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2026 Florida Python Challenge now open
FWC, South Florida Water Management District host 10-day competition with $25,000 in prizes.
FLORIDA EVERGLADES — The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is back and begins Friday, July 10. Hunters will have until 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, to remove Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades.
More than 200 of the invasive pythons were removed from South Florida during last year's hunt, according to the FWC.
The first day of 2026 Florida Python Challenge kicked off at midnight Friday, and now avid and amateur hunters alike can ...
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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