Hunters capture longest alligator

YAZOO CITY, Mississippi (AP):

A group of hunters have captured the longest alligator ever to be recorded in Mississippi, according to the state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

Four state residents -- Donald Woods, Will Thomas, Joey Clark and Tanner White -- harvested a male alligator on Saturday in west Mississippi's Sunflower River.

It weighed 802.5 pounds and measured 14 feet, 3 inches long, breaking the previous record by over two inches, the department said.

After capturing the animal, the hunters hoisted it with a forklift and posed for a picture at Red Antler Processing in the Mississippi Delta town of Yazoo City.

The area is located in a designated alligator hunting zone. Mississippi's alligator hunting season ends today.