Each October, Florida invites professional and amateur python hunters from around the world into the Everglades for a 10-night competition to see who can remove the most nocturnal snakes.

Each October, Florida invites professional and amateur python hunters from around the world into the Everglades for a 10-night competition to see who can remove the most nocturnal snakes.

They’re looking for pythons. Specifically I’m here to meet record-holders Jake Waleri and Steve Gauta, two ... Pythons become an obsession: A night out with the hunters who caught that record ...

On a Monday night, the duo hits the swamps in an attempt to win Florida’s 10th annual Python Challenge. The 10-day contest, which is coming to a close Sunday, doles out $10,000 to whoever ...

We tag — or rather crawl — along for a night in the Everglades as Otto uses his intense prey drive and incredible sense of smell to sniff out Burmese pythons that other hunters can't find. It ...

This year’s Python Challenge drew 1,035 hunters and netted 209 pythons. The winner caught 20 snakes and received $10,000; Ms. Siewe won a prize for catching a python that measured 10 feet, 9 inches.

Durban South Snake Rescue made its first python catch after it was called out to uMdloti, northern eThekwini, on Friday night for a python on the beach. Durban South Snake Rescue’s Grant ...

Pythons become an obsession: A night out with the hunters who caught that record-breaking 19-foot snake. Bill Kearney, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Sat, August 12, 2023 at 1:20 PM UTC.