Florida Python Hunting Guide

Florida Python Challenge returns

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Why Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population.

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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

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Florida Python Challenge begins today for 2026!

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

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

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Hundreds of python hunters head to Florida Everglades for annual challenge

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Florida maps show Burmese pythons pushing beyond the Everglades as Python Challenge begins

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Great Everglades Snake Hunt Begins Tonight: $25K Up For Grabs Florida Python Challenge

Participants this year are competing for a total prize pool of $25,000, funded by corporate and private sponsors through the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida.

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Florida's python-hunting 'Super Bowl' begins Friday, with $25,000 up for grabs

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Florida Python Challenge underway

Maps Show Spread of Burmese Pythons as Hunting Challenge Begins

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

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Hunting pythons in Florida requires knowing more than you think

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge starts July 10. It is another opportunity for hunters to put a dent in the invasive Burmese python population and win some money while doing it.

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'The Python Hunt' review: An entertainingly garish documentary

"It's hours of boredom interrupted by a few minutes of pretty intense adrenalin," says one jaded participant in the Florida Python Challenge, an annual government-organized effort to curb the state's vast, destructive Burmese python population. Happily, in ...