A 69-year-old professional python hunter and veterans nonprofit founder from Lutz, Florida, captured and euthanized 96 invasive Burmese pythons during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge — setting a new ...

Tom Rahill, along with winning the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, also won the South Florida Water Management's elimination program competition.

Florida’s fight against invasive Burmese pythons has increasingly relied on an unusual tool: cash incentives large enough to draw hunters, hobbyists and out-of-state competitors into the swamps for a ...

Python hunter and Naples native Taylor Stanberry won the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's annual Python Challenge last July, catching a total of 60 pythons during the 10-day ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...