2019 Gator Gallery

Zone 3, Lake Blackshear: Terry Swaim used a snatch hook and found himself doing battle with this 9-7 gator after only 12 minutes on the water. However, it took 3 1/2 hours to end the hunt.

Zone 2, Lake Seminole: Seth Thomason killed this 10-6 gator on Sept. 20 with Get-R-Done Alligator Guide Service. The gator weighed 322 pounds.

Zone 9, Savannah River—Huckleberry Pond: #TeamLetsHunt helped tag holder Lee Maddox put this 11-7 gator in the boat. Team members were (from left) Missa Wycoffit, Michael Evans, Lee Maddox, Jeff Moomey, Ben Baty and Sean Ryan.

Zone 6, Crooked River: A nice 8-footer for GON subscriber Justin Wills, of Adairsville. He took it on Aug. 31.

Zone 2, Lake Seminole: A 9-11 lizard for (from left) Jonathon Pritchard, of Bainbridge, Trey Shoemaker, of Macon, and Philip Holt, of Byron.

Zone 4, Irwin County: Garrett Chambless, of Tifton, messaged us through Instagram with this photo. Him and his hunting buddies connected with this gator on Sept. 5.

Zone 5, Bibb County: (From left) Dylan Still, Sinclair Harding and Kenny McCrimmon with the alligator they took on Aug. 17.

Zone 7: Drew Gann (left) and Ben Simon went out with gator guide Gary Frye and tagged this 9-6.

Zone 5, Coffee County: Teaming up with Old River Road Taxidermy was (from left) Alex Porterfield, Derek Jacobs and Harold Porterfield. The gator went 12-4 and weighed 589 pounds.

Left: Zone 5, Twiggs County-Ocmulgee River: C.J. Holmes finally drew an alligator tag after applying for six years. The result was this 12-4 beast.

Zone 2, Lake Seminole: Chase Wade and his grandparents, Skippy and Sabra Higginbotham, of Monroe, got this 11-1, 497-lb. alligator on the first Saturday night of the 2019 alligator season.

Zone 2, Lake Seminole: This 11-3 gator was taken on Aug. 20 by Zack Harp, Haley Harp, Becky Harp and Mike Harp, all from McDonough. The battle was a family affair and lasted for 2 1/2 hours.