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Old 08-22-2012, 09:55 AM
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Anyone interested in hunting a gator, please PM me for additional information. The hunt will be in September. If this is something that you have always wanted to do, now is your chance. I will PM you the number and name of the Florida Guide.
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Old 08-23-2012, 10:53 AM
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How do you hunt them? You don't shoot them do you? Once you've killed them, what do you do with them? Or, do you not kill them? Do you just catch them and release them?
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Looks pricey to try to hunt alligator. Believe it is around $1022 to get a tag for two alligators for a non FL resident and $272 for two if you are a resident.

Not sure how much you can sell alligator meat for but my guess is it would be much less than this.

And you do not get refunds if you do not get an alligator.

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Chances are that they do not hunt alligators with the idea of a profit for the hide or the meat. It is primarily for their joy of killing an animal with a high powered rifle, hunting bow, harpoon, or giant treble hook.
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Chances are that they do not hunt alligators with the idea of a profit for the hide or the meat. It is primarily for their joy of killing an animal with a high powered rifle.
I cannot imagine experiencing joy by killing an animal.
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I cannot imagine experiencing joy by killing an animal.
Me neither....especially in their own habitat.
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.... Believe it is around $1022 to get a tag for two alligators for a non FL resident and $272 for two if you are a non-resident.......
So does the non-resident flip a coin to determine the price?
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So does the non-resident flip a coin to determine the price?
Oops. I meant to write $272 for two tags for FL residents. $1022 for non-residents for two tags.

Looks a lot cheaper if you hire an alligator trapper and assist him or her. Not sure how that works though.

Personally, I think these macho guys and gals should have to fight the alligator with only a knife.
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Me neither....especially in their own habitat.
I agree!
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Personally, I think these macho guys and gals should have to fight the
alligator with only a knife.
Or....get in the water and wrestle them, like the "Alligator Hunter" Steve Irwin used to do.
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Sometimes the "sportsman" snags the alligator with a giant treble hood on a rope and then harpoons the alligator once it is securely imbedded on the hook. Other times, they use a high powered rifle to shoot the alligator from a safe distance.

I think the idea of the hunting knife vs the alligator is the best idea for these "sportsmen".
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Maybe we can organize a hunt for pigs, cows, chickens and fish.

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