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Alligator Hunting
By Mike Harp Just wanted to sit down and tell my story of the last four years of gator hunting leading up to my 2020 13-3 beast. It all started with my first tag in 2013. I thought it was going to be easy to just go out and get one. Well one weekend later,…
The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. Lanier County: On Nov. 1, 2019 at approximately 2:50 p.m., DNR Ranger Johnny Robinette received an anonymous complaint about an individual who…
GON editor Brad Bailey joined legendary alligator man Jack Douglas on the Georgia coast as Jack went after some big nuisance gators spotted near a swimming beach and in a residential area where an alligator got after a family’s dog. The segment from GON-TV also included an interview with the late Jim Simmons, a WRD…
Gator season won’t officially close until Oct. 5, but this season already has been highlighted by some really big gators. Most of these giant lizards have come from the 220 tag holder who drew Lake Seminole. We’re not sure how many 12-plus-foot gators live in this south Georgia reservoir, but there appears to be no…
By Zach Cole For someone who has never had the pleasure of filling an alligator tag, much less drawing one, the 2020 alligator season is going to be a hard one for me to beat. I have been applying for gator tags for five or six years now, and this year I wagered it all.…
The 2020 Georgia alligator season is off to a good start, with reports of some huge gators already taken since hunting began Friday evening, Aug. 14 at sunset. GON will have full recaps and highlights of the season next month. One of the more interesting stories so far comes from Lake Seminole, where the Kilgore…
Georgia’s 17th alligator season is now in the books, and according to DNR, hunters killed at least 280 gators this season. The numbers aren’t final just yet, but they are pretty close. With the current 280 count, it’s the best season for harvest numbers since 2015, when hunters killed 326 gators. The season was highlighted…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering opening the Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge to hunting. The public is being invited to provide input that should be considered in the development of the hunt plan. Initial considerations of this proposal could include alligator hunting two weekends during the Georgia alligator hunting season, for a…
Gator season won’t officially close until Oct. 7, but this season already has been highlighted by what is certainly going to be a new state record. A 14-foot, 1.75-inch gator was killed on Lake Eufaula by tag holder Derrick Snelson, who hired Lethal Guide Service. That gator is pictured just below, and a full feature…
By Leo Coleman This year I drew my second-ever alligator tag. A Zone 4 tag was known to be a bit easier to get drawn, and I am fortunate to know some folks who allow access to hunt gators in the Zone. Pursuing gators in the dark is quite unlike any other hunting we’ve done.…