161 Alligators harvested in Arkansas hunting season
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It was a good year for alligator hunters.
According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 161 alligators were harvested by hunters in the state. While the number is lower than last year’s record-breaking 174 alligators, this was by design.
Mark Barbee, a wildlife assistant regional supervisor with the AGFC, said, "This was the second year of the new private land quota system, and it was the second time in a row that the private land zones reached their quota by the end of the opening weekend. I imagine quite a few of the gators taken on private land are landowners wanting to remove an alligator for nuisance purposes, so they’re ready that first weekend and have the animal pretty well patterned by the time the hunt begins."
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