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Florida Python Challenge captures 280 snakes

280 snakes killed at 2026 Florida Python Challenge

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the results of this year’s Florida Python Challenge, which featured 907 participants from 30 states as well as Vietnam and Canada.

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Python challenge grand prize winner snags 96 snakes along with $10,000

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Florida Python Challenge 2026 winner: 96 snakes and $10K grand prize

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Florida Python Challenge winner claims 96 snakes, $10,000 grand prize

Tom Rahill said he was on a mission.

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Florida Python Challenge Removes 280 Invasive Burmese Pythons

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Winner of Florida python hunting contest nabs 96 snakes: ‘I was on a mission’

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280 pythons captured in annual 10-day Florida Python Challenge

The 10-day event, part of an ongoing Everglades conservation effort, drew 907 participants from 30 states as well as Canada and Vietnam.

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Winner of 2026 Florida Python Challenge announced; 96 pythons removed

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FWC announces Florida Python Challenge winner

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Florida python hunter recounts bloody battle with snake: “She got me, son”

The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike Kimmel once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm causing blood to spurt in rhythm with his racing heart. Alone on a spoil island deep in the Everglades Kimmel had ...

Sun Sentinel

Large python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much more chilling. As they pushed their way through the ...

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‘The Python Hunt’ Review: This Insane Look at an All-Night Snake-Hunting Contest Might Be the Next ‘Tiger King’

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a picnic at the beach and then be upset when seagulls ...