Alligator

Registration for Alabama’s seventh regulated alligator hunting season closes at 8 a.m. Friday.

 

When registration closes, 295 hunters will be randomly chosen by computer to receive one alligator possession tag each. The cost is $6 to apply, and hunters may register multiple times. Only Alabama residents age 16 years or older may apply.

The alligator hunts will be held on Aug. 16-18 and Aug. 23- 25 in the Mobile Tensaw Delta and west central Alabama, and on Aug. 10-26 for the southeast Alabama area. Each person receiving a tag will be allowed to harvest one alligator six feet in length or longer. Hunting hours will be from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. each day. All Alabama hunting and boating regulations must be followed.

 

Of the 295 tags issued for the hunts, 50 will be issued for the hunt area in west central Alabama, which includes Monroe County (north of US Hwy. 84), Wilcox County and Dallas County. A total of 120 tags will be issued for the southeast Alabama area. For the Mobile-Tensaw Delta hunts, which take place in parts of Baldwin and Mobile counties, 125 tags will be issued.

 

To register, for more information about the hunts, or to check your selection status once registration closes, visit www.outdooralabama.com.