Alligator hunt permit applications coming up online

Alligator hunt permit applications coming up online

LITTLE ROCK – Applications for the 2016 Arkansas alligator season are now available at www.agfc.com. The deadline to apply is midnight, June 30.

Alligator hunting isn’t for the timid or faint of heart.

It also is an important management strategy for wildlife biologists and game managers because it helps keep populations of alligators within desired numbers. The hunting is on both public and private lands in south Arkansas, and permits specify where the hunter can seek a gator. Only Arkansas residents or holders of an Arkansas Lifetime Sportsman’s Permit may apply to hunt alligators in Arkansas.

Applicants must be at least 16 years of age the day the hunt begins. Anyone with 12 or more AGFC violation points are ineligible to apply. Each applicant must provide a working email address for permit draw notification.

Each permit authorizes the taking of one alligator, which must be at least 4 feet long. Alligator hunting is allowed 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise from Sept.

16-19 and Sept. 23-26.

Both hunts are Fridays through Mondays.

Successful applicants will be contacted by email and must attend a hunter orientation class at one of the following locations before the hunt: AGFC Hope Regional Office, AGFC Monticello Regional Office or AGFC Little Rock Headquarters.

Visit http://www.agfc.com/licens es/Pages/PermitsSpecialAll igator.aspx for more information and to apply.