See 727-Pound Alligator Photo Here! Watch Footage Of Beast Caught In Mississippi That Broke State Record [VIDEO]

Three days into the start of Mississippi's alligator hunting season, state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks officials say the state record for heaviest alligator has been broken twice. Beth Trammell took a 13-foot, 5.5-inch long, 723.5-pound alligator early Sunday in Issaquenna County in the Yazoo Diversion Canal. It broke the previous weight record of 697.5 pounds. Trammell, a first-time hunter who was part of a six-person party in Redwood, said it took her team four hours to get their gator in the boat. "We had to flag another boat down to help us out it was so big," she said. However, Mississippi Alligator program coordinator Ricky Flynt announced that one hour after he certified Trammell's record, he certified another record-breaking gator.

Dustin Bockman, a UPS driver from Vicksburg, took a 727-pound alligator in the Mississippi River in Claiborne County. It was 13-feet, 4.5-inches long. Bockman's brother, Ryan Bockman, and friend Cole Landers assisted him. The epic battle between Brockman's team and the beast took four-and-a-half hours to win. He and his party chased the gator by motorboat along the Mississippi River. They were able to get close enough to spear the creature with a crossbow before finally blasting it with a shotgun.

"We killed the alligator at 4 a.m.," Brockman said. "We waited until 6:30 (a.m.) before I called three or four more guys to help us load it into the boat." "He broke all the lines we could put in him," he told MSNewsNow.com. "Finally put a snare on him and got him up high enough and put a shot on him." Both record-breaking teams hunted their prey at night because it's easier to spot the reptiles' reflective eyes with a flashlight. "In the daytime, if they're lying on a bank underneath the tree, you ain't going to see them," Brockman said. Another record was set during this hunting season. Brandon Maskew of Ellisville set a new record for a female alligator. Maskew took a 295.3 pound alligator Friday night in the Pascagoula River. The alligator was 10 feet long and is now the current length and weight record.