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Good luck to ya!
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You get the same price for them whole as you do skinned.
You can't get me to skin a freakin alligator for the rest of my life. I hate skinning alligators. I worked in a skinning shed in Lil Chenier on season. Never again. |
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No im pretty sure you get a little more skinned than on the hoof but if you screw it up it aint worth nothin!Last year we got $9 a ft. 4 years ago we got up to $45.00 a ft
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Not in Southwest La.
Same skinned as whole. The gator houses here make their money on the meat. There are just a few hide buyers, most of the skinning shacks buy for the hide buyers. The skinning shacks buy whole, sell the skins, the profit is in the meat for them. |
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I was told by a Miami trapper that $30 a ft was turned down by the man over Miami lands.
Warren |
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Have any of you guys ever use the air compressor to inflate the skin from the flesh, or was it all done one slice at a time? I know that the skin is not going to inflate like a football and slide off. Just wondering if it helps any or more trouble than its worth. This is a lot of good info for someone that knows little to nothing about the process.
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Yes, you can use air, but it is better to chill the whole gator first. Meat breaks free better. It makes it a lot faster. Then after you get it skinned, lay flat and use a pressure washer to get the rest of the meat off.
If you don't put in ice water first, the meat is a lot harder to get off. You need to punch each foot and pressure up. But don't use a lot of pressure. Use a regulator and test first to see how much is needed. Start with around 10 psi and work it up. Miami Corp. used to bid out for their gators. If you hunted on Miami, you had to sell to their buyer. Not sure if it is still like that.' |
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Ray, I think it is still like that. My uncle still hunts for them and they have to go to Roger's old camp to sell every day when they come in. Warren |
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Who is your uncle?
I heard Roger don't work for Miami any longer. Is that true? |
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My uncle is Johnny Price, he is the only one left in our family that still traps for Miami. My dad, Daniel Price, took a job running a crew boat in the early 90's and gave up his lease when he got the job.
That is correct, Roger doesn't work for Miami any longer. A man by the name of Chad Courville took Roger's place a while back. Warren |
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