Arkansas Gator Hunt

[JoeMcNeill]

First year that a private land alligator hunt in Arkansas was not a draw only. I received a permit and hunted Sun. night on a private lake. Spotted several before we got up on this one. After "sticking" him he dragged us around for an hour before a shot to the head finished him off.
A legal alligator is 4 foot or better and I was hoping for a 6 to 8 footer. This beast was 10' 4" with some tail missing with an estimated weight of 450-500 pounds!! What a night!

 

[misfire]

wow that's awesome

 

[DogBuster]

purty kool..........

now that there son is a varmint !

 

[Tommie]

Great trophy. Congrats!

 

[Monte F]

Lots of Gator tots!

 

[akajun]

Nice!!! my dad does the gator hunts for archery her in LA, he even sells a few hunts for rifle or bow. If you dont get the kill shot yeah they will go on forever and its hard to grab that little float.
Nice gator

 

[markT]

I had no idea gators were in Arkansas... Nicely done...

 

[rayporter]

them two are not fooling me one bit.

they were out frog gigging and got that by accident.

 

[PigButtons]

Ya'll can get a few pairs of cool boots out'a that gator.

 

[Tmcclurkin]

View attachment 1202902 First year that a private land alligator hunt in Arkansas was not a draw only. I received a permit and hunted Sun. night on a private lake. Spotted several before we got up on this one. After "sticking" him he dragged us around for an hour before a shot to the head finished him off.
A legal alligator is 4 foot or better and I was hoping for a 6 to 8 footer. This beast was 10' 4" with some tail missing with an estimated weight of 450-500 pounds!! What a night!

How did you find private land to hunt? I’ve got a tag this year but haven’t found anywhere to go. Would you share some contact info?