The annual python challenge hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission starts Friday. The Burmese python is an invasive species in Florida, first discovered in Everglades ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you can't shoot them.

Yes. Professional python hunters in South Florida are earning an additional incentive this year to bag more of the invasive snakes before the annual Python Challenge.

Burmese pythons will be targeted by hunters for a 10-day period starting on July 11 in the annual Florida Python Challenge.

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.