just don't know the skillsets that I have.
Oh, yeah? [laughs]
-Oh, snake right there! -Where?
-Right here. -Good eye, good eye, Bill.
-See him? -Yeah.
Get him. Right here.
Oh, yeah, get it.
Oh, that's a good one.
Let me get his tail.
All right.
Oh, man, he's looking right at me.
Watch him.
-Watch him. -Aah!
Uh-uh. Don't bite me.
Don't get me.
Gotta shield him.
-Thing will bite himself. -Yeah.
Oh, yeah, he did.
Get him, Tes.
Boy, he's quick, isn't he?
He's gonna try and climb that tree.
All right, grab his tail?
Yup.
Can you see his head? I can't see him.
Yeah, it's over here.
I'm gonna try and catch him.
Be careful.
In the dark underbelly of the Everglades...
-Get him, Tes. -Bill and Tes battle a python.
Oh! [laughs]
Get him off me.
-He was coming right at you. -Yeah.
Don't let him bite me. Don't let him bite you either.
All right.
I'm going in.
Got him, got him.
[laughs] Look at that guy.
Whoo!
That's a good one.
What is your problem?
This seven-footer will bring the hunters $200,
but after four months of hunting in the Everglades,
Tes finds herself keenly aware of the danger surrounding her.
A lot of stuff happens out here,
and it can be a murder
or someone gets lost and they end up dying out here
or your buggy breaks down and you can't get back
or you get attacked by a panther or a bear.
It's just kind of a more dangerous place.
Let's, uh, mark our trail.
We'll set the snake right by it.
There's a nice little tree right here.
Okay.
And we'll go get another one.
27 miles southeast...
Look by your feet, look by your feet.
Oh, yeah, we're starting to get into some water.
Yup, you notice how it's changing,
-it's starting to get soft? -Yup.
Troy and Pickle journey deeper into the sawgrass.
Aah!
Sawgrass is an enemy of mine since I was a little kid.
That stuff just cuts you up.
But I think I know what I'm talking about,
and I trust my intuition a little bit.
So I think if we get out in this prairie,
we're gonna find something.
Oh!
Mr. Troy, come here.
What you got?
I don't know what he is.
-Where at? -What is that?
Right there. See him?
Oh, yeah, that's just a water snake.
Oh, cool, cool. What you doing, dude?
You crazy, man. Look at him.
Them pythons usually eat 'em.
All right. Well...
But I'm gonna tell you something.
Even a python has trouble to find food in here.
I think we need to try to head more back towards the buggy
and see if we can't find a little clearing,
a little more clearing like this.
Like, right here, this is a little open a little bit.
I agree with finding a clearing,
but I ain't ready to go back yet, I'll tell you that.
We finally found a little water.
Let's just look around right here for a little bit.
Okay, all right, I'm all for it.
And it's marsh right here. I'm sinking.
We're soaking wet.
-It's soft-soft right here. -Ooh.
Pee-wee, Pee-wee!
Oh, my God, watch this thing.
Look, he's disappearing.
As soon as he goes in the water, he disappears.
Watch it, watch it.
Don't let him go, whatever you do.
I got him. Why in the water?
Look at the size.
Don't let this thing bite you,
because if he bites you, we're in trouble.
Oh, he's a strong one.
We're gonna have to wear him out.
-Watch it. -Whoo!
Look, keep him away.
-Get out of the water, you! -I can't.
I'm stuck. It's like quicksand right here. Aah!
-Pee-wee, pull him back. -Watch him.
Look, he's disappearing.
Can you drag him on the bank right there?
-Oh! -Look at him.
We need to drag him to the high ground.
Dude, I'm trying. He's so heavy.
He's trying to hide underneath all that stuff.
Uh! Got him.
Oh, watch him, Pee-wee, watch him.
-Watch him! Watch him! -Get him, get him.
Whew.
-Oh, my God. -Where's the sack?
In my back pocket.
Oh, my God.
I'm soaking wet.
-A big snake, yeah? -Nasty.
That's a money snake there.
Whoo!
Got him.
Money snake, baby girl, money snake.
At this point, I feel a little validated and relieved
because we catching snakes out here in these open areas.
-You got him? -Yup.
Let's go drop him off by them huts over there.
Them huts? Where we left that other one?
-Yeah, over here. -All right, all right.
Good job. Good deal, good deal.
Meanwhile...
Think I'm gonna try to get off here
and get in this thicker stuff.
Even though he's captured a second python,
Bruce is a long way from bagging the seven
he wants to get while Zak's away.
