Anybody know about huntin alligators like how to make em surface best at night or day and anything else ya know

just watch that show SWAMP PEOPLE! those guys know everything bout huntin gators!

Go to an area where you know there are gators and wait. They'll show themselves. Right now find a spot where they come up on the bank to sun themselves. That way you can shoot him on land and not have to worry about snagging him after the shot. If you're trying to catch one before you kill it,use some good ripe road kill and hang it from a tree.

Umm isn't it illegal to hunt and kill them on public waters. I would likr to know because if it isn't I would like to go kill one.
James

N.La.Beagler is obviously from Louisiana. The method he describes would not be legal in Texas. You can't shoot an alligator on the bank or free swimming with a firearm and snag him after. There was a couple experimental public draw hunts in the early years of our alligator season that allowed this, but it is not a legal method now.

You can legally take an alligator from public water provided you are on private property. That is provided its in season, is legal for county. And that rules and regulations, tagging, and reporting requirements are followed.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/planning/alligator/

Season opens April 1st.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/season/animal_listing/#alligator

Rules , Rules, who needs them?

Right on Alpha...who's to say how it was taken but you. Thats why we don't have a hog problem in N.La.

As I read the rules it simply says you need to set the bait line on private land but if you were to archery hunt them or gig one you could be on public water is this right

Only if you are standing on private property, not in a boat on a public water way

SO if my buddy has some gators that got into his pond on his private property...we can't go send a 7mag between the eyes while they are out sunning? TX..

I'm asking this beocuse it was about to be a reality..

Bump for serious and cost saving reply?

Caught this one on a rattl trap lol... not exactly what we were trying to get, but it was def cool when it happened.

Of course we didnt kill it, just got our lure back, took some pictures and let it swim off...they are some cool, mean creatures.




I still dont know what we wouldve done had we caught a big one...

Lol, nothing.... Prolly would have went to the bottom on you or tried to pull the boat up in the brush. Last big one I hooked into was with 60# braid and it took me a while to get the boat out the buckbrush.

well that would suck... id be ticked if i couldnt get my lure back lol


You shouldve seen the girlfriend when we realized we had a gator on... she didnt know where to go... she was standing on the back seat of the boat spinning in circles and freaking out while me and bill yell at her to get the camera out lol.

The one I hooked would have taken an arm off, so I gladly let it have me lure. My wife was not impressed with our gator experience either. At my old hunting lease, throwing a hornytoad off a pier winding out through cypress trees in a marsh would bring in a lot of the little devils..... She would rather stand on the bank and watch with the snakes.

It will depend upon the county he has his pond in. If it is located in a Non-Core County, yes, you could shoot one in that pond (only 1 gator/licensed hunter) with a valid hunting license, landowner permission and Hunter Education Certification (if born on or after Sept. 2, 1971) and you must fill out an Alligator Hide Tag Report http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications...report_form.pdf to be able to get a CITES tag for the alligator. That season is from April 1 - June 30.

If you are in a Core County, then you must have TPWD Alligator biologists come out to the property and do a site inspection/evaluation to justify for issuance of CITES tags...that season is from Sept. 10-30

Here's the link for taking alligators in Texas - http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/hunt/alligator/

Im sorry but I would have had to turn around and drop that little sucker in that guys lap behind you just to see what happened!