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The big one that didn't get away

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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill likes to hunt alligators and over the weekend he bagged a big one.

Weill says they got an 11-foot, 1-inch gator Friday night just south of Greenville, after an epic 7-hour battle.

"We were on a long dark, deep, spooky bayou in the middle of the Delta, just off Hwy 1 20 miles south of Greenville" said Weill. "My wife is grateful that my boys weren't with me, just Matt Brooks, a Greenville attorney, and I were involved." 

They used light tackle in a small john-boat.

"The hunt had everything; slashing thunderstorm, sinking boat, nonstop action including Matt getting whomped by the gator's tail" Weill added. 

The Mississippi alligator season runs through Sunday.

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