October 2023

Arkansas hunters set new alligator harvest record

The 2023 Arkansas Alligator Season drew to a close at sunrise Monday, and, when the smoke on the water cleared, hunters had tallied 202 legally harvested alligators, swamping the old record of 174 taken in 2020.AGFC Biologist Mark Barbee, who works out of the Monticello Regional Office and has coordinated the season since its inception in 2007 said the increased harvest was not surprising as more tags were issued this year than ever before as well.

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