It’s gator season in Georgia!  If you were one of the lucky 850 to be selected to go alligator hunting this season, check out some of the monster gators that have been harvested since alligator hunting began in 2001. We had one alligator harvested in 2012 make its way into the top five. Who knows, maybe you’ll be lucky enough to bag a top five gator this year!

RANK

HUNTER

DATE

ZONE

COUNTY

LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Randy Hand

9/19/10

2

 Decatur

165

2

 Randall Wilson

9/13/08

3

 Dooly

163

3

 Gary Lawrence

9/13/05

2

 Seminole

162

3

 Charles Riley

9/20/10

1

 Early

162

4

 Joseph McDaniel

9/6/09

2

 Decatur

161

4

 John Thomas

9/5/12

1

 Clay

161

5

 Craig Prewett

9/4/11

1

 Quitman

160

5

 Jeremy Knight

9/9/07

2

 Seminole

160

5

 John Whitwell

10/2/09

1

 Chattahoochee

160

5

 Randolph Martin

9/9/06

2

 Seminole

160

5

 Charles Goodby

9/22/08

2

 Decatur

160

Georgia has nine zones for alligator hunting. Which zone were you assigned to this year? Check out the top five gators harvested for each of the nine alligator hunting zones. Maybe your name will be added to one of these lists in 2014!

Alligator Hunting Zones Map

Zone 1:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Charles Riley 9/20/10 Early

162

2

 John Thomas 9/5/12 Clay

161

3

 Craig Prewett

9/4/11

 Quitman

160

3

 John Whitwell

10/2/09

 Chattahoochee

160

5

 Sharon Brown

9/23/04

 Quitman

158

Zone 2:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Randy Hand

9/19/10

 Decatur

165

2

 Gary Lawrence

9/13/05

 Seminole

162

3

 Joseph McDaniel

9/6/09

 Decatur

161

4

 Jeremy Knight

9/9/07

 Seminole

160

4

 Randolph Martin

9/9/06

 Seminole

160

4

 Charles Goodby

9/22/08

 Decatur

160

Zone 3:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Randall Wilson

9/13/08

 Dooly

163

2

 Larry Trull

9/13/11

 Sumpter

144

2

 David Law

9/26/04

 Lee

144

2

 Charles Mercer

9/21/08

 Dougherty

144

3

 Ed Beckham III

9/18/09

 Houston

142

Zone 4:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Josh Strange

9/5/09

 Brooks

149

2

 Phil Walters

9/22/09

 Berrien

145

3

 William Scott

9/6/08

 Brooks

138

4

 Jonathan Mauser

9/1/07

 Lowndes

133

4

 Robert Donalson

10/1/11

 Thomas

133

Zone 5:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Travis Woodcock

9/3/11

 Jeff Davis

152

2

 Herman Mullis

9/7/09

 Pulaski

150

2

 Raymond Smith

9/10/09

 Wilcox

150

3

 Fran Ohlsen

9/12/06

 Pulaski

148

4

 Bill Stripling

10/04/08

 Pulaski

146

4

 Zachry Marchant

9/24/10

 Jeff Davis

146

Zone 6:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Loretta Lee 9/2/12 Camden

150

2

 Randy Campbell

9/11/08

 Camden

147

3

 Michael Adkins

9/10/11

 Camden

146

4

 Joseph Gay

9/27/03

 Brantley

144

5

 Ramsey Yawn

10/4/09

 Camden

144

Zone 7:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Kathy Davis

9/11/04

 McIntosh

149

2

 Brian Berry

9/12/10

 Glynn

148

2

 Lee Friend

9/8/12

 Glynn

148

3

 Wayne Vickers

9/17/05

 McIntosh

141

4

 Aaron Brook, Jr.

9/18/10

 McIntosh

140

4

 Tommy A Reddish

9/9/11

 Glynn

140

Zone 8:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Michael Vaden

9/29/10

Effingham

150

2

 Mitch Moore

9/6/08

 Chatham

149

3

 Mitchell Moore

9/16/09

 Chatham

147

4

 David Sapp

9/28/12

 Chatham

146

5

 Erik Toth

10/1/05

 Chatham

145

5

 Sanford Corbitt

10/5/08

 Burke

145

Zone 9:

RANK HUNTER DATE COUNTY LENGTH (Inches)

1

 Mike Gooding

10/3/10

 Richmond

150

2

 Hubert Key II

9/18/10

 Richmond

144

3

 Mark Moats

9/18/12

 Richmond

141

4

 Joshua Smith

9/1/12

 Screven

140

5

 John Wilson

9/12/09

 Washington

139

Good luck to all of our alligator hunters this year! Additional information on alligator hunting in Georgia.