In the 11th hour of python season...
Smell all that smoke?
Yeah, it's getting a lot stronger.
Hunters charge into the fray...
We could be in trouble.
Capturing legendary beasts...
Friends of mine said they saw one big enough
-out here to eat a hog. -Oh, it's still alive out here?
It's still alive.
And turning the monsters
into cold hard cash...
I got something that's gonna blow their fricking minds.
Oh, Lord.
To save the Glades...
There's not only gators but there's also pythons.
Aah!
Before it's too late.
Wait, Ashley, wait. Watch out.
There's tons of thorns. Whoa!
-I see one! -Aah!
Whoa!
Over at Dusty's...
-Howdy, howdy. -Wow.
Kaylyn Glenn and her partner Ashley "Deadeye" Jones
deliver an unexpected catch.
Hey, where'd y'all catch that one?
We were actually crossing the road.
I don't know if you heard about the wildfire.
-Yeah, I see the smoke. -Yeah.
And that was... I've been smelling it.
During the dry season between the months of December and May,
the Everglades become
progressively more prone to wildfires.
While dangerous and destructive to human life and structures,
these wildfires play a vital part
in the natural lifecycle of the region.
We saw this one running straight out in front of us
when we were walking around, and we ended up being able
to snatch it pretty quick. But it seems like it was
coming out of the brush right behind where the wildfire was.
It's coming this way, so the snake might be
trying to move out of the fire.
After a long day of hunting,
Ashley and I had to get rerouted because of the wildfire.
But we really started thinking, okay,
what is this wildfire doing to both python behavior
and some of the mammals that they're following?
It completely changes the game.
That kind of looks like a male snake.
-It might be. -Yeah.
It doesn't feel super thick in the back.
She definitely doesn't have eggs if it is a female.
Maybe. We'll figure it out. Let's do it.
-Yeah, let's see. -Yeah, let's find out.
-All right. -Man.
-Y'all got him on there. -Yeah.
The way the tail's shaped,
and it makes me believe this is a female snake.
It's interesting, though, if this is a female,
because there's no eggs within her.
It looks like she probably laid her eggs already.
Yeah, she could've packed up and moved,
left her nest and everything with that wildfire.
Well, I hope Mother Nature's doing us a favor right now
and incinerating all them eggs.
Likely. I've heard it's burning real, real hot right now.
They can barely get it under control.
Hey, I don't blame her, son. If the house is on fire,
I'm gonna get out the door, too.
Hit the ground and start running.
Whew.
See, I don't feel nothing in her gut.
There ain't no eggs in her.
So she probably already laid them up in that,
wherever you found her at
-or close by, you know. -Yeah.
Y'all go back and check around that area,
you might find some babies around the area.
With snakes on the move,
Ashley and Kaylyn see an opportunity to strike.
Now we're gonna switch up our strategy, and we're gonna
work, very safely, the buffer of this wildfire,
because we know the direction these animals are running.
They're fleeing for their own safety, and so are the pythons.
So we're gonna hug that buffer,
and we're gonna be sitting there waiting
for anything that runs out from that line.
Look, y'all be safe up there, you know.
Play with fire, you're gonna get burned.
-So just y'all watch it. -Well, we'll keep you posted
if we see it moving too quick, okay?
All right, y'all. Good luck.
Thank you.
In the eastern Glades,
King of the Swamp Troy Landry
and his partner Tes Lee
plan to hunt an area they've avoided so far
due to its abundance of nesting alligators.
We going to a jungle that we've never been to before.
I've heard it's a perfect area for pythons to hang out
because there's a lot of wildlife.
But there's some big alligators in this area,
and it's really dangerous.
-All right, you got us a bag? -Yes, sir.
Watch these briars. They're very dangerous.
They'll rip you apart.
This area is known for it just being thick with gators.
But going to the more remote locations,
that's gonna be how we find these snakes,
and they're moving to different areas.
