Mississippi's 2025 alligator hunting season opens on August 29 with favorable water levels expected. The alligator population has remained steady over the 20 years of legalized hunting in the state.

Mississippi gator hunting season begins Aug. 29 and goes through Sept. 8 for public waters and Sept. 22 for private lands. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ Facebook post. The ...

A Mississippi woman got her first taste of alligator hunting this season on the Pascagoula River in August. Not only did she get to experience the excitement of the hunt, she got engaged to be married ...

The hunting season for South Carolina alligators ended on Oct. 11. Officials had success with new tag regulations and ...

A group of hunters caught a nearly 14-foot-long alligator in the Mississippi River. One of the hunters had previously attempted to catch the same alligator three years prior. It took the group of six ...

A group of north central Mississippi hunters captured an alligator weighing nearly 700 pounds and measuring nearly 14 feet long, nearly setting a state record. When the group made the catch on Friday, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced on Friday that Arkansas hunters have set a new harvest record for alligator season. AGFC Herpetologist Amanda Bryant said that ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Despite the recent rain on Monday, 162 hunters across Arkansas still managed to bring home an alligator during the first weekend of the 2025 hunting season. Arkansas Game and Fish ...

This story, “Gators I’ve Known,” appeared in the December 1951 issue of Outdoor Life. With the possible exceptions of the rattlesnake and the bald eagle, the North American alligator has been the ...

A 13-foot alligator weighing over 600 pounds was captured in Alabama on Thursday night. The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries division called it a “record night” where 23 alligators were ...