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

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

Hunters stepping into the Everglades arena for the 2026 Python Challenge will find a population unculled by winter's freak freeze and the potential need for a strategic reset in tactics because of ...

The Florida Python Challenge is coming back this summer to eight Florida locations, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission announced May 15. Over the past two decades, at least 25 Burmese python ...

Florida holds an annual 10-day Python Challenge to control the invasive Burmese python population. Participants compete for prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most pythons. The ...

The challenge takes place from July 11-20 in designated South Florida locations. Participants compete for prizes, including $10,000 for removing the most pythons. Pythons must be killed humanely using ...

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...