Three hunters from Sumter tagged a 12-foot-2, 820-pound alligator on Monday, Sept. 16, while hunting out of Pack’s Landing on Lake Marion. It was an animal that should have measured a good deal longer, but it proved plenty tough in the end — requiring an extra shot after he was in the trio’s boat. […]
The length of an alligator can be estimated by determining the length in inches) between the center of the skull — between the eyes — and the nostrils. This number gives you the approximate length of the alligator in feet. […]
Another method that is often overlooked is calling alligators. Biologist Jay Butfiloski offers a word of caution. […]
When the clock struck noon, months of anticipation and preparation finally came to fruition — gear checked, licenses securedand hearts pounding in anticipation of the alligator season. […]
The deadline to apply for applications for the 2013 Public Alligator Hunting season and the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Alligator Hunting Season is June 15. Applications are accepted at www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/alligator/index.html. […]
The alligator had to be “11 feet plus,” Shanell Blewer of Orangeburg told guide Shawn Adkins – to match the big gators her husband and brother-in-law took last year in Florida. […]
The river section at the upper end of Lake Marion coughed up another monster alligator, a 13-foot-2, 684-pound specimen, when Jonathan Hopkins and Dan Grubbs of Chapin set out to fill Hopkins’ 2012 alligator tag under the supervision of guide Brad Taylor of Taylor Outdoors. […]
What was touted as a weekend outing for a group of Spartanburg-area alligator hunters turned into a big adventure when the group of five men – Travis Smith and Tim Roth from Pauline, Scott Morin and Donald Caldwell from Woodruff and Chris Farrell from Boiling Springs – ended up harvesting a massive, 13-foot-3 alligator from Lake Moultrie on Sunday, Sept. 9. […]
Benjamin Rader is an avid outdoorsman who has reeled in redfish along the coast, hunted elk in Colorado and gunned for ducks in Saskatchwan. […]
Less than 12 hours into South Carolina’s 2012 alligator season, another oversized reptile got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time in Georgetown County. […]
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