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Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event
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Python Challenge nears: Want to kill a Burmese python in Florida? Keep your gun holstered
The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win up to $10,000). But keep your gun holstered and your AR ...
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.
Although the Burmese python is not protected in Florida, anti-cruelty laws still apply when hunting this week. The competition recognizes the legal and ethical obligations to ensure humane killing is practiced by participants. In this effort, novices are ...