Ooh. Hmm, pretty good sign right here.
Snake skin.
Snakes are shedding back here.
If the snakes are shedding,
you got snake skin shedding, that means you got snakes.
So I think I'm on the right path now.
Apparently, these things are back in these woods.
I'm about wore out.
This looks like a good place to rest.
Whew.
I've got that pulled muscle on that leg.
Starting to act up a little bit.
Been walking too much, I guess, today,
but got to push on.
What the hell is that?
Something scratching on that tree over there.
Looks like a bear scratching over there.
That's what I need, to run into a bear back here.
More than 4,000 black bears roam the State of Florida,
growing to more than 400 pounds.
They are known to be fierce predators.
That's a claw mark right there.
See? One, two, three, four,
so that's a nice-size bear.
I'd be willing to bet he's 300, 400 pounds,
which ain't nothin' to play with, that's for sure.
You don't want to make a bear mad at you.
Sometimes it won't end up too good.
I mean, the last thing you wanna do,
if you've got a bear over there eating something,
is to walk up on him and surprise him,
and, uh, then he turns on you.
I don't know what to do now,
whether to push on or just turn around and go back.
Probably gonna push on.
I guess I'm gonna keep going and get away from here for sure.
Also searching solo,
Dusty hunts in the rarely visited Tree Islands.
This is a good sign.
Anytime you see these ferns like this,
the pythons like to get up in this.
You know, it's just beautiful. It's God's country out here,
and it's just got that really natural feel to it.
It makes me a part of Mother Nature again.
That's snake poop.
That's a big snake right there.
That's at least a 12, maybe 14-foot python.
There he is, there he is! Come on, come on!
Ah! Gotcha!
On an isolated island, Dusty battles a python.
Aah... Whoa! Whoa-ho-ho!
Oh!
Uh-oh, uh-oh.
Aah!
I gotcha!
Whoo!
Removing this juvenile female
takes a dangerous future breeder
out of the Tree Islands, a crucial step
towards restoring the native environment.
Hopefully we clean up all these snakes out of here, son,
so the wildlife will start returning to the area
and get the area restored.
I'm thinking about these giant snakes
that we're taking out of here, and it's definitely empowering.
It makes me feel like my life has a purpose.
That's it, baby. Easy peasy.
Whoo.
35 miles away...
See anything in there?
Nah.
Bill and Tes scour an area with a dark history
as they try to reach a milestone
of 250 pythons for the season.
I don't ever see 'em much in that sawgrass like that.
No?
-Yeah. -What is this?
Yeah, look at this right here.
Yeah, there's a lot of tall tales about the Everglades.
You don't know whether to believe them,
but, you know, you get out into these places
and you find things out here
that you don't even expect to see.
Yeah, look at this right here.
-Looks like... -Some kind of trash.
It's like a part of an old metal shed or something.
I don't know.
Yeah, it's like some sort of structure.
So how the hell does that get out here?
Yeah, that's like some kind of radio tower
or something like that.
There's no building out here to attach it to.
So weird that it's all the way out here, though.
The Everglades continue to provide
a new surprise around every corner.
There's always something creepy around.
I don't know that the shock will ever wear off
when it comes to working my way through the Everglades
and what we're finding out here.
Where is this stuff coming from, though?
People are dragging it all the way out here?
I know. You see how far we came in here.
How does this crap get in here?
I'm having a hard time just walking through here.
It's like a junkyard, but there's no--
-there's no trail to it. -I have no idea.
It's freaking crazy.
Look, there's a snake right there!
-What? What? -Right there, Tes.
-You see one? -Yeah, right here.
-Oh, man. -Here.
-Not happy. -He's guarding that tail.
-Oh. -Don't let him get away.
He's gonna get you.
-Oh! -Watch it, watch it.
All right, get his attention.
Get his tail, something.
-Oh, oh! -Stretch him out. Uh-oh.
-Here... -Grab that one right there.
Holy crap, there's two?
Can you--
Bill, watch it.
Man, this danger noodle is pissed.
They're fighting each other. Watch it.
-God! I got him. -I got him, I got him.
Aah!
-All right. -Aah! Shoot.
Uh-oh. Oh!
-He's set up to strike. -I can grab him.
-Ooh! -Watch it.
See if you can get his attention.
I'll grab his tail.
All right, all right, all right.
All right, grab his tail.
Good, good, good, good.
I gotta catch this guy here.
Oh, yeah, got this one.
You okay over there?
