If you gwine to Mississippi, you best REALLY beware of gators:

[Are_grits_groceries]

MS HUNTERS CAPTURE THIS 700-POUND ALLIGATOR — THE HEAVIEST IN STATE
Hunters have landed themselves in the state record books after capturing a massive, 697.5 lb. alligator in Mississippi. The horrifying creature, which was more than 13 feet in length, is seven pounds heavier than the state’s previous record-holder (which weighed in at 690.5 lbs.).

Tom Grant, a resident of Boyle, apprehended the alligator along with fellow hunters Jim Reed, Michael Robbers and Kenny Winter. After making the catch, Grant described the successful process in detail.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/01/hunters-catch-record-size-67-pound-alligator-in-mississippi/

and then a few hours later:


Gonna need a bigger everything!

[Scootaloo]

1. What an awful waste of a perfectly good alligator n/t

[Scuba]

2. What crimes did the gators commit? Was it chemical weapons use?

[treestar]

3. That'll make a lot of purses. nt

[MineralMan]

4. If you went to the Minnesota State Fair,

"Gator on a Stick" was one of the interesting foods you could have eaten. I had one. Tasted just like cajun-seasoned chicken. Better than "Camel on a Stick," I thought.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. It was alligator season here and other southern states.

Usually a very short season of a week, with an incredible long list of rules and regulations dictating how the gator is to be hunted, captured and dispatched.
In the South, the alligator is a protected by Federal law, but no longer on the Endangered Species List.


Having said all that, I am not a fervent supporter of hunting
but
givent that so many people are, I think it is a good thing to have such a limited season and so many restrictions.