LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission officials said the 2025 alligator season produced a record harvest.

Officials said 205 alligators were checked for 2025, beating the previous record of 202 checked in 2023. The 2025 amount was one above the 204 quota for the season.

We’re really happy with the outcome this year,” AGFC Herpetologist Amanda Bryant said. “We always want 100% of the quota to be filled so it’s great when that happens.”

Bryant explained that the quota is exceeded when multiple hunters take an animal in the same night and only one or two animals remain to close the season.

“It’s pretty common,” she said. “We set the quota a few animals short of the total needed harvest with this in mind.” • David Snowden’s 13-foot, 1-inch alligator taken during the first

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