The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.
In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control ...
Officers say it was hard to tell who had a grip on who during this wildlife encounter.
A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.
The Florida Python Challenge is an annual 10-day hunting competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-managed lands in ...
There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by the FWC.
Python hunters have nothing to be afraid of when it comes to venom and pythons. They are not venomous. But they have very sharp teeth.
Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.
The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But ...