Catching Python Snakes

Florida Python Challenge returns

Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes

Hundreds of competitors are taking to Florida's Everglades this weekend for the state's annual Burmese python challenge.

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Florida Python Challenge is back. Why the state wants more snake hunters

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Florida Python Challenge kicks off in Everglades

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Meet the 2025 Florida Python Challenge champion: Taylor Stanberry

Python hunter and Naples native Taylor Stanberry won the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's annual Python Challenge last July, catching a total of 60 pythons during the 10-day competi...

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Python hunters hit a Florida Everglades island and find 4 big snakes, 3 nests, and an egg-filled female

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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

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Florida hunter's 16-foot python catch tops in this elimination program

Bayo Hernandez won $400 for eliminating a 16-foot, 0.5 inch python.

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Florida’s 2026 Python Challenge begins Friday: Here’s what to know

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Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes — and it could net one person $10,000

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Florida python hunter's 16-foot catch tops in this elimination program

The June winners of the South Florida Water Management District python elimination program raked in snakes and money.

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Meet the Women Who Catch Python Snakes in the Everglades Every Night

For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then they close up shop, pick up their camper, and head down to the Everglades for three nights of ...

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Python Bowl: Competition To Catch And Kill Invasive Snakes Returns To Florida’s Everglades

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten-day event in which people will compete to catch and kill the most invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

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Help wanted: Full-time python hunters get paid for eliminating snakes

The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades region ecosystem.

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Hunting pythons in Florida requires knowing more than you think

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive creatures.