Cammie Colin

Cammie Colin , a 16-year-old cheerleader at her high school in White Knoll, South Carolina, took down a 10-foot gator during a weekend hunt with a crossbow. Colin won one of 1,000 lottery slots South Carolina makes available every year for those wishing to partake in the annual public alligator harvest. The 5'4", 120-pound girl says her friends thought she was joking about going gator hunting, but now her family is stocked with 40 pounds of alligator steak in the freezer. "Don't be afraid...Read Full Story

© Barcroft Media In Florida, Arianne Prevost, an ex-cheerleader, has bagged a 500 pound, 11 foot alligator and managed to make the kill with nothing but a crossbow. For full story and pictures: And now the petite mother of one is keen to get the giant alligator’s head mounted on a wall and to get herself a pair of gator boots made. The budding huntress who is five foot four and weighs 112 pounds was out on her first ever gator hunt on the St John’s River earlier this month...Read Full Story

S.C. girl, 16, hunts gator with crossbow COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old South Carolina girl may hold the record as the state's youngest female to bag an alligator, a state alligator expert said. Cammie Colin, who won one of 1,000 slots in an annual lottery for permission to hunt an alligator, headed out before the sun rose Sunday to hunt her prey in the headwaters of Lake Marion, S.C., The State reported. Hunting alligators at night said Jay Butfiloski, an alligator...Read Full Story

COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A 16-year-old South Carolina girl may hold the record as the state's youngest female to bag an alligator, a state alligator expert said. Cammie Colin, who won one of 1,000 slots in an annual lottery for permission to hunt an alligator, headed out before the sun rose Sunday to hunt her prey in the headwaters of Lake Marion, S. C., The State reported. Hunting alligators at night said Jay Butfiloski, an alligator expert with the state Department of Natural...Read Full Story

DAUPHIN BEACH, Ala., June 11 (UPI) -- A wildlife expert said a 12-foot alligator that cleared a Dauphin Island, Ala., beach swam through the Gulf of Mexico to the island because he is blind. Wildlife Specialist Gary Casper said he was called by Marine Police after beachgoers spotted the reptile emerging from the water and vacated the beach, WALA-TV, Mobile, Ala., reported Thursday. Casper said. He said while this was the third gator sighting on Casper Island this summer, the incident...Read Full Story