{"id":143239,"date":"2025-08-13T20:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/143239\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:12:10","slug":"2025-florida-python-challenge-winner-announced-bagged-60-serpents-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/143239\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Florida Python Challenge winner announced; bagged 60 serpents | State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced its winner for the 2025 python challenge.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With 60 pythons bagged, the hunter, Taylor Stanberry, was crowned the \u201cUltimate Grand Prize\u201d winner.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/news\/collier\/snake-handlers-help-remove-rattlesnakes-near-homes-in-golden-gate-estates\/article_28c982d5-e2c5-562d-8ae1-f0747f211d66.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WINK News spoke with Stanbury in 2020,<\/a> when she and her husband, Rhett Stanberry, tackled a rattlesnake infestation in Golden Gate Estates.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"2025 Florida Python Challenge Winner\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>2025 Florida Python Challenge Winner. Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The duo relocated eight rattlesnakes from the neighborhood. Regarding rattlesnake sightings, the Stanberry&#8217;s said the best thing you can do is go back inside and leave it alone. If it stays around longer than a day, they will come and remove it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here is the list of winners announced by FWC:<\/p>\n<p>PROFESSIONAL\u00a0\u00a0Most Pythons Prize<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$2,500-Donna Kalil-56 pythons<\/p>\n<p>Most Pythons Runner-Up Prize\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$1,500-Hannah Gray-22 pythons<\/p>\n<p>Longest Python Prize<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$1,000-Kennith Chamberland-9 feet, 8 inches\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NOVICEMost Pythons Prize\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">$2,500-Krista Hoekstra-14 pythons<\/p>\n<p>Most Pythons Runner-Up Prize\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$1,500-Kymberly Clark- Seven pythons<\/p>\n<p>Longest Python Prize<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$1,000-Michael Marousky-15 feet, 11 inches<\/p>\n<p>MILITARY \u2013 Active Duty and Veteran\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Most Pythons Prize<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$2,500-John Southworth &#8211; US Army- Five pythons<\/p>\n<p>Most Pythons Runner-Up Prize<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$1,500-Matthew Jamison &#8211; US Air Force- Three pythons<\/p>\n<p>Longest Python Prize<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0$1,000-Jonathan Miller \u2013 US Air Force-11 feet, 2 inches\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Karsen is a Digital Specialist and has been with WINK News\u00a0since May 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced its winner for the 2025 python challenge. 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