Florida Gator Hunt Lottery Draws Record Applicants

Miami FL

23 May, 2022

9:34 PM

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CBS Miami May 23, 2022 A record number of applicants sought permits for alligator hunting this year, though they had to wait an extra day to find out if they won a lottery for the permits. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Thursday that 6,566 permits were issued from 19,358 applications submitted in a first round of permitting. The commission was initially scheduled to announce the lottery winners on Wednesday but sent out a message to applicants saying, "We received a record number of applications this year — over 19,000 — and the lottery process is taking longer than expected." CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.