OutKick Outdoors\u2019 Amber Harding sat down with Taylor Stanberry, who shares stories from the swamp and beyond.<\/p>\n
PublishedAugust 27, 2025 5:05 PM EDT\u2022UpdatedAugust 27, 2025 5:05 PM EDT<\/p>\n
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OutKick Outdoors<\/a> is officially launching a new venture.<\/p>\n Welcome to Open Season<\/a>, where we\u2019ll bring you conversations with outdoorsmen and women who live for adventure \u2014 from snake wranglers to thru-hikers to hunters and everyone in between.<\/p>\n Our first guest is Taylor Stanberry, who just made history as the first woman ever to win the Florida Python Challenge<\/a>. Over the course of 10 hot, grueling and gator-infested days in the Everglades, she wrangled 60 invasive Burmese pythons \u2014 helping to protect Florida\u2019s ecosystem.<\/p>\n Plus, she won $10,000, so that’s always nice, too.<\/p>\n In our conversation, Taylor shared what it\u2019s like trekking through the swamp at night with gators lurking, the conservation side of her work (she and her husband own a sanctuary for exotic animals and even get calls to relocate venomous snakes from people\u2019s homes), and some of her most insane rescue stories.<\/p>\n And yeah, we dove into her social media DMs, where (spoiler alert) a lot of not-so-creative guys want her to “handle their pythons.”<\/p>\n Watch the full interview here:<\/p>\n While you\u2019re there, hit subscribe on YouTube<\/a> \u2014 it helps us to grow this brand-new channel and lets my bosses know that I’m doing a bang-up job. Be sure to follow Taylor Stanberry on Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>, too!<\/p>\n We\u2019re kicking things off with Taylor, but Open Season won\u2019t stop here. The goal is to turn this into a weekly series, where we bring you conversations with people who have outdoor stories you don’t hear about every day.<\/p>\n Got a suggestion for someone we should talk to? Drop me a line at Amber.Harding@outkick.com<\/a> \u2014 I\u2019d love to hear it.<\/p>\n Love all things adventure and outdoors? Follow OutKick Outdoors on Instagram<\/a> and TikTok<\/a>!<\/p>\n