A gator rests on a log in Orange Lake on April 28, 2024. John Patzman, 40, sells alligator hunting equipment for a living and is an avid gator hunter.

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 ...

“Extending the alligator hunting season is an effort to give trappers and landowners more flexibility in terms of how they fill their tags,” he said.

But several massive alligators have been hauled from Mississippi waters during a brief but busy season that ends Sept. 8, and many have ended up at Red Antler Processing in Yazoo City.

Mississippi hunters caught a giant alligator on opening day of the season and it came up shy of the state record by less than 3 inches.

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 ...

The deadline to apply for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources online applications for the 2013 Public Alligator Hunting season and the Wildlife Management Area Alligator Hunting Season is June ...