Florida’s $25K Everglades Python Hunt Returns For 2026, Registration Now Open

The hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is officially returning this summer, state officials announced today. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will begin at 12:01 a.

‘The Python Hunt’ Review: An Entertainingly Garish Documentary Account of a State-Sanctioned Culling Spree

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction 'The Python Hunt' follows a variety of American oddballs in the annual Florida Python Challenge.
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Florida's wild 10-day python hunting contest takes over the Everglades after dark

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

Massive Everglades Discovery Drops 120 Invasive Python Eggs Just Before Florida Hunt Begins

A professional python hunter in the Florida Everglades recently stumbled upon what can only be described as the ultimate nightmare buffet: two massive, neighboring nests packed with a combined total of roughly 120 Burmese python eggs.
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The Python Hunt

An armade of amateur snake hunters descend on the Florida Everglades to kill pythons for money. What could possibly go wrong?
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Florida prepares next massive python hunt as Everglades invasion worsens

The annual 10-day conservation competition is focused on removing invasive Burmese pythons from public lands in South Florida.