Yeah.
-All right, hold on. -Uh-oh.
Hold on, I can get him, I'll get him.
Ready? I'm gonna grab him.
Go ahead.
Good job, Tes.
Way to be.
Two!
And we got one bag.
Golly, that is tight.
He's giving you the love hug, girl.
While this area is living up to its reputation
as a haven for pythons, Tes is ready to move on.
I'm happy to be out here catching these things,
but I just don't know that I love this area.
-What, you got bad vibes? -I don't know.
There's just some fishy stuff going on around here.
The things that we're coming across while we're out here
is kind of suspicious.
It just makes you think.
It makes you maybe a little uneasy, unsettled,
and, yeah, I get a little nervous.
I may not be a fan of this space.
Well, there is a lot of weird stuff we've stumbled into.
Making their way through dense brush...
What is that? Something moving over there.
I thought I saw the grass moving right in front of you.
Troy and Pickle track a python through the sawgrass fields,
but the conditions are making it difficult to find.
I know I saw the grass moving, but I don't see nothin'.
Me, either. I saw it, too.
I got trouble seeing you over there.
How the hell we gonna see a snake?
I say we get outta here.
-Well, we just saw one, though. -I know we just saw one.
But seeing it and catching it is two different things.
One of these days, when hell freezes over,
Troy Landry will listen to me.
And I'm not saying that I know everything.
He's been around a lot longer than me.
But, you know,
you have to be teachable is what he teaches me,
so I wish he would follow suit.
They got snakes. I smell it.
I know we just passed 20 feet from a snake.
Look at the trails all over the place in here.
They got trails. I smell it. But guess what?
He's still 20 feet behind us. He's not in the bag.
Look at that sun. We got about 10 more minutes.
-Listen. -What?
We keep going away from the buggy.
We need to turn around and start hunting back towards the buggy.
You go ahead, you go ahead. I'll keep going.
No, no, no.
Oh, my God, here, right here!
-Oh! -Oh, my God!
[laughs]
Whoo! Look at that thing.
-Aah! -Watch it!
In the Everglades sawgrass fields...
-Right here! -Oh!
Troy and Pickle stumble on an angry python.
-Aah! -Watch it!
We gotta get his tail.
Got him, got him.
Watch him, Pee-wee, watch him.
-Aah, ooh! -Give it here, give it here.
Hurry up, pass it over here.
Gimme the tail, gimme the tail.
Hit the jackpot here, baby.
They got money crawling around out here,
and you wanna go home.
-Oh! -Aah! Aah!
Ooh, be careful.
Now he's looking at me,
and he know I got his tail.
All right, that's your chance.
Whoa! That's what I'm talking about.
Whoo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo.
Oh, hurry up.
Get in there.
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up.
One, two, three!
And you wanted to go home.
Oh, listen, listen.
I think I had a good idea to stay 10 more minutes.
I think you did.
I think it was definitely worth it to come out here.
We're catching a lot of snakes in this sawgrass.
But when I get validated,
it kind of helps my self-esteem a little bit
and boosts my morale with him,
and he kind of learns to trust me a little bit more.
As you get older,
you learn when to quit while you're ahead, okay?
Quit while you're ahead.
You know what makes you old and wise?
What?
Being young and stupid. Come on.
Yeah, I know, I've been there,
and that's why I know when it's time to quit.
No, come on, don't worry about it.
I'll get us out of here if we get in a bind.
-No, no, no, hey, whoa, whoa. -Yeah, come on, come on.
-What? -We going in that direction.
I'm going that way.
You're gonna go that way
if I gotta drag you're going that way.
All right.
You're not going more in.
We're going towards the out.
-You big [bleep]. -What?
[Pickle laughs]
After sunset...
Whew! Man.
At the end of a grueling day of solo hunting,
Bruce is short of the seven pythons he was aiming for,
but he needs to start heading home.
I about had enough of this.
I been out here all day today,
you know, hunting, doing what I can.
I was scared I would get too far back
and hurt my leg or something, but I'm doing what I can.
And I've got five snakes,
and I think that's pretty good, you know.
If Zak was here to help me,
I'm sure we could catch a lot more
'cause we could cover more territory.
Thick in here.
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Snake, snake, snake!
Whoa.
Whoa, go that way, buddy.
Oh!
Turn around, turn around.
Whoa!
Whoo!
Back over here, buddy.
Come on, buddy, turn around so I can grab you.
Okay, be still, be still.
Got him, got him. Got him.
He's winding up on my-- oh, I don't like this.
