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920 gator tags sold in 39 minutes
At 9 a.m. Tuesday, permits for the 2015 Mississippi Public Lands Alligator Hunt went on sale online, first-come and first-served.
The first completed transaction was 9:06 a.m. […]
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Gator enthusiasts getting anxious
Thousands of Mississippians are anxious today, many to the point of a sleepless night ahead.
At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the first-come, first-served computer drawing for the 2015 public alligator hunting season will begin. Within an hour, the 920 total permits available, or least those in the most-coveted zones, are expected to be gone. […]
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Surprise: Snag starts swimming off
EAGLE LAKE — When I felt something hit my lure hard, instinctively, I set the hook.
What followed was comical, a bit sobering and never forgotten. […]
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Gator season to undergo major change
Mississippi’s alligator hunting season and permit process will undergo its biggest change in its 10-year history, under a plan approved Wednesday by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
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Civil War gator story ‘a hoax’
The biologist over the state’s alligator program has labeled as a “hoax” an online report of Civil War bullets being found in the body of a 185-year-old, 910-pound gator killed in Mississippi. […]
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Gator record now at 792 pounds
Give Scott Berry credit for his gator hunting skills; just don’t make it official credit. […]
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State-record gator killed opening night of season
It didn’t take long for Mississippi’s state alligator record to fall.
Last night — opening night of the public waters season — three friends hunting together in the Southwest Zone took a 756-pound gator in an area they couldn’t, or wouldn’t, identify. […]
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Bama gator fuels Mississippi fever
Within hours after the news broke about a team of Alabama hunters taking a monster alligator early in that state’s season, it created envy — and some anxiety — among Mississippi sportsmen with permits for the Aug. 29-Sept. 8 season. […]
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Potential world-record gator harvested Saturday morning in Alabama
Everything’s bigger in Texas – except alligators, apparently.
A 1,011.5-pound, 15-foot gator was pulled from the depths of the Alabama River in Wilcox County, Ala. after an epic five-hour battle that started Friday night and ended early Saturday morning. […]
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Getting geared for gators
Before teams hit the water for Mississippi’s public alligator season, they search the stores and the Internet to find the gear they will need to tangle with giant reptiles that can exceed 14 feet in length and 700 pounds in weight. […]
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Nearly 7,000 apply for hunts
Mississippi’s 2014 public alligator season runs from Aug. 29 through Sept. 8, but the drawing process was completed in June to fill the 920 permits available statewide. […]
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Gator junkies — Tips for snagging a big alligator
What do a couple of computer gurus, a mom and a pipe fitter do to occupy their time on muggy summer nights? […]