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Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.
Alone on a spoil island deep in the Everglades Kimmel had come looking for the invasive python. He knew the mounds of high, dry ground would be fertile hunting with late May rains causing waters to ...
Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...
Now their mission is python hunting. They aren't afraid to get their hands dirty. "Most of us use our hands and we go back and catch it behind the neck," Army Veteran Scott Metts said.
Mike Kimmel is a trapper who is changing the python hunt in the Everglades with hunting dogs. Kimmel is an outdoors enthusiast who loves to hunt.
The pursuit of invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida led to the alarming discovery when four females were captured at a “communal nesting” site on an island, according to video shared on YouTube. ...
One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her passion.
The new movie “The Python Hunt” follows the Florida Python Challenge: A 10-day competition to remove the most pythons from the Everglades.
The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.
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) has announced the ultimate champion of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge.
A local man in Newberry County caught a 14-foot python that had been on the loose for weeks. The snake did not go down ...