Donna Kalil slowly makes her way through thick grass as she hunts for pythons on Thursday, March 30, in Homestead, Florida. She was among a group working to rid Everglades National Park and surrounding areas of the non-native species of pythons that eats vegetation and preys on wildlife.
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Kalil shows off the skin of a python she found in a previous hunt. "They're everywhere at every time," she says. "It's just a luck of the draw."
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Before heading to her next hunting spot, Kalil chats with fellow python hunter Tom Rahill.
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Along with a pistol and knife, Kalil carries a Venezuelan cowboy stick with her on the hunt.
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Kalil presses on as the afternoon sun gets warmer. "It's like a python fever," she says. "You don't want to give up until you find one."
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Kalil sports snake earrings during the hunt.
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Animal trails wind through the grass in Homestead.
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Kalil cools off at the edge of a canal. Not only is the heat constant, hunters have to be wary of poison ivy and potentially dangerous wildlife.
