Jaguars Wire

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

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for ...
Jets Wire

Florida Python Challenge returns in July. What to know about prizes, rules and dates

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competitive hunt created by the FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from ...

The Florida Python Challenge is underway. See hunters scour Everglades

The annual python hunting competition runs from 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 10, to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19. What to know ahead of ...

The Florida Python Challenge is back, and it’s seeking hunters to kill invasive snakes for a $10,000 grand prize

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

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 ...

'It's an unsettling feat': How Florida's invasive python kills its prey

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is ...
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Is it legal to snag a Burmese python in a park? Not always

A Miami man was fined for wrangling an invasive python in Everglades National Park without a permit. The man's citation was later dismissed in court because it was improperly written. Killing Burmese ...
Texans Wire

Guns? Weapons hunters can use in Florida's python challenge

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Cashing in on killing pythons. What do hunters get paid in Florida?

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by ...