But this has barely made a dent in Florida's python population. Besides contracting with professional snake hunters, the FWC launched its now annual Florida Python Challenge in 2013.

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

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Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida is looking for snake hunters.McKayla Spencer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), holds a Burmese python at a media event where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Although python hunters can work together in teams, all participants must register as individuals, and all prizes will be awarded on an individual basis. Burmese pythons are large constrictor snakes ...