Florida Python Hunting Guide

2026 Florida Python Challenge set to kick off

Florida python hunters find out dates for annual challenge this week

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida's ecosystem.

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Florida Python Challenge 2026 dates are set. How 2025 champ scored the win

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2026 Florida Python Challenge set to kick off in July

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Florida's 'most interesting' python is breeding faster than scientists thought possible

A nearly 13-foot Burmese python in Florida is forcing scientists to rethink how quickly the invasive species can multiply.

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2026 Florida Python Challenge: Here's where to register, what to know before signing up

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2026 Python Challenge hunters will find snakes unfazed by winter cold

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Florida deputy sheriff spent years hunting pythons deep in the Everglades

"After the first time you see one, you'll start seeing them, but you'll also go nights [without seeing them.]"

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Florida's python hunt coming soon. What to know about the reigning champ

It's almost python hunting season in Florida! Every year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District host a python challenge and award $10,000 to the registered participant who removes the ...

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‘The Python Hunt’ Review: An Entertainingly Garish Documentary Account of a State-Sanctioned Culling Spree

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction 'The Python Hunt' follows a variety of American oddballs in the annual Florida Python Challenge.