Large Python Caught in Fla

Florida Python Challenge returns

Hunters captured a record-breaking python in the Everglades

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional python hunter to encounter one of the more impressive specimens in the history of the Sunshine State.

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Florida Python Challenge is back. Why the state wants more snake hunters

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Guns? Weapons hunters can use in Florida's python challenge

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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 family follows python tracks over tire marks, then wrestles 202-pound giant from brush

Florida has spent decades trying to reduce python numbers through organized removal programs, public hunts, and contractor teams trained to capture the snakes.

Snake hunters gather in Florida to kill invasive pythons for $25,000 in prizes

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to remove as many of the invasive animals as possible from the Everglades. The person who bags the most snakes will earn a $10,

Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

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Florida Python Challenge coming up. Look back at biggest snakes caught

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In just over a month, novice and professional python hunters will converge on the Everglades for the annual Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python may be the most destructive ...