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Florida Python Challenge winner captures 96 snakes; hunters corral 280 overall

The longest python captured measured nearly 17 feet.

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Florida Python Challenge: Longest snakes caught added up to 33 feet

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280 snakes killed at 2026 Florida Python Challenge

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Florida Python Challenge winner nets 96 snakes, $10,000 prize

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has named Tom Rahill the winner of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge after he captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons during the annual competition.

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280 pythons captured in annual 10-day Florida Python Challenge

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Snake hunter bags 96 pythons, wins $10K in Florida Everglades Challenge

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Winner of 2026 Florida Python Challenge announced; 96 pythons removed

This year’s Ultimate Grand Prize winner and the recipient of $10,000 was Tom Rahill, who removed 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades National Park during the competition.

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FWC announces Florida Python Challenge winner

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

Morning Overview on MSN

Hunters pulled a 19-foot python from the Everglades at 1 a.m., the longest ever recorded in Florida

A nighttime search in Big Cypress National Preserve ended with hunters wrestling a Burmese python that stretched 19 feet. The capture set a verified Florida length record after biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida measured the animal.

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Florida hunter: Python's fang-like teeth can stick in skin from bite

Some hunters participating in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge will likely get bitten by the invasive snake. One hunter told us what that feels like.

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Why Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for how to kill the invasive.

Seattle Times

Florida needs python hunters. A man in Iran is one of thousands applying for the job

MIAMI — When Florida issued a call for python hunters, applications came in from near and very, very far — Iran, for instance, where one man sees a chance to fulfill his childhood dream. Mohammad Asghari is one of 2,600 applicants worldwide hoping to ...

Saints Wire

Bonita deputy releases Burmese python book on his hunting adventures

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book called 'Where the Python Sleeps'.