The 2025 Florida Python Challenge is about to begin, promising hunters a shared $25k in prizes while protecting the Everglades.

Hunters and adventurers alike are gearing up for the Python Challenge, a 10-day event emphasizing safety for both hunters and the surrounding species.

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world, the FWC said. Adults caught in Florida average between 6 and 9 feet, with the largest one measuring an amazing 18 feet long.

The Florida Python Challenge is offering $25,000 in cash prizes for 2025 to participating hunters who capture and kill the most Burmese pythons in 10 days.

Q. What does a python bite look like? On a recent Burmese python hunt, Amy Siewe encountered a couple of snakes that had no intention of being caught. In other words, they put up a fight.

The new movie “The Python Hunt” follows the Florida Python Challenge: A 10-day competition to remove the most pythons from the Everglades.

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons from the Everglades and securing a ...

A group of python hunters caught the longest Burmese python ever measured on July 10, 2023, in the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County. The monster snake was 19 feet long.