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The 2023 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. Participants this year will have the chance to win a share of more than $30,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from the wild.
It begins at 12:01 a.m. on July 11, 2025 and it ends at 5 p.m. on July 20, 2025. This is earlier than in the past when the Challenge had been held in August. Where is the 2025 Florida Python ...
Friday is the first day of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, when avid and amateur hunters alike can compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous, invasive Burmese ...
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.
Python hunters will slither their way into eight competition locations across Florida for this summer's Florida Python Challenge. From July 11-20, participants will be able to take part in a ...
In 2024, more than 850 people from 33 states and Canada registered for the competition. Register for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge is still open and will be through the end of the competition.
Can a gun be used to kill a python in the Florida Python Challenge? Here are the rules. This August, you could win $10,000 for killing pythons, but you can't use a firearm. Here's why.
Gov. Ron DeSantis holds python in the Florida Everglades. The 2025 Florida Python Challenge has wrapped up for the season. The challenge began on July 10 and ended on Sunday, July 20.
Registration for the 2023 Florida Python Challenge opened Wednesday, and competitors will have the chance to win thousands of dollars in prize money as they aim to remove as many Burmese pythons ...
People travel from far and wide to the Florida Python Challenge. They camp in tents, RVs, to catch one of these elusive slithering Burmese pythons.
What are the Florida Python Challenge prize amounts? The first-place winner for the most pythons receives a $2,500 cash prize. Second place wins $750. The longest python grand prize is worth $1,500.
When is the 2025 Florida Python Challenge? It begins at 12:01 a.m. on July 11, 2025 and it ends at 5 p.m. on July 20, 2025. This is earlier than in the past when the Challenge has been held in August.