Let's go this way. Come on.
And now be on the lookout.
Keep your eyes open at all times.
No telling what we're gonna find.
-Tes. -Yeah?
-Tes. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Come see.
Look here, look here.
Ooh, is that a gator nest?
A big gator nest.
This is a gator nest but it's really big.
See, what the mamas do, they scrape up
-all the vegetation around. -Uh-huh?
They make a little hill, they lay the eggs,
then they cover the eggs.
Female alligators build their nests
on the banks of swamps and marshes
ten to 15 feet away from the water
in areas with dense, decaying vegetation.
The female alligator does not lie on top of the eggs,
but rather remains near
while the gas from the rotting swamp growth
incubates the eggs,
which will hatch approximately 65 days later.
So the eggs are in here?
The eggs are in here.
I don't see no eggs.
How far down would the eggs be?
About halfway.
One of two things. Either she didn't lay yet,
or the pythons got them.
Or maybe even eaten the little gators
-right after they hatch. -Oh, you know they will.
I think we need to hunt real slow and real hard.
All right, let's do it.
Troy, there's one right here!
-What? -Right here, right here.
Where you got him, Tes? Where he's at?
Right here, Troy.
Troy, Troy, Troy.
Oh, Lord.
Grab the tail, Tes, grab his tail.
Whoo! Give him to me.
Let me pull him out. You go grab the head.
-Okay, you got it? -Let me pull him out.
-Yeah, I got him. -Pull him out. Be careful.
-This thing is massive. -Watch, they got a hole
in the ground-- he's trying to get in that hole, Tes.
Troy, he's right at me, he's right at me.
Don't let him go back over there, he's trying
-to get in that hole. -I'll block his hole.
Watch it, Tes. He's coming to you.
Aah!
-Aah! -You all right?
Yeah, I fell.
He's mad, he's mad.
Watch him. Ooh.
Be careful, Tes.
Don't let him turn on you. Be careful.
Get him, Troy, get him.
-Yeah! -Aah!
I got it. Okay, Tes, I got his attention.
That's your chance, that's your chance.
He's about to bite me.
Get him. That's your chance!
What? Hey, hey.
-Good job. -Oh, my gosh.
I don't know how you spotted that snake.
Look. Look underneath them branches.
He got a nest under there. I promise you if he'd have
got under there, we would've never seen him.
We would've walked right past him.
If you wouldn't have spotted him right here,
I would've never seen him.
With this nine-footer
caught just minutes into their hunt,
the risk of coming to this dangerous new area
is already paying off.
-Man. -Making some money now.
-Whoo! -We making some money now.
We been pushing hard to go to new areas,
cover as much ground as possible,
go to as many new areas as possible,
hoping to find a few honey holes.
We gotta keep pushing, we gotta keep pushing.
No risk, no reward.
I love it, I love it.
Further east...
Seeing anything?
Wandering for no reason.
Needing a boost, Zak and Aaron
are hunting in a vast region of dwarf cypress trees
known to attract small mammals during the wet season.
Aaron and I are going to a place he heard about.
There's a lot of wildlife back there.
The possums, raccoons, and turtles laying eggs.
There's a lot of wildlife back there that I know
pythons will prey upon. This time of year,
the big breeder females are looking for one last meal.
Our goal today is to find at least one big breeder female
with all her eggs, and get her out of the Everglades.
Oh, look, it's nice and overgrown, too.
-Yo, what? -You hear that?
Sounds like a damn tank coming through.
Look at that thing.
-Pimped out, huh? -Wow.
It's about the nicest buggy I've ever seen.
What's up, guys. What're you guys doing out here?
Name's Zak. This is my friend Aaron.
-How you doing? I'm John. -How are you?
-Nice to meet you. -Pleasure.
We're just back here
trying to hunt some snakes, man.
Oh, please, get all you can.
-You seen any? -Not really.
