Bogue Chitto boy bags and tags first ’gator

Published 8:50 am Wednesday, September 2, 2020

: Photo submitted Blayten Windom, 11, of Bogue Chitto killed his first alligator in the Mississippi River. The alligator was killed on Aug. 29, and was 12-foot-3 with a belly girth of 70 inches, with an estimated weight of more than 600 pounds. Above, from left, Trey Walker, Stan Raseberry, LJ Guess, Randy Walker, Blayten Windom, Paige Palmer, Brad Palmer, Vance Windom and David Ruth. At right, Blayten Windom and his dad Vance.

Blayten Windom, 11, of Bogue Chitto killed his first alligator in the Mississippi River. The alligator was killed on Aug. 29, and was 12-foot-3 with a belly girth of 70 inches, with an estimated weight of more than 600 pounds.