The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from seven commission-managed lands in South Florida. Participants can win prize money.

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after ...

Florida python hunterrs, Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught a massive Burmese python in the Everglades on ...

Contest rules require the snakes to be killed humanely ... The FWC does not pay people to catch Burmese pythons unless they're contracted members of the Python Action Team Removing Invasive ...

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan ...

Step 2: Pin the python. It's best to approach a python from behind, so they can't see. Use a long-handled tool, like the snake hook, to firmly pin the snake right behind the head. Try not to ...

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated ...

The massive snake was captured and ethically dispatched after being spotted on the road. While this catch is significant, it is not the record; the longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet ...

TAKE A LOOK AT THE PYTHON'S THAT THESE 3 GUYS JUST CAPTURED ... stepping heel to toe beside the snake’s body.The dramatic catch, though complete, only deepened the hunters’ resolve.