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I moved to Florida when I was 6 years old. I grew up catching toads and snakes and going fishing, and I just continued to ...
Each year, the challenge brings together wildlife officials, seasoned python hunters, and volunteers to restore Florida's ...
Wildlife officials in the Florida Everglades are flipping the script on predator versus prey with robotic rabbits. Watch this ...
I’m headed back to the Glades on the first weekend in September with a PBR stock contractor and a couple of highly ranked ...
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Taylor Stanberry removed 60 invasive Burmese pythons and claimed the $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize. The FWC announced that 934 ...
More than 900 people participated in the 2025 Python Challenge, a 10-day snake hunt in South Florida. The catches were monumental this year with 294 pythons captured — the most in the contest's ...
Today we're out fishing for gar, specifically longnose gar. We're using small lures baited with a twister worm and casting ...
Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...
Taylor Stanberry competed in her first Florida Python Challenge in July and became the first female to win the ultimate grand prize.
Anytime you catch something bigger than 14 feet, it’s not a snake anymore, it’s a monster,' said Donna Kalil, a licensed Florida python hunter. Mike Kimmel goes by the social media moniker Python ...