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Florida Python Challenge captures 280 snakes

280 snakes killed at 2026 Florida Python Challenge

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the results of this year’s Florida Python Challenge, which featured 907 participants from 30 states as well as Vietnam and Canada.

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Tom Rahill captures 96 Burmese pythons in 10 days to win 2026 Florida Python Challenge

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Python challenge grand prize winner snags 96 snakes along with $10,000

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Bonita deputy releases Burmese python book on his hunting adventures

Bob Bramblet is a Lee County Sheriff's Office employee, outdoorsman, and award-winning writer.

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Tom Rahill catches 96 snakes to unseat reigning Florida python champ Taylor Stanberry

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280 pythons captured in annual 10-day Florida Python Challenge

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Kym Clark hunted in the 2026 Python Challenge

South Florida Water Management District contracted python hunter Kym Clark with one of her catches.

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Winner of 2026 Florida Python Challenge announced; 96 pythons removed

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FWC announces Florida Python Challenge winner

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Everglades hunter wins $10,000 after capturing 96 invasive pythons in 10 days

Thomas Rahill claimed the top prize in Florida's 2026 Python Challenge after removing 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants removed 280 invasive snakes during the annual conservation competition.

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Python Challenge ends with 280 invasive snakes removed from Everglades; top hunter captures 96

The results are in from the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, and wildlife officials say hundreds of invasive Burmese pythons were removed from the Everglades during the annual competition.