The record before that was set in 2013, when Jason Leon captured an 18-foot-8-inch python in southeastern Miami-Dade County. The massive snake weighed 128 pounds.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge starts at 12:01 a.m. July 11 and ends at 5 p.m. July 20, Florida Fish and Wildlife announced May 15. What prizes can hunters win in the Florida Python Challenge?

A look at some of the biggest Burmese pythons caught during the Florida Python Challenge, the annual Everglades snake hunt.

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Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught weighed ...

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