Thousands applied for permits for the upcoming Arkansas 2017 Alligator Hunting Season but only 101 hunters were chosen to receive permits for the upcoming seasons that run from September 15-18 and September 22-25. Out of those lucky hunters drawn for permits, 10 are from the Texarkana area.
Those hunters that were chosen for permits must attend a special hunter orientation class before they can receive their tags. The mandatory orientation classes will be held August 19 in Hope and Monticello and August 26 at the A.G.F.C. Office in Little Rock. Successful private land at-large applicants must provide written landowner permission and a map of their proposed hunt area.
Successful private land at-large applicants must provide written landowner permission and a map of their proposed hunt area. Each permit holder can have up to three assistants but only the permit owner is allowed to actually kill the gator. It’s a bit different than you may have seen on television. In Arkansas, hunters must completely subdue the gator before shooting it with a shotgun or shotgun shell-loaded bang stick using shot no larger than #4 common shot.
Via AGFC…
2017 Alligator Permit Winners
ZONE 1 (Private Land At Large)
William Aitken, Texarkana
Josiah Allen, Lewisville
Floyd Bell, Conway
Landon Bryant, Texarkana
Floyd Clark, El Dorado
Michael Clark, Jacksonville
Carter Coates, Greenbrier
Allen Counce, DeWitt
Matthew Davis, Conway
Paul Deloney, Texarkana
Ryan Dewey, Cabot
Tony Dinger, De Queen
Mark Fielding, Horatio
Michael Foster, Hope
Bobby Gentry, Pine Bluff
Michael Hale, Mineral Springs
Ashley Hale, Nashville
Justin Harman, Texarkana
James Hill, Dumas
Charles Hines, Texarkana
Daniel Hollinger, Conway
Jeremy Jeane, Texarkana
Aaron Lawrence, Texarkana
Samuel Leamons, Arkadelphia
Charles Mattox, El Dorado
Taylor Moody, Hope
Phillip Neill, Magnolia
Brian Ratliff, Conway
Martin Siems, Scott
Marlin Terry, Ashdown
ZONE 1 (Dr. Lester Sitzes III, Bois D’Arc WMA)
John Call, Ward
Jimmy Perkins, Lonoke
ZONE 1 (Lake Erling)
Seth Jean, Magnolia
ZONE 1 (Little River)
Lakota Hoover, Murfreesboro
Amy Miller, Hope
ZONE 1 (Millwood Lake)
Cynthia Blankenship, Ashdown
Elizabeth Chastain, Malvern
Kenneth Crumpton, Texarkana
George Dixon, Magnolia
Cody Friday, Ashdown
Jason Glass, Taylor
Philip Redfearn, Ashdown
Beau Redfearn, Texarkana
Leslie Smithpeters, Arkadelphia
Marvin Weido, Magnolia
Ryan Whitlow, Foreman
Randi Young, Texarkana
Demarius Zacarias, Van Buren
ZONE 3 (Private Land At Large)
Christopher Beller, Batesville
Lauren Bryant, Hampton
Rodney Chastain, Jonesboro
Brian Corcoran, Bella Vista
Richard Crawford, Paragould
Carol Doolittle, Eudora
Kyle Elkins, Fayetteville,
Wesley Fletcher, Monticello
Richard Gore, Little Rock
Virginia Haynes, Star City
Jody Hibbard, Star City
Michael Hill, Little Rock
William Jones, Pine Bluff
Brooks Joseph, Conway
William Lassiter, Monticello
Andrew Ligon, Stuttgart
Paul Lovell, Mountainburg
Michael McFadden, Lonoke
Patrick McGarity, Sheridan
Kelly Mitchell, DeWitt
Christopher Morgan, Stuttgart
Andrew Norwood, Little Rock
Robert ONeil, Wilmot
Cory Rowe, Lake Village
Mary Simon, Monticello
Hunter Thomasson, Fayetteville
Burtis Walker, Paragould
Martin Walt, Dumas
Mary Weatherly, Wilmot
Paul Williams, Rogers
ZONE 3 (Lower Arkansas River Wetland Complex)
Jeffrey Atwood, Star City
Charles Brenke, White Hall
Raymond Doering, Pine Bluff
Blake Downen, Tillar
David Gates, Newport
Michael Gillion, Beebe
Jordan Gosverner, Roland
Keaton Howard, Pine Bluff
Steven Isom, Greenbrier
Bryan King, Pine Bluff
Charles Lanehart, Wilmar
Donovan McFadden, Roland
Ian McReynolds, Jonesboro
William Monagle, Little Rock
Arthur Pattin, Ravenden Springs
Hannah Smith, Marion
Louie Smith, Marion
Ronald Tedford, Rogers
Bobby Webb, DeWitt
John Williams, White Hall
ZONE 3 (Mercer Bayou/Sulphur River WMA)
Jesse Howard, Jonesboro
Zachary Kiser, Fayetteville
Chirstina Shaw, Vilonia