Oh!
This is number six
of the seven snakes Bruce set out to catch.
While he did not make his goal,
it's important to know when to call it quits.
This last snake I caught just about wore me out.
A lot of these snakes are mean, but this one just--
for some reason he's extra mean,
and I'm glad to get him outta here.
I think Zak's gonna be surprised
because he thinks I'm just staying back in my house today,
but I'm not.
I'm getting out here and catching snakes.
So I'm gonna surprise him when he comes in tomorrow
and we got snakes to sell.
Think I've done had enough for tonight.
[grunts]
I'm gonna let Zak come get the rest of 'em.
Whoo!
Whew.
[thunder]
Back in the Tree Islands,
Dusty has cleared four invasive Burmese pythons
from the native habitat,
and he's doing a final sweep
before starting the long paddle back home.
Dang, son. Heck.
I think it's alligator bones.
As beautiful as this place is out here,
that's just the cycle of life, you know.
It's wildlife, and they gotta eat, too, you know.
You think Florida, you think about
frickin' theme parks and beaches, you know.
This is the real Florida.
Ooh, python, python!
Aah!
Gotcha! Aah!
They're popping up out of the grass.
What you got, what you got?
Whoo!
Ah! Gimme a shot.
Ooh, ooh, watch out, watch out.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Easy, easy, easy, killer.
-Into the night... -Ooh-ooh, watch out, watch out.
Dusty is face to face with a serpent.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Easy, easy, easy, killer.
Oh! Golly. Ooh!
Easy now, easy now.
Hang on now, little sucker.
I gotta get this one.
Aah...
Aah! Gotcha!
Whoo!
That's a good one, boy.
With another lucrative capture,
the idea to hunt far off the beaten path
has proven to be one of Dusty's best yet.
Had a solid day,
put five snakes in the bag, and that's a win-win.
It's good for the Everglades and it's good for me.
I got some dollar bills, son.
Whew!
Ahh, thank you, Lord.
Aah!
Before they head back,
Pickle and Troy have split up for one more sweep of the area.
I just hope I find one on the way out.
We're trying our best
to clean up as many snakes as we can in this area.
And I know there's snakes in here,
so we need to get 'em out.
This hunting alone... ain't for the easy.
Oh, my God, oh, my God!
Jeez, a snake. Dear God.
Uhh! Ah!
This is the last thing I wanted to do.
Aah!
Oh, I'm stuck in here.
Uh!
Wow, I didn't know they could go underwater like that.
Where you going?
Better not have a hole or nothing down there.
I'm gonna lose you.
Where you at? [grunts]
They're so freaking strong.
Oh, my God, look how they disappear like that.
The scary thing being in the water with them like this,
you don't know where they at.
Oh, there she is.
Uhh! I got her.
God. Whew.
This seven-footer will bring in just over $200.
For Pickle, it's even more proof
that she should trust her instincts.
When I get validated,
it kind of helps my self-esteem a little bit
and boosts my morale.
You know, I'm, like, all right, I'm doing something right here.
Whew. I gotta find my way the hell outta here.
The side by side is...
I'm pretty sure it's this way.
In the dark of night...
So far, today's been pretty good.
Despite hunting in an area with a sinister past,
Bill and Tes have added six pythons to their total
and are only one away from reaching 250 for the season.
We had a great day.
We caught a lot of pythons and made a lot of money.
But let's get another one.
Here, snaky, snaky.
We gotta have one more before the night's over.
Oh, there's one right here! Right here!
Right here, Tes.
Oh, nice, yes!
Whoo! Did you just say we needed one?
Ooh, it's a big one.
Heck, yeah.
-Look how clean this one is. -Golly.
All right, see if you can get it.
-He just wants to go away. -He's looking right at me.
All right, he's all yours.
Gotta get him to look the other way.
He's turning on you. Watch it. Don't let him get you.
I know, he's watching me.
He's getting ready to strike you.
Deep into the night, Bill and Tes attempt
a milestone capture.
He's turning on you. Watch it. Don't let him get you.
I know, he's watching me.
He's getting ready to strike you.
Aah!
He's eyeballing me, that's for sure.
Yeah, yeah, there he is, there he is.
You ready? I'm gonna grab him, okay?
-Yup. Whenever you're ready. -Ready? You ready?
-Good job. -Got him, got him, got him.
-Good job. -Whew.
-Golly. -Man!
How big is this one?
Oh, that's about a nine-footer maybe.
Golly.
-Let's get him bagged. -All right.
