Python Hunting- Make Money and Save The Everglades!

Python Hunting - Make Money and Save the Everglades!

NEED CASH? Now from Florida State Wildlife Commission for Hunting Burmese Pythons

Do you need some cash? Do you like to hunt? Do you want to help save the Everglades here in South Florida?

The 2013 Python Challenge will be held in January on South Florida's public hunting grounds. The public is invited to compete for cash prizes.

• $1000 for catching the longest Burmese Python snake

• $1,500 for catching the most Burmese Python snakes

This event begins on January 12, 2013 a the University of Florida's Davie campus. There will also be a day long open house on pythons and other invasive species.

The contest is open to the public and to state-licensed python hunters. You do not need a license to compete in this hunting challenge except for hunters under the age of 18.

The Florida Wildlife Commission is encouraging you to come and participate in this challenge to help us remove these Burmese Pythons from public lands in South Florida.

It will be a month long competition. If you want to compete in this challenge you have to first take an online training course. There will also be training available on January 12th.

The pythons must be killed in a humane manner using a firearm or other methods laid out in the training.

The dead pythons must be turned in within 24 hours after you kill them at one of the drop off locations which you can find in your training at http://pythonchallenge.org

This competition is sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, The Nature Conservatory, The Future of Hunting in Florida, Zoo Miami and other organizations.

Although this hunting challenge is a great way to get the public involved in helping to get rid of this nuisance of a snake that can grow to be over 26 feet long and is destroying our wildlife in the Everglades, the hunt is only allowed on our public lands but NOT in the Everglades National Park.

The Everglades National Park is under the Federal Government's jurisdiction and National Parks do not allow hunting. Federal law prohibits hunting in national parks so the snakes are totally multiplying in there with no predators. The most severe python problem is in the Everglades National Park. This is another unintended consequence of passing of laws before figuring out all of the consequences.

Prizes will be awarded on February 16, 2013 at the Miami Zoo.