Hunters in Arkansas catch longest alligator in state’s history: ‘I can’t stop smiling’

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During an outing on Saturday, Bearden, his father, his brother and a friend found a crocodile on Lake Merrisach near the eastern border of the state. As he told them, he had been hunting in the waters under a two-weekend permit-on the second weekend, he spotted the crocodile that was about to become a record-breaking crocodile. “When we found him, we were not sure how old he was. After we hit his harpoon, to our surprise, it turned into a giant!” The crocodile dragged them into the lake twice. hour.

An official of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission later announced that the crocodile was the longest-fished crocodile in the state’s history, although he admitted that the state did not have an “official” state record for tracking alligators, but only recorded them. length.