I got a ten-footer about, I don't know,
a quarter, half mile that way down this trail
-on the right hand side. -A ten-footer?
That'll help us, but, to be honest,
we're looking for the big ones, man.
We're trying to make some money out here.
Yeah, I bet. Some friends of mine said
they saw one big enough out here to eat a hog.
They seen it. They didn't catch it.
-Oh, it's still alive out here? -It's still alive out here.
-Oh, we need to catch that. -Damn, that's some money, dude.
It's gonna take both of you to carry it,
from what he told me how big it was.
And imagine how many eggs that thing has in it.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Well, that's a massive tip, man. Thanks so much.
-What'd you say your name was? -John.
Thank you so much, John.
I'm glad you guys aren't in distress. Yeah.
That's what we're out here for, looking for them.
There are giant pythons down here in the Everglades,
but for one big enough to swallow a hog,
I mean, they're just far and few between.
He must be seeing some massive snakes out here.
A Burmese python has two rows of up to 100 rear-facing teeth
that grab on to its prey and keep the animal secure.
The bones of its lower jaw can then dislocate,
allowing it to fit animals much larger than its head,
and the extremely elastic skin between a python's lower jaws
allow it to swallow prey up to six times bigger
than similar-size snakes.
So, what do you think about what John said?
I mean, a snake that's big enough to eat a hog is...
I mean, even a small hog is, like, this big around.
That's like 200-plus pounds.
That's like eating you, dude.
Yeah, could be a big one then.
It's kind of out of our way, dude.
We've been walking for a long time.
That's the complete opposite direction of our vehicle.
We're definitely gonna skip dinner tonight.
Damn, it's humid already.
Zak, right here, right here, right here, right here!
Right here. I got it, I got it, I got it. Go time.
Aah!
-Here he comes, back this way! -Aah!
In the Everglades...
Zak, right here, right here, right here, right here!
I got it, I got it, I got it.
Zak and Aaron wrestle a monster.
-Here we go! -It's go time.
Coming your way, coming your way!
Get him out. He's right underneath you.
Heads up, heads up!
Whoa!
Aah!
Come on.
He's looking right at me.
-Aah! -Got him.
God.
Don't let him get you, Zak.
Ahh, that was close.
-Switch... switch. -Yeah.
-That's a good one right there. -That's a really good one.
This Gladesman told us about a giant snake that's eating hogs.
I mean, that's a monster by any means.
I don't know if it really exists,
but I do know that they get that big out here.
It's just a matter of time before we find one.
That's a good one.
Yeah, it's a real good one.
This is exactly where we need to be.
Meanwhile, as a dry season wildfire
wreaks havoc in the western Glades...
-Smell all that smoke? -Yeah.
-It's really strong right here. -It's getting stronger.
Ashley and Kaylyn try to make the best
of a bad situation.
Everything that's out here is gonna be running
-from this fire. -Problem is,
is everything's running towards us.
The venomous snakes will be out here, too.
-And the bears. -Yup.
Snakes and other wildlife
are fleeing from the areas where these wildfires are,
and, you know, the only thing we can do
is really be there when they are
so that we can hopefully be able to catch these snakes.
During a wildfire, wildlife behavior
can depend on the species, terrain,
and intensity of the fire.
While larger animals such as deer, elk, and hogs may run,
rodents and reptiles may choose to burrow themselves
or seek refuge in crevices, water bodies,
or underground holes to escape the heat.
Ashley, there's a snake right here.
Right there in the bushes. She's moving through the bushes.
-Where? -Ow, watch out.
There's tons of thorns, there's tons of thorns.
She's going through the other side.
Don't try to step through. Go around, go around.
He's going to the left of it.
-Where? -Did he pop out?
He went right through there.
I don't see where she went, Kaylyn.
There's a hole right here, Kaylyn.
That has to be where she went.
Man, look how active this thing is, too.
Look at the dirt. You can see something's
sliding up and down this thing almost daily.
