Record numbers for alligators
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Special to The Herald
Jackson - The 2010 Mississippi Alligator Hunting Season on public waters concluded with record harvest levels.
There were 224 alligators harvested - 132 in the Pearl River Zone and 92 in the Pascagoula River Zone - with a hunter success rate of 76 percent. Sixty-three alligators harvested were more than seven feet long and 17 alligators were longer than 10 feet.
The longest alligator harvested was 12 feet, 7 inches and weighed 433 pounds.
The heaviest harvested was 462 pounds and was 12 feet, 2 inches long. Hunters are allowed to harvest two alligators over four feet long, however only one may exceed seven feet.
Hunters are required to harvest a “runt gator” (4-7 feet long) prior to harvesting an alligator more than seven feet.
Runt gators comprised 71.9 percent of the alligators harvested.
Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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