Clay Ingram, with the Bastrop Sportsmen group, shows an alligator that was seized by Texas Parks & Wildlife after it was shot and killed earlier this week in Wilbarger Creek, a tributary to the Colorado River between Bastrop and Elgin. Ingram said the gator measured 11.5 feet long and likely weighed between 600-700 lbs. Photo by Mike Widner.

Clay Ingram, with the Bastrop Sportsmen group, shows an alligator that was seized by Texas Parks & Wildlife after it was shot and killed earlier this week in Wilbarger Creek, a tributary to the Colorado River between Bastrop and Elgin. Ingram said the gator measured 11.5 feet long and likely weighed between 600-700 lbs. Photo by Mike Widner.