The Florida Python Challenge will take place Aug. 9 through Aug. 18. Participants will have 10 days to kill as many Burmese pythons as possible.

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Last year's Python Challenge had 1,050 participants from 35 states and Belgium and those hunters removed 209 Burmese pythons from South Florida. The " Ultimate Grande Prize " went to Tennessee ...