Florida Python Challenge winner removes 20 Burmese pythons to earn $10,000 prize; novice hunter catches longest snake
Ronald Kiger, who caught 20 Burmese pythons, won $10,000. Donna Kalil got a $2,500 prize for catching 19 snakes.
Florida Python Challenge winner awarded $10K grand prize for killing 20 Burmese pythons
He slithered away with the big win. Hunters removed nearly 200 invasive Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during 2024’s Florida Python Challenge this summer – and the winners got some cash to take home,
See some of the biggest pythons caught in the 2024 Florida Python Challenge
More than 850 hunters participated in the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. Take a look at some of the biggest Burmese pythons caught by the winners.
Florida annual python challenge removes nearly 200 invasive snakes from state
The Florida Python Challenge winners were announced this week after snake wranglers captured nearly 200 invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.
Winners of the 2024 Python Challenge announced: Nearly 200 Burmese pythons captured
Ronald Kiger won the grand prize of the 2024 Python Challenge by bringing in 20 Burmese pythons. A total of 195 pythons were captured.
Grand prize winner of 2024 Florida Python Challenge announced
More than 14,500 pythons have been removed in Florida since 2017 by FWC and hunters. The most pythons removed in a single year was 2,629 in 2020.
Florida man removes 20 Burmese pythons from Everglades, winning contest
Florida Python Challenge has slithered to its conclusion, with professionally-categorized python purger Ronald Kiger crowned its victor after removing 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades.
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See the winner of the 2024 Python Challenge and Burmese snakes caught during previous hunts
But there could be just one winner of the $10,000 grand prize, and that was Ronald Kiger of Marion County, who brought in 20 Burmese pythons during the contest. Kiger's triumph was announced at ...
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Winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from Florida Everglades during challenge
It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day ...
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Florida annual python challenge removes nearly 200 invasive snakes from state
The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 pythons from the Everglades during the 10-day hunt aimed at bringing awareness to the threat these snakes pose to the ecosystem.
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Grand prize winner of 2024 Florida Python Challenge announced
But there could be just one winner of the $10,000 grand prize, and that was Ronald Kiger of Marion County, who brought in 20 Burmese pythons during the contest. Kiger's triumph was announced at ...