What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the ...
Arizona Daily Star

New Florida tourist thrill: Hunt, and maybe catch, a python. ‘No experience necessary’

MIAMI — On their Florida vacations, Rob Wessels and his family have pursued an array of typical outings — deep-sea fishing, a stroll at the farmers market, tanning at the pool and beach. On the most ...
7News Miami

U.S. Rep. Wasserman Schultz joins University of Florida scientists on Everglades python research trip

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WSVN) — It’s not every day you see an elected official in the wild hunting for pythons. Democratic U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined a team of scientists from the ...
WLRN

'It's easier than I thought': Would-be hunters get some lessons on catching elusive Burmese python

On Friday morning at Everglades Holiday Park, Darren Bergmair and Pete Gutzmann, friends who traveled here from Fort Myers, learned how to catch a snake, namely the ubiquitous Burmese Python. Teaching ...
Yahoo

Python hunt: Florida has dangerous animals that can kill. Here's a list of the deadliest

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida’s 10-day Python Challenge is underway as hunters take to the Everglades for glory, a $10,000 prize, and to help rid the ...
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The Annual Python Hunting Challenge That Has Killed Thousands of Snakes Begins Again in Florida

The annual Florida Python Challenge is back. The event offers hunters from across the country the chance to win a $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize for removing the most invasive Burmese pythons from the ...