Well, the team notified the MDWFP alligator program coordinator, Andrew Arnett, who officially measured and weighed the animal before announcing the new record. The hunters posed with the catch at the Red Antler Processing Facility, a wild game processing facility in Yazoo City. Alligators are native to the southeastern U. S. And found all across Mississippi. Now, it's illegal to hunt and capture alligators outside of the hunting season and without a special permit from the MDWFP