Florida Python Challenge Winners

Florida Python Challenge returns

Florida’s 2026 Python Challenge begins Friday: Here’s what to know

Florida python hunters will start competing in the state's annual invasive species removal contest one minute past midnight.

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Florida Python Challenge begins today with $25,000 in prizes up for grabs

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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

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Florida hunter's 16-foot python catch tops in this elimination program

It's a busy time of year for eliminating invasive Burmese pythons in Florida and earning money for doing it.

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Florida biologists use scout pythons to remove a record 8,080 pounds of invasive snakes

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Python hunters hit a Florida Everglades island and find 4 big snakes, 3 nests, and an egg-filled female

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Florida woman catches 60 pythons in 10 days, becomes challenge's first female winner

"There were a lot of little baby snakes just getting out of the nest."

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How this snake hunter made history at the 2025 Florida Python Challenge

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge by eliminating 60 Burmese pythons. A record 294 pythons were removed during the 10-day competition. The event drew 934 participants from the U.S. and Canada. Burmese pythons are an invasive species ...

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Massive monster: See the longest snake caught in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge yielded 294 Burmese pythons, the most since the challenge began. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 for capturing 60 pythons. A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida ...

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See photogenic Florida hunters pose with their python 'trophies'

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

Why Florida hunts pythons during the hottest days of summer

Hundreds of hunters will scour the Everglades for cash prizes as a key window opens to stop one of Florida's most destructive invaders.