Snake hunters across Florida are participating in the annual “Python Challenge.” ...

Burmese pythons will be targeted by hunters for a 10-day period starting on July 11 in the annual Florida Python Challenge.

Elfenbein said he occasionally hunts Burmese pythons in the 729,000-acre preserve but had never seen a snake that large. Three other hunters – Trey Barber, Carter Gavlock and Holden Hunter ...

Pythons made their first appearance in the Everglades in the 1970s, likely a result of a pet snake being released into the wild, but the population did not explode until the 1990s.

“It’s such a big python, I couldn’t really see a bobcat killing a 50-pound snake.” But panthers are exceedingly rare. They would soon find out who the killer was.

An Everglades-set snake-hunting challenge takes center stage in 'The Python Hunt.' Read our review.