Alligator Lottery?

[specktator]

We get 6 tags for an 80 acre swamp we have in St. Francisville. My dad went pick them up today and said that Junior from Swamp People was picking his tags up at the same time.

[Hopedale Hustler]

Originally Posted by specktator

We get 6 tags for an 80 acre swamp we have in St. Francisville. My dad went pick them up today and said that Junior from Swamp People was picking his tags up at the same time.

Y'all kill some good birds in there?

[specktator]

Originally Posted by Hopedale Hustler

Y'all kill some good birds in there?

Always full of woodies. Mallards, teal, and greys show up in the 2nd split. We do well out there but not like we did 5+ years ago. We used to slaughter em.

[QUACKHEAD]

Originally Posted by specktator

We get 6 tags for an 80 acre swamp we have in St. Francisville. My dad went pick them up today and said that Junior from Swamp People was picking his tags up at the same time.

Dang! I am hunting about 80-100 acres off the river and creek and the biologist only gave me two for this area. The red river is full of big gators. I have another guy I work with and he has about 110 acres water on about 250 acre track and he got 16 tags. What do they use to figure out how many tags to give to someone? Andrew Jacksons vs Lincolns? I'll pick my tags up on the 22nd.

[Marshrat]

It depends on what kind of area, for instance farm land takes X amount of acres for 1 tag, marsh X amount for 1 tag and the same goes for swamp land. If I remember right the last time I hunted with my dad 20 years ago it was 75-100 acres per tag for marsh. He was getting 81 tags and my uncle was getting somewhere around 106 tags.

I think LDWF biologist actually go out and survey the land/water now to give the tag allotments.

Warren

[specktator]

Originally Posted by QUACKHEAD

Dang! I am hunting about 80-100 acres off the river and creek and the biologist only gave me two for this area. The red river is full of big gators. I have another guy I work with and he has about 110 acres water on about 250 acre track and he got 16 tags. What do they use to figure out how many tags to give to someone? Andrew Jacksons vs Lincolns? I'll pick my tags up on the 22nd.

Yeh man they tried to give us only 2 tags this time around. My dad knows Winton Vidrine and walked down to his office and talked to him. And he went back up there and made the guy give my dad 4 more. The beavers busted up our damn so we weren't holding much water last few years so we didn't get them. This is first time we got em in like 4 years, so I guess they looked it over again and only tried to give us 2. It's quite an adventure getting back to our swamp. 2 tags wouldn't even be worth our time.

[QUACKHEAD]

Originally Posted by specktator

Yeh man they tried to give us only 2 tags this time around. My dad knows Winton Vidrine and walked down to his office and talked to him. And he went back up there and made the guy give my dad 4 more. The beavers busted up our damn so we weren't holding much water last few years so we didn't get them. This is first time we got em in like 4 years, so I guess they looked it over again and only tried to give us 2. It's quite an adventure getting back to our swamp. 2 tags wouldn't even be worth our time.

I can drive my truck within 10 yards of the lines on the private land, but only get the two tags for that place. And I have 2 from the lottory in a local lake. I'll have fun with 4 tags this year and put some meat in the freezer. I'll try and givem hell next year.