Alligator hunters post successful 2024 season in Louisiana, LDWF may extend 2025 season

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- The 2024 alligator season in Louisiana was a successful one, according to numbers released by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Louisiana hunters just wrapped up an alligator season in which 32,335 alligators have been reported harvested to date — making 2024 the highest harvest total since 2016.

According to LDWF, Louisiana’s wild alligator population has increased from less than 100,000 to more than 2 million in the past 50 years.