Tom Rahill captures 96 Burmese pythons in 10 days to win 2026 Florida Python Challenge
It was a bad week to be a Burmese python.Tom Rahill removed 96 of the invasive snakes from the Everglades in just 10 days — more than enough to leave the rest of the field in the swamp dust.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICKRahill was named the ultimate grand prize winner of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge on Wednesday, earning $10,000 for capturing more snakes than any other competitor during the 10-day event.And apparently, once he got rolling, there was no stopping him.Rahill founded SwampApes, a Broward County organization that takes military veterans suffering from PTSD on python hunts in the Florida wetlands, in 2017. He said his primary goal during this year’s competition was to help one of those veterans land a monster."I was on a mission to get one of our veterans a big snake," Rahill said during a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting in Panama City.
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It was a bad week to be a Burmese python.Tom Rahill removed 96 of the invasive snakes from the Everglades in just 10 days — more than enough to leave the rest of the field in the swamp dust.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICKRahill was named the ultimate grand prize winner of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge on Wednesday, earning $10,000 for capturing more snakes than any other competitor during the 10-day event.And apparently, once he got rolling, there was no stopping him.Rahill founded SwampApes, a Broward County organization that takes military veterans suffering from PTSD on python hunts in the Florida wetlands, in 2017. He said his primary goal during this year’s competition was to help one of those veterans land a monster."I was on a mission to get one of our veterans a big snake," Rahill said during a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting in Panama City. And we wrestled this thing. To get him a big snake — it was a 17-foot female.
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- It was a bad week to be a Burmese python.Tom Rahill removed 96 of the invasive snakes from the Everglades in just 10 days — more than enough to leave the rest of the field in the swamp dust.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICKRahill was named the ultimate grand prize winner of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge on Wednesday, earning $10,000 for capturing more snakes than any other competitor during the 10-day event.And apparently, once he got rolling, there was no stopping him.Rahill founded SwampApes, a Broward County organization that takes military veterans suffering from PTSD on python hunts in the Florida wetlands, in 2017. He said his primary goal during this year’s competition was to help one of those veterans land a monster."I was on a mission to get one of our veterans a big snake," Rahill said during a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting in Panama City.
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