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This record-breaking gator was caught during the 2013 alligator season. The application period for the 2014 season will be open June 2-9.

Gator application period June 2-9

April 23, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippians will enjoy the same statewide opportunities afforded last year under the proposed 2014 alligator season regulations posted on the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks website (MDWFP.com). […]

Biologist Ricky Flynt hopes to obtain new information about the wild alligator hatching process.

Flynt’s latest gator project groundbreaking

September 25, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

On the heels of the largest, most successful and nationally publicized alligator hunting season in Mississippi, biologist Ricky Flynt isn’t resting on the accomplishment. […]

On Sept. 7, the hunting party of Ben Walker of Madison harvested a gator that broke the Mississippi alligator hunting length record for a male alligator. It measured 13 feet 7 inches and weighed 687.5 pounds. Pictured (left to right) are Louis Wilkenson, Squires Huff, Blake Stamps and Ben Walker.

13-7: Gator season ends with another record

September 11, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Ricky Flynt found the perfect close to the 2013 public lands alligator hunt in Mississippi — with another record. […]

Left to right: Dalco Turner, John Ratcliff, Jennifer Ratcliff and Jimmy Greer were a part of the team that brought in Mississippi's new record for heaviest alligator.

Gator record falls yet again

September 9, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s record for heaviest alligator lasted 168 times longer than the previous one, albeit just one week. […]

The team led by Brandon Maskew (right) of Ellisville caught this record 10-foot, 295.3-pound female alligator the opening weekend on the Pascagoula River.

Crazy: 3 gators in 90 minutes, over a ton

September 9, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

The craziness of alligator season in Mississippi hit a fevered pitch last Monday when program coordinator Ricky Flynt couldn’t find any other way to describe what he’d seen. […]

The team of Beth (front left) and Rob Trammel (front right) caught this 723 1/2-pound alligator early Sunday morning on the Yazoo River diversion canal in Warren County. It held the state record for heaviest gator for one hour. Other team members (left to right, behind Trammels) are Amanda and Tommy Jackson, Parker Coleman and Sean King.

Takes 2 nights but Team Trammel captures escape artist

September 3, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Overnight Friday, the first evening of the 2013 Mississippi alligator season, Beth Trammel’s team found and chased a giant alligator all night, only to have the escape artist get away. […]

This 727-pound alligator taken Sunday is the heaviest every taken during a Mississippi hunting season, and it missed being the longest gator on record by a mere 2 inches.

Record gator didn’t come easily, hunters say

September 2, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Imagine, if you dare, that you have just spent 20 of the last 30 hours alligator hunting, and the other eight or 10 hours working in a hayfield in the summer heat. […]

Vicksburg's Dustin Bockman, 27, stands in the Mississippi River holding up the tail of Mississippi's new state record for heaviest alligator. Bockman, his brother Ryan and friend Cole Landers caught the 727-pound monster early Sunday morning near the mouth of the Big Black River. The gator was 13 feet, 4.5 inches long, was 67 inches around in the belly, and 45.5 inches around the tail.

Gator record broken — twice

September 1, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

A flurry of activity on Sunday saw the record for heaviest alligator taken on public waters in Mississippi broken twice, as hunters enjoy a great opening weekend of the 2013 season. […]

Rain suits and foul weather have been commonplace at alligator hunts since they began in Mississippi in 2005.

Flynt says conditions best yet for gator hunting

August 27, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

One of the great success stories of modern game management in Mississippi, alligator hunting, renews at noon on Friday when the 2013 season opens in all areas of the state. […]

This 12-foot male and his 9-foot female companion were about 10 feet apart on a bank when the author saw them.

Gator time: Photo saved our story

August 23, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

“These alligators are sneaky little critters,” said my hunting buddy’s young son, Austin Partridge. “Dad and those guys are way down there at the other end of this slough, and look, here’s a gator right behind our boat.” […]

With 6,752 applicants submitting over 25,000 zone applications for the 920 permits available for the 2013 alligator season in Mississippi, the odds are against receiving notification of a successful draw in the next few days. But it's a good bet all of the applicants will be watching their e-mails closely over the next few days.

Gator applicants watching for ‘the’ e-mail

June 24, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Thousands of Mississippi alligator hunting hopefuls are watching their e-mail in-boxes, hoping to see a notice pop in from the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks will be accepting applications for the public waters alligator hunt until midnight tonight (June 17).

Gator application deadline is midnight tonight

June 17, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippians have only a few more hours to apply for the 2013 public waters alligator hunt, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]