Yes, they did, but they were not catching pythons in the Everglades. The snakehunting I am talking about happened in North and South Carolina. Over the years many copperheads and rattlesnakes, coral and king snakes, hognose and yellow rat snakes, green rat and black racers, coachwhip and northern pine snakes, red rat and garter snakes were caught or caught and released. One trip involving 3 days of snakehunting could total up to be 48 black racers and 1 coachwhip, 5 copperheads and 10 rat snakes, 8 king snakes and 3 diamond-backed rattlesnakes = 75 snakes per hunter. Some were caught and later sold, others were observed and photographed, and left alone. The amount of them that were kept, more than enough, paid for our entire vacation. I think if you read the books mentioned they would explain better about the thrill of snakehunting.