Bill and Tes have reached their impressive tally
of 250 pythons,
but they remain aware of the dangers that lurk everywhere.
Ready? Aah!
What, did he get your fingers?
Yeah, he got a few fingers.
And here, you can see it's puffy there.
Oh, yeah, that's where it hurts, right there.
Yeah, I'm coming out there. It's all three of them.
I'm moving and I'm grooving around the snake.
Bill and I are communicating.
It's just flowing well.
I moved a little too slow.
This certainly is a wakeup call.
Let's go clean your hand up.
Did I tell you those things are venomous?
Come on. That's not even funny.
Back in the sawgrass...
I told you we should've turned around two hours ago.
I got trouble seeing my feet in here it's so dirty.
After a successful day of hunting,
Troy and Pickle are trying to find their way
back to their buggy.
You making us go a half a mile out the way.
We making a big circle.
We gotta go more that way I told you.
You don't pay attention.
I'm paying attention.
You ain't paying attention. I'm looking up.
I'm pretty confident
as to what direction I'm headed in.
It's just when you have somebody like Troy Landry
who grew up in a bayou and he's kind of doubting you,
it makes you question yourself a little bit, I'll be honest.
-You see the Big Dipper? -Yeah, I see the Big Dipper.
You see these two stars on the end of it?
All right, follow that all the way down.
You see that star down there?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Okay.
That is the North Star.
-That's right. -That's Polaris.
So you have to follow this North Star.
Regardless of where those constellations move,
that is solid.
The what?
Just follow me. Just shut up, just shut up.
Lead the way. I know how to get us out of here.
I'm not talking to you no more.
-Come on. -Come on.
I've learned the stars,
and my daddy always told me to follow the moon.
And if you can't follow the moon, you follow the stars.
Polaris, also known as the North Star,
sits almost directly above the North Pole
along earth's rotational axis.
Unlike other stars,
Polaris remains in a fixed position,
and for centuries,
travelers have used it to find their way home.
One of these days you're gonna listen to me.
I don't know.
Oh, look, right there, right there.
Oh! Oh, [bleep].
-Almost stepped on it. -Watch it!
I got the tail.
Holy smokes.
Look at that thing.
This is a mega snake.
I almost stepped on her.
Can you see the head?
I can't see where the head is.
Gimme the tail, gimme the tail.
You look for the head.
It's trying to go in that grass.
It's so big.
I don't know where the head's at. Hold on, hold on.
I'm trying to get it out the grass so we can see it.
-Look, right there, right there. -Oh, I see it, I see it.
Oh, there it is, there it is.
There's the head, there's the head.
Dude, you might have to grab this one. She's big.
-Aah! -Uhh!
I got her, I got her. You grab it.
Watch her, watch her, watch her!
Oh, no. Oh, [bleep].
Whoo!
Go ahead, get her, get her.
Right there. Right there, Pee-wee.
You ready? You ready?
-Get her, get her. -Aah!
-Yeah!
Watch it. Whoo! Dude.
Get that thing away from me.
This is the biggest one of the day, huh?
Yeah, that's a money snake, dude.
-What? -[laughs]
Let's get it in.
This python will put $320
into Troy and Pickle's pockets
only if they can find their way back to the buggy.
Tell me what direction you wanna go in.
Since you found us this big snake,
you spotted it before me,
I'm gonna listen to you this one time.
It actually looks like
the constellation moved a little bit,
so we gotta re-find our star.
Look this way.
-Yeah, right there. -Okay, we found it again.
We gotta go to the right of that star.
Grab our hand torches, and let's go.
I'm gonna follow you. I just wanna see
if you know what the hell you talking about.
Let's get the hell outta here.
Come on. Whew!
[laughs]
Old Polaris.
Huh?
Brought us right back to the old Polaris.
You did good.
Hey, I gotta give it to you. You did good.
I'm validated.
I walk out into this opening,
my buggy is not far from where I pointed us to come out,
and I just got the biggest smile on my face right now.
These two big snakes here are heavy.
-Lord have mercy. -Lordy, mercy.
Be careful.
You did good, Pee-wee, you did good.
Old Cajun man learning new tricks, huh?
Pee-wee's very smart.
So she knew exactly what she was talking about.
I didn't know what the hell she was talking about.
She was naming all kind of things.
But she knew exactly what she was talking about,
and she brought us right out where we needed to be.
Whoo! My legs are like noodles.
You did good, Pee-wee. You did good.
-I'm proud of you. -Wow.