How far does it open down there? Can you feel?
I mean, I can get this whole stick
all the way down into that opening.
-To the left or to the right? -To the left.
Where else would that snake have gone?
There's no other place. I mean, she's in there.
Kaylyn, I think we might need the shovel.
Yeah, just I'm worried about
how much time it's gonna realistically take us
trying to get through that hole,
and I don't think we have that kind of time right now.
The smoke just keeps getting thicker and thicker around us.
We'd be putting ourselves in harm's way.
As the wildfire rages, the hunters know
they don't have much time to spend in one place.
This ground is incredibly hard.
It takes a long time to dig out a hole.
Where these snakes are, the way that
they bury themselves in there
as deep as they possibly can,
like, we just don't have the time
to sit around and be digging on this hole
when the wildfire's coming straight for us.
This is what we wanted. We wanted to see snakes.
We wanted to see things moving. We're getting it.
I guess everything knows that fire's getting closer.
Yup.
Meanwhile,
Wildman Dusty Crum is launching his latest venture
to turn snake skins into dollar bills.
I freaking outdid myself this time, dude.
This idea, python pill pouches,
it's a brand new product to hit the market.
It's my responsibility
to find ways to make more money out of these snakes
and try to capitalize.
The beautiful thing about my stuff
is this ain't no farm-raised snake.
This is wild caught.
I won't say no names, but I know there's some big companies
that talk about fancy python this, fancy python that,
but then they farm raise 'em.
My python leather
is some of the finest leathers in the world.
And Florida, man, it's full of retirees,
and what do they all have in common?
They all take lots of medication.
It's just a fact of life, you know, you get older
and you gotta take more medicine and more pills,
and what do you need to keep your pills in?
A python pill pouch.
Son, you're looking at a $75 bill right here.
Oh, yeah, baby, today's the day.
Instead of hunting snakes, today Dusty's hunting cash,
so he's heading where the money is.
I'm fixing to hit up a spot that I never, ever go to, son.
It's a place where everybody's got shoes on, man.
Downtown Naples, Florida, man,
5th Avenue.
I got something
that's gonna blow their freaking minds, man.
I come up with this python pill pouch.
It's got two slots in it,
one for your A.M. and one for your P.M.
I think I'm gonna blow their freaking socks off.
I'm gonna suck all them rich man's dollars
out of their pockets, man. They got so much of it,
it don't matter to 'em.
To sell his pouches,
Dusty will need to step out of his comfort zone.
Oh, yeah, baby.
In the eastern Glades...
Keep an eye close to the edge of the water.
Troy and Tes are hunting in an area
known for large numbers of nesting alligators.
They've already caught a python,
but so far they've only seen a single empty gator nest.
Look at the little trails. They got little trails
- right here. - There's trails
all over the woods in this area.
We're able to see that there's not only gators,
but there's also pythons. They're in the same area.
A lot of times, gators like to hunt on the edge...
-Mm-hmm. -...and so does the snakes,
because frogs will get on the bank,
lizards will get on the edge of the water.
-That's easy pickings. -Yeah.
Yup, yup.
Oh, look at that.
Is that a nest?
Oh, yeah, that's a nest.
Look where the mama's climbing up.
-Oh, man. -Something destroyed
her nest. Poor thing.
You see how the nest is almost intact?
-Uh-huh, uh-huh. -It's just a little bit
moved around, not disturbed a whole lot.
That's a snake. I guarantee that.
God.
These alligators actually hatched.
They was calling for their mama,
the snake heard them, she was close by somewhere,
and she came over here, and the mama backed down.
Mama alligators don't usually back down.
They're running out of other food.
They've eaten all the other food in this area.
Now the only thing left is alligator,
and that's what they going to.
They on top of the food chain.
I promise you for that mama to let her eat these little ones,
-this was a big snake. -Yeah.
You know, coming across this nest
that's got these busted up eggs,
it's not a good sign.
