This year's alligator hunting season is one for the history books in Mississippi, where the record has been shattered twice just days after hunting began. The new heaviest gator ever caught in the state was pulled from waters near Vicksburg on Sunday and weighed a whopping 792-pounds. Just the day before, the record had been broken when a 756-pounder was snagged. Scroll down for video Behemoth: A record-breaking alligator weighing just shy of 800 pounds was caught in Mississippi on Sunda Historical hunting season: The gator beat the previous record, set just the day before, by just 36 pounds Sunday's record beast measured 13.5 feet and was pulled in by a 3-man team led by Brian Montgomery of Starkville, reports WAPT.
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It's a big year for gators in the Magnolia State, where a 3-man team brought in the 13.5-footer on Sunday
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Just the day before, the record had been broken with a 756-pound alligator
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Meanwhile, an 1,011.5-pound gator was caught in Alabama last month
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