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I am focused on the Texas hunts right now as I am about to move to the Lone Star State. Are the hunts just braining a gator on a hook, like in Swamp People? Seems more like execution than hunting -- not that that is a bad thing, as these critters must be managed. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | ||
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Not me, but a friend of mine has caight gator on a pole and line. Of course he also spears feral hogs and hunts grizzly bear with a muzzle loader (shot two in Alaska this year). Once you get moved in here, I will set up a hunt with you, he, and I. NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ | |||
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Hot dog Bill you can't beat that already, George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Of course it depends on the laws in effect on the hunt . Depending on the laws, they are hunted many different ways. Stalking. Baiting in and out of the water with or without hooks . Snatch hooks. Spearing or crossbows. | |||
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Larry, I will look into the Texas gator hunting regs more closely. Charles, that is a kind offer, and thank you. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Bill: That is an absolute must . In Florida for example , legal methods differ between the general gator season and the private lands permits . Some things are allowed on the private lands hunts that are expressly forbidden in the general season. I have no clue about Texas. | |||
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I don't know the current regs for gator hunting in TX but I did a gator hunt in S. TX back in 2006. It was more like gator fishing, or actually, gator trot line fishing. The outfitter put out 1/2 chickens on hooks, on cane poles staked around the edges of the waterways. Then we cruised around on boats and checked the lines. If there was a gator, it was dispatched with a 22LR into the brain before being brought into the boat. My trip was a corporate trip put on by my neighbor and friend. When one of his clients backed out, I was invited. We did have a good time but it wasn't what I'd call a hunt. There may be other methods conducted in TX but I'm not familiar with them. | |||
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I have hunted alligators in Louisiana every year since 1979, and have averaged around 60 tags each year. If you are going to fish alligators and pay for it, the overall experience is important. Several years back I donated a hunt through the Dallas Ecological Society, and a high school student from the Dallas area won a contest with the hunt as an award. The hunt was for two and 1/2 days and two nights, We put out lines, ran lines, actually had some real drama with a 10 footer hooked in the back leg, I brought him to sell the alligators also. What I think made it a better trip was we stayed on my houseboat in the marsh, my wife cooked some good food, we used the airboat, outboard, and a super go devil. And to top it off we went frogging at night and gave him a good tour of the area. We provided a real Cajun experience. If you sleep at a hotel, meet the hunter at the landing, shoot a couple of gators on lines, go back to the hotel, it is an entirely different experience. | |||
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What Mike said above. When my daughter had her fish/hunt last fall we made sure she was part of all of it. She drove T-posts, set poles, hung bait, etc. Then she hauled her gator in by hand and dispatched it with a .22 Mag to the nugget. She enjoyed it because she got the full experience. Had we just gone out to bait sites that others had set up and shot a gator, I don't think it would have been near as fun/interesting. Here's a write-up on my daughter's experience. http://www.predatormastersforu...=3282027#Post3282027 If you want to talk more, I'll share my number and you can give me a ring. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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Mike, DesertRam, thank you for sharing your perspectives. Makes the concept much more interesting. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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This would make it a GRAND adventure!!! I'm hooked on "swamp people" and will have that kind of an experience some day (sooner than later since I'm 68). Good luck Bill. I hope its everything you want and more. Zeke | |||
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I remember reading about actually hunting them with a rifle while they are on the bank, possibly in Florida? Anybody know about this? for every hour in front of the computer you should have 3 hours outside | |||
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It is not legal in the general alligator season. However , this can be done with the private lands alligator permits. | |||
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