Could've been anything else,
but, man, does this look
like a python got into this nest.
It's no secret. We all see the videos online.
There's gators eating snakes and snakes eating gators.
It's a turf war out here.
Here's some trails right here.
-Yeah, look at that. -All of this.
That's a snake trail, I guarantee you.
As far as you can see it goes.
Let's follow this trail, see where it goes.
Meanwhile, time is running out
as the wildfire encroaches on Ashley and Kaylyn.
You smell all that smoke?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's getting a lot stronger.
It really is. It's just north of us.
The wildfire, you can just smell that
there's danger on the horizon. You know that your life
could be on the line and everything else around you.
Out here right now, we're walking that edge with the fire.
We are close enough where those animals are crossing our path
but also close enough
that if the wind changes too fast on us,
we could be in trouble.
Did the wind direction change or something?
Because it's a lot stronger.
Yeah.
Man, that wind is picking up.
There's one. There's one right there.
Oh, wait, wait, Ashley. Wait, here.
Come here, Kaylyn.
Wait, wait, Ashley, wait.
Look, it's somewhere around this side.
-You got it? -Yup, I got it.
Come on this side.
Oh, he's wrapped around, he's wrapped around.
He's holding on tight.
Let's get a little closer.
Let's get out in the open air. Can you hold his tail
-for a second? -Yeah.
-Aah! -Oh!
Near a raging Everglades wildfire...
He's holding on tight. Let's get a little closer.
-Aah! -Oh!
Ashley and Kaylyn have eyes
on a huge python.
Oh, I don't like this.
Whoa!
-Got him. -You got him?
Yeah. I don't how I'm gonna get him wrapped around.
Hold on.
Whoo! Found you.
-All right, hold on. -Let's get the bag.
With a second male python
caught for the day, the hunters' decision
to use the wildfire as a guide
to ambush pythons has been a success.
The fact that we found that python was absolutely rare.
This is not an area that pythons are typically found,
but I know 100%, this was because of the wildfires.
This is a successful day for us. We're feeling good.
No point in staying out here any longer.
This area's a really dangerous situation
for both us and our native wildlife.
All right, let's head on out.
Let's go.
Meanwhile, in Naples, Florida...
Oh, yeah, baby. I could get used to this.
Dusty is on a mission to make big money in the big city.
I don't need no fricking appointment.
I'm gonna go to the best shop to carry my stuff.
The Silver Eagle Gallery, son.
-Hi. -Hi, how are you?
Good. How are you doing today?
Good.
So my name's Dusty.
I'm a python hunter in the Everglades.
So I think, like, me and you could be partners.
Partners, okay.
Uh, what kind of stuff do you make?
I've got something that I think you're just gonna love.
-Oh. -These are python pill pouches.
100% made organically.
I skin them all out, we process them,
we tan them into good leather, and then I sit back,
and we sew them all together and make all this stuff.
-Those are nice. -This is what every person
in Naples needs. All these rich people down here,
they need a place to put
their medication and their pills.
It's got two slots in it,
one for the A.M. pills,
one for the nighttime pills.
I can see it, or maybe like
a little change purse maybe?
This is a pill pouch. A python pill pouch.
Okay, so...
you want me to sell these here, then, or...
-is that what you're thinking? -Yeah. I'm thinking
we could sell them for, like, $250 apiece.
Two-fifty?
That seems a little high,
uh, I mean, for a pill pouch.
One thing I know about Naples, there's a lot of old people,
and a lot of them got a lot of money.
And one thing I know about rich people
is they want something their other rich friend don't have.
Nobody's got a python pill pouch.
I mean, that's why we can charge that much for them.
Maybe. I'm gonna be honest.
I think 250's a little much, but I'd like to maybe try it
for a week or something and see what happens.
-Sound like a deal? -Well, that sounds fair to me.
-You got a deal. -All right, let's do it.
We'll see what happens. I believe in the product
with all my heart.
