Alligator Program

*** Special Notices ***

The application period for the 2013 Public Waters Permits is June 3 - 17. 
See 2013 Alligator Public Waters Information below for instructions on how to apply.
  
  

Alligators may be found all across Mississippi.  They are most prevalent in the southern two-thirds of the state (south of Hwy 82).  While alligators typically avoid humans and human activity, occassionally they do cause conflicts with humans.  Juvenile alligators often disperse into new territiories in the late spring and early summer months.  During this dispersal they occassionally find themselves in unusual locations near human development, such as; farm ponds, road ditches, highways, parking lots, yards, swimming pools, neighborhood water landscape pools, and even buildings.  It is illegal and very dangerous for the public to capture and remove or kill an alligator without special permit from the MDWFP.    As human developments (residential and commercial) continue to encroach into more rural areas of the state, increased interaction and conflicts with wildlife are subject to occur.

Ricky Flynt
Alligator Program Coordinator
(601) 432-2217
rickyf@mdwfp.state.ms.us

Additional Resources 

• 2013 Alligator Public Waters Information
• 2013 Alligator Private Lands Information
• 2012 PERMIT and LICENSE Purchasing Instructions
• 2012 Alligator Hunting Guide 
• *** ALLIGATOR HARVEST REPORT for PUBLIC WATER HUNTERS ***
• Nuisance Alligators
• Alligator Hunting History in Mississippi
• Alligator Awareness
• Alligator Capture & Harvest Techniques
• Alligator Dispatch Techniques
• Alligator Skinning Instructions
• Alligator Hide & Meat Processing Instructions
• MS Alligator Hunting Records

Articles

• Alligator Tagging and Tales - (the tagging and release program)
• Alligators in Mississippi Then & Now
• The Recovery of the American Alligator in Mississippi
• Mississippi's First Alligator Hunting Season - 2005
• Alligators - Neighbors or Nuisance Pest?
• Feeding Alligators: "It Could Cost You an Arm and A Leg" 
• What's the Problem With Alligators? PEOPLE!