Hunter shoots massive python to free deer from reptile’s death grip
OCHOPEE, FLORIDA — It’s not often you see a hunter saving a poor defenseless animal, but that’s exactly what this Miami man did after seeing a deer in need.
The Naples Daily News reports that hunter Jimmy Wilson had been hiking in Everglades swamplands near Ochopee when he stumbled upon a massive python wrapped around a white-tailed deer. Both animals were still as he came up and took a video on his phone.
Wilson then took his gun and shot at the snake, causing it to slither away. He fired a few more shots, eventually killing the enormous predator. Turning his attention to the deer, he coaxes it to move and run off, which it soon does.
Pythons are a big problem in South Florida. The snakes have been overrunning the swamplands and upsetting the balance of the Everglades ecosystem.
The Naples Daily News reports that hunter Jimmy Wilson had been hiking in Everglades swamplands near Ochopee when he stumbled upon a massive python wrapped around a white-tailed deer. Both animals were still as he came up and took a video on his phone.
Wilson then took his gun and shot at the snake, causing it to slither away. He fired a few more shots, eventually killing the enormous predator. Turning his attention to the deer, he coaxes it to move and run off, which it soon does.
Pythons are a big problem in South Florida. The snakes have been overrunning the swamplands and upsetting the balance of the Everglades ecosystem.