Let's just see if the consumer likes it.
-Thank you. -You're welcome.
Do you also make python shoes?
Uh...
I'm gonna get back to snaking.
Good luck out there.
As dusk falls further east,
in an area under siege by pythons and gators,
Troy and Tes have split up
to follow two possible trails left by a python
they believe may be ravaging alligator nests.
Numbers of alligators are decreasing,
and the numbers of pythons are increasing.
A big alligator can kill a big python,
but the problem is a big alligator can't catch
them little pythons.
But a big python can definitely catch
little alligators, and that's the problem.
God, this is thick.
Oof.
I'm not gonna make it across that.
I don't even wanna know what's in this water.
This is deep enough for some gator.
I'm not gonna go swimming with it.
th the .
This is deep enough for some gator.
Tes navigates around a possible gator hole.
I'm not gonna go swimming with it.
If I can avoid it.
I'm comfortable hunting by myself.
At night it gets a little extra creepy.
You know, you start hearing things
that maybe are or are not there.
But it's also dangerous when you're by yourself,
so you gotta be extra alert and aware of your surroundings
and... just proceed with caution.
As night falls over the swamp...
Zak, we've got a couple hours, and we have to head back.
Zak and Aaron are still hunting a monster python.
Zak and I are out here still searching
for this hog-eating monster that we heard of earlier today
by a Gladesman, but we just have not seemed
to have located this snake by now.
People's eyes play tricks on them all the time,
so maybe they just got excited
and just overexaggerated the story.
But we're gonna keep on looking.
Just keep your eyes peeled.
Keep my eyes peeled out here.
Zak, right here, right here, right here, right here!
Right here, right here! I see the tail of one right here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, get in there, get in there.
It was right here. I just seen the tail go by.
Oh! I don't know where it went.
Aah, I don't know which way. He went straight in.
It goes downhill back here.
-I think he went down-- -My left or right?
I think he's in between us right here.
No, there's nothing between us, man.
Farther back, even if I try.
Wow.
[spits] Just inhaled a bug.
So many mosquitoes.
I mean, he just vanished into this stuff.
These things are so smart and can maneuver this place.
I don't see anything either.
Look at this place. It's just a wall.
Yeah.
I'd hate to give up looking for it now.
I mean, we're so close to it.
There's no way to get back there, Aaron.
I never give up, but I physically
cannot move my body that much deeper into the woods.
-You can't get back there. -We're kind of beat up about it.
Being that close to the snake and almost capturing it,
that means it can't be too far.
We're gonna keep scouring this area,
but unfortunately I'm gonna stay up all night
thinking about this snake, not knowing if it was
the monster that we were told about earlier today.
It's not-- that one's not gonna happen, bro.
That one's not gonna happen. Good spot, though.
-All right, well-- -Let's see if we can get
to the other side. Maybe we can cut her off.
All right. That's all we can do now.
Meanwhile, Tes is closing in
on what she thinks may be the python raiding gator nests.
Oh, this is a nice, low area.
I'm trying to find
something that looks like a nest.
Holy crap.
Oof.
Aah!
Man.
Aah!
Man, I don't know, how am I gonna
catch this thing by myself?
Come on, buddy, look over here.
Gotta get your head.
Shoot.
It's a lot harder as one person.
Separated from Troy in the thick of the Everglades swamp...
Aah!
Tes fights what may be
the gator-egg snatcher.
Come on, buddy, look over here.
Gotta get your head.
Shoot.
Ooh.
So now I gotta bag him?
I don't even know how I'm gonna do this.
Capturing this python on the trail
she's been following from the gator nest
is a strong indication
it's the serpent that's gone after the eggs.
They're going after gators themselves,
or they're going after the nests or the hatchlings.
We have to be ready to act fast.
We gotta be patient and keep doing what we're doing,
but we are running out of time.
That's a ten-foot snake.
Deeper into the night...
