Besides contracting with professional snake hunters, the FWC launched its now annual Florida Python Challenge in 2013.

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The contest brings together amateur and professional snake-catchers ... page 2023 report that summarized decades of python research. More than 15,800 snakes have been removed by hunters from the South ...

(TMX) - The annual Florida Python Challenge is coming up in August, with a grand prize of $10,000 available to the person who removes the most invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades ...

Python hunter Amy Siewe caught this nearly 12-foot python in August 2023. Invasive Burmese pythons have ravaged native wildlife in Florida, and so far, the most effective solution is hunting them.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge has begun, as hunters gear up to gather and compete for the champion title.

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

But this has barely made a dent in Florida's python population. Besides contracting with professional snake hunters, the FWC launched its now annual Florida Python Challenge in 2013.

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...