HUNTING

The FWC approved increasing hunting hours and adding precharged pneumatic airbows to the legal methods of “taking” an alligator.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is offering free hunter safety internet-completion courses in seven Northeast Florida counties during September.

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A 12-foot, 600-pound gator was hooked by three men in Flagler County on Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.Matthew Farlow, 25, told News4Jax that he, his brother Robby Farlow, and friend Tyler Greene legally captured the beast of an animal in a tributary of the St. Johns River. Farlow posted to Facebook saying: “Flipped the switch on a dinosaur. This beast gave Robby Farlow a right hook and a black eye. Thanks Tyler Greene for making it all happen.”Farlow said they kept the meat to eat and that they are going to get the head mounted. “Nothing goes to waste,” Farlow said.