The hunters push past the point of exhaustion in the final stretch of python season, tempting fate in panther country, gambling on isolated hotspots and searching into the dead of night.

Pickle learns to drive an airboat on the fly and Zak and Aaron go after two invasive species at once.

As the excessive heat begins to wear on the hunters, the King of the Swamp launches a contest to catch the biggest python.

Troy and Pickle struggle to take command of a friend's hunting dog and Zak and Aaron deploy kayaks deep into an untested area.

The teams unite to storm a hostile site that's rumored to be swarming with pythons.

Troy and Pickle call in a chopper to reach a remote hunting spot deep in the Everglades and Zak and Aaron attempt a bold new strategy using fish chum to attract snakes.

Zak and Aaron team up with a gladesman promising to bring them to a python jackpot and Troy gets his old partner Pickle back into fighting shape; and Bruce and Kaylyn return to a monster's den.