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Florida adds prizes as incentive to python hunt

Posted at 9:14 PM, Apr 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-24 21:17:48-04

Get a python, get a prize.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials announcing Monday that anyone submitting the location and a picture of a python on certain state-managed lands will get a t-shirt and get entered into a monthly prize drawings. 

According to FWC's Facebook page you could win a snake hook, custom engraved Yeti tumbler, Plano sportsman's trank, GoPro camera or Badlands backpack. 

An executive order allows people to remove pythons from 22 public lands without a hunting license or wildlife management area permit. The state is also paying more contractors to remove pythons from specific areas.