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The FWC announced the dates for the annual snake hunt, the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. What to know on dates, prize money.
the Florida Administrative Code, or Florida State Statutes, shall be subject to disqualification from the Florida Python Challenge and be charged accordingly for said violation. Persons ...
As much as $30,000 in prizes and the title of best hunter await in this year’s Florida Python Challenge ... I’m looking at her, and I took a picture. You can see the look on her face.
Each August, the Florida Python Challenge invites ordinary participants coming from all over to catch and humanely euthanize ...
DUCK KEY, Fla. — The final results were released Tuesday of last month's annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that resulted in the removal of nearly 200 of the invasive species.
Ronald Kiger of Marion County won the 2024 Python Challenge, that took place Aug. 9-18, triumphing over 857 participants, bringing in 20 Burmese pythons during the contest. Kiger won the grand ...
Florida wildlife officials have unveiled the dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, as part of a broader conservation effort to protect the Everglades from invasive Burmese pythons.
The annual Python Challenge, aimed at reducing the invasive Burmese python population in the Florida Everglades, kicked off Aug. 9 and wraps up Aug. 18. It may seem like a well-intentioned effort ...
The Florida Python Challenge starts in August and incentivizes hunters to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible. But according to competition rules, hunters can't use a firearm to ...