I am posting this hunt on behalf of an outfitter we represent. The hunt is for management gators and is conducted east of Baton Rouge La., near springfield on the Amite River. This is a very good hunt with lots of action in the swamp. Success is 100% on this hunt, this is a bait only area, which means we place baited hooks and check them the following day. Clients will have several gators to choose from and decide which one they want to take home. The river is full of gators and we may catch a five footer or catch a great big old male over ten, gun or bow allowed. All in all it is a fun hunt from boats in beautiful swamp area.
Cost $1650 for two days, three nights. Hotel cost extra. Two hunts available for September dates.

For more information call Arjun Reddy 914 310 4902 or visit http://www.huntersnetworks.com/hunts/Alligator.pdf for more information on these hunts.

How do you release the gators not wanted?

quote:

Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
How do you release the gators not wanted?

Probably with a .357 Mag.

I'm sure it works the same in that part of Louisiana as it does over here. The gators skins are sold to a tannery and the meat eaten.

Folks it is a management hunt to thin the number of gators. You get to keep the one you want and make yourself a pair of boots .

"How do you release the gators not wanted?"


By LA law there is no catch and release for alligators. The hunter (or client) conducting the hunt would dispatch and tag (LA alligator permit)the alligators.

Without exception friends who have fished/hunted alligators with me have always enjoyed it. If this hunt is properly conducted it would be a blast for someone who has never hunted gators.

BTW I do not sell hunts, so I am not trying to compete.

Basically the gators that are hooked are killed, this is not a catch and release affair. You get to select the one you want to tag and take home. You are allowed only one gator regardless of whether you catch/kill 1 or 10. I can't say it compares with a croc hunt in terms of shooting skill and stalking etc but it would be a fun time in some great country and a different experience. PM if you have any Qs. Thanks for looking.
Arjun Reddy
Tel: 914 310 4902

Sounds like an interesting hunt, that's on my bucket list & would want to do it w/ a hand gun.
I'm curious if the hunter can dispatch the gator w/ a .44mag hand gun?

The only way he couldnt is if it was one of those scripted ones from any number of bad scifi movies. I guess of course there is the possibility that someone could shoot that bad but I highly doubt it. Actually a 44 is more than adequate and actually on the almost too large side. Remember you want to keep the hide and skull in relativley one piece.

I have a question though, does the hunter get the meat from the gator he takes home?

quote:

Originally posted by CamoManJ:
Sounds like an interesting hunt, that's on my bucket list & would want to do it w/ a hand gun.
I'm curious if the hunter can dispatch the gator w/ a .44mag hand gun?

After talking w/ a few outfitters/guides on gator "Handgun" hunting, they all say that the dangerous risk of richochet is the reason for not using high-powered hand-guns, especially shooting at usually less than 6ft in water. The .44 mag is overkill, they use .410 slugs for the big ones & .22lr/mag for the smaller gators, shot in the head. Gator skins used to go for in the $100/ft range and now I read that you'd be lucky to get $20 per foot, not sure what's going on there.