Participants are not allowed to use firearms to kill pythons during the Florida Python Challenge because there's no established firearm season at the competition locations during the timeframe.

The annual Florida Python Challenge starts July 11 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win more than $25,000 in prizes as they remove invasive Burmese pythons from South ...

Can a gun be used to kill a python in the Florida Python Challenge? Here are the rules. This August, you could win $10,000 for killing pythons, but you can't use a firearm. Here's why.