Alligator breaks Alabama record.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William Simmons William Charles Simmons was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Simmons served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1906 to 1908 for the Alberta Liberal Party. He was elected in a by-election after Leverett DeVeber was appointed to the Canadian Senate. , of Headland, Alabama Headland is a city in Henry County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 3,523. The city is one of the fastest growing in Alabama, and the fastest growing in Southern Alabama. , set a new state record last August on his first alligator hunt when he arrowed a 12-foot, 675-pound alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. at Lake Eufaula. "There have been some that were longer, but mine got it by weight," Simmons said. John Sutton, of Stockton, Alabama, previously held the record for one week with a 12-foot 10-inch, 641-pound alligator he harvested August 19 on the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Simmons' gator outweighed Sutton's by 34 pounds. Simmons had been scouting the lake for about six weeks and had a pretty good idea of where to find record-breaking gators. "He put up a good fight," he said. "At one point when we had the line in him, he jerked and spun my 16-foot Carolina skiff boat 180 degrees. Once we got him to the side of the boat, it took three shots with a bang stick to finally kill him. The first shot just made him mad. He was tough." |
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