It's getting late.
Zak, we just need to have patience.
Let's just stay the course.
Zak and Aaron continue to search
for the hog-eating python.
That money's slithering through here, baby. Come on.
It feels like we've been out here all day
looking for this giant snake.
We're gonna circle the surrounding area
and hopefully we can find it,
but I'm starting to have doubts
that this thing ever existed in the first place.
I'm just hoping we're not wasting our time.
Right here, right here! Aaron! Aaron!
I'm right here, I'm right here, I'm right here.
She's in the water.
Aaron, she's in the water. Damn it.
Right, I'm gonna grab the tail.
I'm gonna get the tail.
She's right-- Hold it, hold it.
-Oh, [bleep]! -Do not let go.
Come on, man, pull.
Yeah, pull her out, pull her out.
Aah!
-Come here. -Watch it, watch it...
Aah! Where's the head?
-Pull back. -Watch out how long it is.
- Oh, my God. - Watch your--
There we go, there we go, Aaron.
There we go. Got it, got it, got it, got it.
She's on top now.
-She's holding on to that rock. -She picked it up.
I gotta pin this thing. I gotta pin this thing.
Where's this thing's--whoa!
Go grab it! Grab it.
-You all right? -Yeah-yeah, head's right here.
Pull. Pull towards you. Watch out, Aaron!
-Got it? -Oh, yeah.
Watch it, watch it, watch your hands.
-Pull towards me! -Watch it.
Whoa-whoa-whoa!
-Got it? -Yeah.
-Look at that.
This 12-foot behemoth is not only capable
of swallowing a hog, but it's also full of eggs.
You know, that Gladesman was telling the truth.
This is a monster female.
This thing must be 12 foot-plus,
and it's gotta have eggs
or something just as big as them inside its belly.
All right, let's get this bloody mess
-back home. -Got it?
Yeah, I can carry it.
In Naples,
Dusty is returning to the high-end shops
sooner than expected.
I got a message from Heather, you know.
She says come down to the gallery ASAP.
Seems like there's some kind of problem.
I'm worried about disappointing the team, you know.
They're all counting on me to pull through for them,
you know? I'm gonna go face the music
and see what the verdict is.
Hey, Heather.
In Naples, Florida...
Hey, Heather.
Dusty prepares
for some bad news.
Is everything okay?
I mean, I got your message saying
you wanted me to come in right away.
I was a little worried
like something was wrong or something.
Is everything cool?
Yeah, I have to say
I was a little bit leery about these pouches,
but they did really well.
We sold out completely in one day.
-What? -Yeah.
So I need to get some more right away.
Wow, okay.
People are, like, asking for them.
-No way. -Yes.
I knew I had it.
I knew I had something.
It worked, man, it freaking worked.
I can't believe it, you know.
It's like finally one of my stinking ideas
is going to the freaking moon.
I gotta tell you, I mean, I thought
this was a crazy idea, the pill pouch thing.
I mean, I didn't think it was gonna work,
but, I mean, within 24 hours,
people were, like, asking for your pill pouches.
- Wow, man. - Like, can you make
some more, like, right away?
I can. It's like I'm extremely humbled,
and also, you know, like,
finally one of my ideas, like, actually worked.
Yeah, it's great, I like it. Let's do some more.
Cool. I'll get busy making some more.
But what about, you know, getting paid?
-I think we can do that today. -Really?
Yeah, yeah. Let me cut you a check right now.
-A check? -Yeah, a check.
I don't really try to mess with checks, you know.
I mean, cash is king, you know.
My bank account is cash only.
It's kind of a lot of money. You sure you want it
all in cash, like, you want a big envelope of cash
-to walk out of here with? -Yeah, that'd be cool.
Really? Okay. I can see what I can do.
-Cool. -All right.
She sold out of them pill pouches
the first freaking day, dude. Who does that?
That's gotta be some kind of sales record.
This is just the beginning.
