Washington Times · Aug 5, 2022
It’s snake season in the Florida Everglades as the ‘Burmese Python Challenge’ is back
A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on June 16, 2022, at a media event that registration for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge has opened for the annual 10-day event to ... more >In Florida, it’s not rabbit or duck season — it’s snake season. The annual “Burmese Python Challenge,” a 10-day annual competition to kill as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible, begins Friday.
The killer of the most pythons wins $2,500, and the killer of the longest python wins $1,500. The runners-up for both of those categories win $750.