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Arkansas alligator hunters fill 197 tags | Outdoors | magnoliareporter.com

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The climbing alligator harvest in Arkansas has led to decreases in nuisance calls involving the reptile. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission members heard last week a presentation from AGFC herpetologist Amanda Bryant on the 2026 alligator harvest. She also reported on an alligator research project with Clemson University. According to Bryant, 197 of the 212 alligator tags available were filled this year. While private land hunters exceeded their quota by a single alligator, public land hunters maintained a 64 percent harvest rate.

Twenty-eight alligators were taken on public land, leaving 16 tags unfilled. Private land hunters harvested 169 alligators. “We also continue to see a reduction in the number of nuisance alligator calls as the harvest has climbed,” Bryant said. Bryant also spoke about an alligator tagging and recapture study that’s in its second year with Clemson. AGFC staff assisted researchers in catching, tagging and recording data on 76 alligators before the 2026 hunting season.

“The information will help verify spotlight surveys as well as information on growth in our alligators through reports of harvested alligator tags and alligators we recapture in the future,” Bryant said. “It also was a great opportunity to have staff training on alligator handling, and we had staff from every fisheries division section engaged.”

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12-foot Mississippi River gator caught — now, who wants to go swimming?

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Alligator resting in shallow water in a cypress swamp

Alligator hunting season is off to a massive start in Mississippi — and this catch is enough to make you think twice before jumping into the Mississippi River. According to the Vicksburg Daily News, Jonathan Wimberley and his friends had an impressive first night of hunting, catching a 12-foot, 4-inch alligator in the Mississippi River. For hunters targeting alligators on Mississippi’s public waterways, the season is a short one. It begins at noon on the last Friday in August and runs through noon the following Monday, 10 days later. That means hunters have a limited window to go after some of Mississippi’s biggest reptiles. And Wimberley and his friends wasted no time.

The 12-foot, 4-inch gator is a massive catch and a reminder of what could be lurking beneath the surface of the Mississippi River. For anyone who has ever looked at the river and thought, “I could probably swim in that,” this might be the picture that changes your mind. Mississippi’s alligator hunting season is regulated by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, and hunters must follow state rules regarding permits, hunting areas and legal methods. For Wimberley and his friends, opening night delivered a catch they likely won’t forget anytime soon. For the rest of us, it may be another reason to keep our swimming adventures somewhere a little less… toothy. Congratulations to Jonathan Wimberley and his friends on the massive catch.

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