Gator Hunting in the Sunshine State
Alligator hunts can provide an opportunity to chase prey that can very much bite back.
John Deere Gator RSX 850i UTV Review
The new 850i is the first from John Deere designed initially for play that can still handle the workloads for which the Gator is known.
Hunting Dinosaurs
Like the fossilized skeletons of its ancestors displayed in the Smithsonian, a 12-foot alligator can be scary even when it’s dead—something that Shooting Illustrated's Adam Heggenstaller learned in person during a gator hunt in Florida.
Teen Kicks Gator, Unsurprisingly Gets Attacked
A Florida teen kicked what he thought to be a log while swimming—and soon found himself at the mercy of an angry alligator.
Barbecued Alligator
Are you in gator country, or at the very least close enough to get your hands on some meat? If so, Georgia Pellegrini's got a finger-food recipe you'll definitely want to roll out at your next gathering.
Later, Gator
A first-ever gator seemed like the hard part of this swamp hunt. That is, until the author tried her luck on Florida’s hogs.
A Gator Goes Shopping
A Florida Wal-Mart was forced to lock its automatic doors when a deal-hungry alligator tried to make its way inside.
Alligator Ammo
Troy and Jacob Landry from "Swamp People" choose CCI Maxi Mag ammo for killing alligators.
Massive Alligator Caught Not Once, But Twice, near Hilton Head, S.C.
Finding an alligator prowling around the area is something that residents in the southeastern part of the country are relatively accustomed to dealing with. But finding monster—not once, but twice—that looks like it walked right out of a Discovery Channel special? That's a little less common.
Conservation: Florida Alligators in a Different Light
At present, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) estimates there are about 1.3 million resident wild alligators, up sharply from a low in the early 1960s that prompted the closure of legal hunting. The alligator population has been on the rebound since, and hunting seasons were reinstated in the 1980s.
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