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.

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

Python hunters have nothing to be afraid of when it comes to venom and pythons. They are not venomous. But they have very ...

Dusty “Wildman” Crum puts his life on the line as a python hunter, but it was a 2021 car accident that nearly killed him and left him with a leg injury that took months to heal. The snake hunter has ...

Carl Jackson had a Burmese python encounter like few others on Jan. 13. When he finally contained the invasive snake, he had ...

The invasive snakes are excellent swimmers and can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes. Pythons may increasingly be found in residential backyards and urban areas adjacent to these waterways.