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March 9, 2026

Bryan Burnside (far right) set a new Mississippi record for length when he and Muddy Water Maniacs teammates (from left) Colby Acy, Stephen Brady and Anthony Acy, killed this 14-foot, 3/4-inch monster caught early Monday morning just off the Mississippi River near Natchez.

Muddy Water Maniacs set gator record for length

August 28, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

The Muddy Water Maniacs, a team of alligator hunters from Rankin County, cut loose two big bulls overnight, not impressed by their measurements. […]

Mississippi's 10-day public lands alligator hunting season opens Friday at noon.

Gator season opens Friday at noon

August 24, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

For about 3,500 Mississippi sportsmen, Friday is the biggest day of their year — opening day of the public waters alligator hunting season. It opens at noon. […]

Tiffany Wienke (left) of Vicksburg set the record for the longest alligator in 2016 with this 13-foot, 7 ½-inch brute caught in Bayou Pierre near its mouth on the Mississippi River.

Gator time

August 14, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Alligator hunting permits are precious in Mississippi, as hard to get as a ticket to Hamilton on Broadway. And, if you are lucky to get a permit, it can be about as expensive in obtaining all the gear needed to battle with the most frightening creature that can be hunted in the Magnolia State. […]

All regions of Mississippi have big alligators, but for the truly big ones like this it’s best to be close to the Mississippi River or its backwaters and tributaries.

Enough big ol’ good ’uns to go around

August 14, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Every alligator region in Mississippi is capable of producing a giant reptile for hunters, as statistics from the 2016 season show. Only the Northwest zone, which has the least habitat and the fewest gators, failed to produce a 12-footer and it did have a respectable 11.25-footer taken. […]

Applications are now being accepted for Mississippi's 2017 alligator season in August and September. Wannabe gator hunters have until June 7 to apply.

It’s gator hunt application week

June 1, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Applications for the 920 available alligator tags for the 2017 Mississippi public water season began being accepted at 10 a.m. Thursday, and sportsmen have until 10 a.m. on June 7 to apply. […]

This big gator was an unwelcome visitor at a golf course home in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. last week.

Alligator bulls way through screen door, relaxes on 2nd-story porch

April 20, 2017 Brian Cope

It’s one thing to run across an alligator while you’re in the wild, but when one of these creatures shows up on your front porch, that’s just unacceptable. But that’s what happened to a Mt. Pleasant, S.C. family last week when a 10-foot gator crashed its way onto the second-story porch of their home, which is located on a golf course next to the Wando River. […]

The process for obtaining prized alligator hunting permits will change for the 2017 season, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.

Gator drawing process to change

March 31, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi alligator hunters will have the same number of tags, in the same number of regions, with the same boundaries for the 2017 public water season this summer, but gone is the first-come, first-serve drawing process under a plan approved in March by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]