Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the swamp.

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by ...

The 202-pound Burmese python was caught by Florida resident Carl Jackson ...