Louisiana has authorized a new recreational alligator hunting season due to a growing population. The season will likely be ...

Louisiana's Legislature has cleared the way for the state's first recreational alligator hunting season after the House ...

Louisiana’s wild alligator population has soared from less than 100,000 to more than 3 million since the state launched a management program over 50 years ago.

Louisiana may expand its wild alligator harvesting opportunities to recreational hunters if the Legislature passes a bill that secured unanimous approval in a committee hearing March 11. Franklin ...

Scientists have long been skeptical.

Louisiana hunters soon will be able to add alligators to their trophy rooms after Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill to create a recreational season as the reptile population explodes in the state. Senate ...