The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is over. Here’s who won [Video]

Nealy 200 invasive Burmese pythons were removed from South Florida as part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s python challenge. 

The 10-day competition featured 857 participants from 33 states and Canada. Seven hundred participants were Floridians. A total of 195 Burmese pythons were removed from the Everglades. The FWC said the grand prize winner, Ronald Kiger, removed a total of 20 pythons. 

Kiger won a $10,000 prize for coming in first, removing 20 pythons. FWC split the remaining participants into “professional,” “novice” and “military” categories, awarding $2,500 for most pythons removed and $1,000 for longest python removed. 

Professional

Most pythons: 

Donna Kalil: 19 pythons

Longest python: 

Quentin Archie: 8 feet, 11 inches

Novice

Most pythons: 

Thomas Hobbs: 16 pythons

Longest python: 

Dennis Krum: 9 feet, 11 inches

Military

Most pythons: 

Jeff Lince (Army): 5 pythons

Longest python: 

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