Last week, the story of a petite woman who went to South Carolina and bagged herself a monster alligator in a guided hunt made the national news. The popularity of the show "Swamp People" has alligator hunting on people's minds, too.

I would really like to hear what our community thinks about the alligator hunting story. I understand the need to cull the herd and keep populations viable and in check. I have been a member of the NRA and regularly mooch my share of fall venison off folks. I have also eaten alligator. Something just doesn't sit right with this story, however; it reminds me of the violence of a bull fight.

From GrindTV.com:

Afterward, however, some people became outraged by the methods used to dispatch the great reptile: baited fishing lines, followed by harpoons, a muzzle snare, shots from a .22-caliber weapon and, ultimately, a knife jab to the spinal cord.

"This woman should be in jail, not on TV," was among the tamer comments posted beneath a story on Carolinalive.com.

"They tortured that alligator for hours. That's just plain sick," a Bostonherald.com reader chimed in.

The video supplied by the AP is after the bump. What do you think?