Vernon said he produces about 50,000 alligator heads a year, and that if you've ever bought an alligator head at a tourist shop in Florida or Georgia, there's a good chance that it came from his shop.

Thomas Dempsey, 27, of Naples, checks that an alligator head will fit to its molding at Skin and Scales Taxidermy on June 28, 2016 in Naples, Florida.

When Terry Weick shot an alligator gar in a Texas reservoir with a bow last summer, he knew it was big. But the Hopkins taxidermist had no idea just how big. Not only did he land the 7-foot-4, 200 ...