12-foot gator caught on first day of alligator hunting season by Pensacola charter

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Jacob Newby, Pensacola News JournalPublished 3:36 p.m. CT Aug. 17, 2018 | Updated 3:42 p.m. CT Aug. 17, 2018
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Captain Tim Land, along with fellow Pensacola gator hunters BJ Etchied and Scott Bradley, work on pulling a 12-foot gator aboard their boat. Courtesy of Angler Up Charters, Angler Up

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Captain Tim Land of Pensacola-based Land & Sea Charters and his team wasted no time taking advantage of Florida’s alligator hunting season Wednesday, catching a 12-foot, 360-pound gator in the Choctawhatchee Bay.

Gator season kicked off Wednesday and runs for six weeks through Nov. 1. It only took Land and two of his buddies until 10 p.m. on the first night of the season to nab their first gator.

“Night one is the holy grail,” Land said. “If you get week one alligator tags, that’s the one everybody wants…

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