The tail is long, provides no vital organs to hit, and it is unlikely any gun can penetrate all the way through the tail to the liver/lungs.Ĩ-10 Alligators will run away, but if you're close enough they have the advantage of being undetectable while submerged in water (may attack on land also) they may attack. Shooting in the tail would not be advised. They can be hunted on Mississippi Acres Preserve.
It is the 1st huntable reptile to be introduced, and as such is the first crocodilian to be introduced, predating the Saltwater Crocodile. The American Alligator is a Class 6 reptile in the order Crocodylia.
The best way of dispatching a gator is via brain shot, or by shooting at the first or second vertebrae at the base of the head.' ― In-Game Description Alligators are difficult to kill and they will retreat to deep water if wounded. Alligator sex is determined by the temperature at which they develop during incubation. Both alligators and crocodiles perform a 'death roll” where they rotate their body to rip of pieces of flesh from their prey. Informally called 'Gator' they consume fish, birds and mammals but at their peak size they consider any animal near their habitat a potential target. ' The American Alligator is the apex predator of its range across southeastern United States where it can be found in rivers, lakes, freshwater swamps and marshes.