Swamp People: Serpent Invasion

I watched Guardians of the Glades and was sad to see it didn't return after Dusty's accident. But him being back in action on Serpent Invasion really makes this show one of my favorites. I really hope they keep this show going, and keep Dusty doing what he does best. You can definitely tell he is the best snake hunter there out there.

Granted, a lot of the wrangling that takes place is surely meant to make the captures more exciting, but it's interesting to see just how bad the Python invasion is affecting the Everglades. The devastation of Florida's wildlife by these snakes is just a tragedy to witness.

One thing I will say is that Zak on this show is such an overacter, it really gets a little annoying at times. The way he gets so excited, screaming like a sissy girl is jusy too much. But other than that, I don't really mind the excessive excitement during the captures. But all of the cast could stand to tone it down a bit.

Overall, it's great show if you like shows like this.

For those following the reviews there IS a Bobby on pythons through state contracted python hunters. They're paid $50 for the first 4 feet and another $25 a foot after that. But the shiw does seem staged. I follow one of the cast members off set and his hunting off set is nothing like it is on set. I guess that's how all these shows make their money to pay for airing and pay the cast members though. Gotta spice things up a little bit. It would be nice to see a show similar to this one that is 100% not staged though. I feel like they do too much yelling ac dancing around when they get a snake lol. But I do like all the cast members and they are good at what they do so .... spiced up or not I guess I'll keep watching it.

Why do they advertise as "last day of the season" when there is absolutely no season on Burmese pythons in Florida? It is an invasive species which should never have happened except for idiots who brought the snakes into this country and then didn't take measures to insure that they didn't escape from their custody. It should have been criminalized to have ownership of them in the first place. They need to be hunted, shot and eradicated by any means necessary. They've all but killed the native species in the Everglades. Once a species gets out of control the usual measures of "humane" capture shouldn't apply. The population of pythons in the Everglades should be ZERO.

I really enjoy Troy, his Sons and the base gator swamp people. But, Zack is such a crybaby. He screams like a child at the simplest things. And when it came to grabbing the snakes he constantly tried to pass the grab to someone else. Nevertheless, the show is fun to watch. I hope that they decide to bring more of the original swamp people on the serpent show and a whole series of episodes with just Troy's family would be pretty cool. Having Willie on the serpent show would be really interesting since he does a lot of snake grabbing on the original show. I would bet he would really be diving into wrestling those serpents.

Love the show!! One suggestion, why don't you use a branch with a fork on it to pin the head down to catch the snakes so you don't get bitten.