Meet the women hunting giant pythons ‘eating everything’ in the Everglades
Lily and Megan Hochberger, owners of Everglades Wildlife
JULY 31, 2018
A Florida woman and her husband found a 3-foot alligator in their Florida home. They killed the reptile with a.22-caliber rifle.
A Florida woman and her husband found a 3-foot alligator in their Florida home. They killed the reptile with a.22-caliber rifle.
Lily and Megan Hochberger, owners of Everglades Wildlife, don’t hunt rattlesnakes and crocodiles. They hunt alligators.
These two Everglades enthusiasts — with their 3-foot-long crocodile, the largest freshwater alligator ever caught in Florida — are dedicated to the fight to protect Florida’s waterways, all while enjoying a day on Florida’s gulf coast.
Megan Hochberger and Lily Hochberger
“Megan and I are big outdoors-type people,” Lily Hochberger, 42, says during her conversation with the New Times. “We love hiking, camping and fishing. We do not do any hunting. I do have a rifle, but that’s as far as I go with it.”
Megan Hochberger with her 3-foot alligator
“My husband, his family loves to own and hunt and hunt large game,” Lily Hochberger says.
A Florida woman and her husband discovered a large alligator in their Florida home, and when Lily Hochberger heard about it the next day, she and her husband hunted the alligator.
“We live here in Southwest Florida,” says Lily Hochberger. “I’ve been to Florida almost every year for the past 20 years and I’m always amazed by the wild life you find.”
Lily and Megan Hochberger with their 3-foot alligator
So, why is Lily Hochberger the only one in Florida who hunts alligators, instead of snakes or any other reptile?
Lily Hochberger
“Our reptile hunting trip is a two-day event with a crocodile,” Lily Hochberger says. “That’s how much the alligator is special to us and how much we do to protect