I can already see it, dude.
Market it in every big, rich city
there is, man, and all over the metropolitan world.
Here you go.
Wow, thank you.
Thank you.
[sniffs]
It even smells new.
I haven't seen this much money since the '80s.
Well, there's more where that came from, so...
make some more pouches. They're selling like hotcakes.
-Let's do this. -Deal.
-All right. -Thank you so much.
-Thank you. -Whoo, doggy.
I'm rich!
With cash in hand, Dusty can feel
his "swampeneur" dreams coming true.
Holy cow, dude.
Something about holding all them dollar bills, dude,
it just made me pumped up, dude,
like a fricking bodybuilder, man.
I gotta divide this money up with the team, you know,
but I think it's okay as a business expense
to reward myself a little commission.
Oh, yeah, a "saloon."
Oh, yeah, I can finally get me one of them there pedicures.
Twenty miles away...
Ooh. I see the boat, girl. I see the boat.
After capturing two pythons
in close proximity to ravaged alligator nests,
Troy and Tes are heading home,
but Troy is concerned for the native beasts.
Carrying it around for two hours.
It's getting heavy.
What I think is happening, the pythons,
they learning, they adapting.
They finding the nests. One big female python
can wipe out a whole nest of little hatchling alligators.
Alligators belong here. Even though we hunt them,
we want a healthy population of alligators.
I'm never gonna hunt alligators
hard enough to hurt the population.
I'm just trying to help the population,
keep them in check. And it breaks my heart
to see what's happening, because these big snakes
are eating a whole nest of little alligators.
Let's go. I got enough for today.
-Yeah. -You still got your earplugs?
Yeah.
Somewhere.
[engine starts]
You ready?
Another one down.
Back at Dusty's...
Zak and Aaron arrive to slice into their giant.
Check out this big bag of snakes, baby boy.
Oh, what's up, guys?
How you doing?
More work for you.
How many you got in there?
One giant one.
-What? -One giant one.
Look at that.
Whoo!
Man, I'm pretty sure she's a big breeder,
but there's no telling what's inside her
and I can't wait to open her up and find out.
There's one thing I can guarantee.
The Wildman is gonna have a lot of skinning on his hands.
-Wanna measure it real quick? -Sure.
What are we looking at?
Over 12-1, dude.
-Hey, son! -You serious?
-That's a big female.
-That's a monster. -That's a bag buster.
Whoo-hoo!
What do you think, Dusty? How many eggs in here?
-Thirty-four. -I'm guessing 29.
You're saying 34,
-and what you saying, Aaron? -I'm gonna shoot high
-and say 48. -Forty-eight, all right.
This is "Price Is Right" rules, right?
-Whoever goes over loses. -Okay.
Come on, let's see what this big girl has.
Don't count your eggs before they hatch.
Only eight more feet to go now.
Oh, my God.
Dusty Crum, look what we brought you home, dude.
Look at the size of these things.
I might've won this bet.
Are you sure I said 29?
Or did I say 49?
[all laugh]
Okay, look, let's count.
Two, four, six, eight, ten,
12, 14, 16, 18, 20,
22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32.
Thirty-two. Thirty-two!
So what'd you guess, 34?
You guessed 48 and I guessed 29, so I win.
[whistles]
Look at the size of the egg.
It's literally a dinosaur.
They ain't far from laying, that's for sure.
These snakes might be getting smarter, bro,
but we're working harder and we're right behind them.
The hunters cannot be certain whether this is the hog-eater,
but they're happy to remove dozens of invasive pythons
from the Glades.
We may or may not get ahead of this plague,
but we're sure doing
a really great job right now.
Catching a pregnant female like this
is exactly what we're looking for.
It's such a relief to finally get one out of the swamp,
and it pays to listen to the locals sometimes,
and this time it definitely did
with this giant python.
Way to go, boys.
-[whistles] -That's how we do it.
That's how we do it.