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This alligator caught by Kennie Crechelle (right) of Morton in 2015 holds the record for longest and heaviest on private lands. It was 14 ¼ inches long and weighed 824 pounds.

Expect more gator records quickly

August 23, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s much-anticipated public water and private water seasons open on Friday, and if the past is any indication, records will begin falling immediately. […]

It took only 45 minutes for the computerized drawing for 920 alligator permits to sell out.

Online gator draw takes 45 minutes

July 19, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

All 920 permits for the 2016 public waters alligator season were claimed in 45 minutes Tuesday, leaving exactly that many people delighted, many more sad and some downright angry. […]

The drawing for Mississippi's public waters alligator hunt will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday (July 19), when the 920 available permits are expected to be claimed in less than an hour.

Gator drawing is 9 a.m. Tuesday

July 18, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Tuesday is the big day for prospective alligator hunters in Mississippi — the day that the 920 available permits for the public waters season go on sale through an online process. […]

For Mississippi alligator hunters, the most important hour of the season happens long before it opens — 9 a.m. on July 19, when the 920 permits will go on sale through an online process. In 2015, it took 39 minutes for all permits to be claimed.

Gator drawing is July 19

July 8, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

The countdown has begun for the online drawing process for the 920 permits available for the statewide public waters alligator hunting season. […]

After a successful and record alligator season in 2015, MDWFP officials have tweaked their regulations to open more opportunities in the top zones — like Barnett Reservoir where this giant 12-footer lives.

2016 gator regulations proposed

April 6, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippians will still have 920 alligator hunting permits in 2016, but if a proposed change in regulations gets final approval in April a re-allocation will open more opportunities in the most popular areas. […]

A hunting party, led by Jonathon Kent (right) of Greenwood, caught a alligator last weekend that at 10 feet, ½-inch is a new state record for a female gator. Hunting with Kent were (from left) Nick Stuart of Fitler, Megan Annison of Brandon and Anna Kathryn Oaks-Kent of Greenwood.

Another gator record broken

September 25, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Hold up! It appears we closed the book, at least the record book, on Mississippi’s alligator hunting season all too soon. […]

When your hunting party is this large — left to right, Destin Rivers, Landri Rivers, Jacob Lee, Kennedy Rivers, Ken Rivers and Angelia Rivers all of Ellisville — it’s good to have a gator measuring 13 feet, 7 ¾ inches. Angelia Rivers now holds the record for the longest alligator caught in Mississippi.

Gator total will top 960

September 14, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

If the goal of the switch to an online first-come, first-serve public alligator permit process was to increase participation and harvest, then color the change an overwhelming success. […]

Casarah Graves Corey of Brooklyn sits on the back of the big gator her hunting party killed Friday night on the Leaf River. She shared a long history with the 10-foot, 4-inch alligator, which had become a threat to boaters and swimmers in the river near New Augusta.

Woman gets gator with shared past

September 2, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Casarah Graves Corey didn’t just kill an alligator last weekend, she ended a long-time relationship with an animal that has caused problems for a lot of people who frequent the Leaf River near New Augusta. […]

Craig Jones (bearded, second from left) and his hunting party and friends stand behind the 319-pound female alligator taken Sunday morning at Eagle Lake. It is the first female over 300 pounds taken by a hunter in Mississippi in 11 years, obviously making it the new state record for that division.

New record for heaviest female gator

August 31, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Another day of the alligator season, another record broken.

On Sunday, biologist Ricky Flynt certified a 319-pound female gator caught by Craig Jones of Mendenhall at Eagle Lake. It is by nearly 24 pounds the heaviest female gator taken in 11 years of alligator hunting in Mississippi. […]

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