Ronald Kiger, who caught 20 Burmese pythons, won $10,000. Donna Kalil got a $2,500 prize for catching 19 snakes.

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,

TAMPA, Fla. ( WFLA) – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has crowned a winner in the state’s annual Python Challenge, a competition that tasks hunters with removing invasive Burmese pythons from south Florida.