Gator Questions

[Raymond]

GM, welcome to SC neg!!! U come down and we'll pass a good time.

[Goosepond Monster]

Thanks again folks. I forgot to add one thing to my list of hunting, morels.

[I make oil]

Come on down. The fishing will AMAZE you.

[Ray]

Most gator hunters sell the gator whole. They get the same price for them.
Some who have their own state approved skinning shed will skin them.
There are only a few hide buyers, and all the skinning sheds buy for those few buyers.
The skinning shed owners get their profit from the meat and sell the hides to the buyers for what they bought them from you.
So, if you want the meat, it will cost you a buttloada money.

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

It is a neat deal to experience no doubt...but don't be disappointed when the alligator doesn't go crazy, thrash water, bite the boat and just floats up and "pow" its done.... thats how it really works..lol

But fried alligator can be some good stuff!! Swamp People is a double edged sword its a bad rep for LA and also creates interest...prob alot from animal rights folks lol

Your forgetting the worst part, how bout after you shoot da gator and when you put him in da boat you dont get the head over the side fast enough and you get the honor of seeing/smelling his lunch on the bottom of dat boat for the rest of the day! Dont see that on TV!

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

Your forgetting the worst part, how bout after you shoot da gator and when you put him in da boat you dont get the head over the side fast enough and you get the honor of seeing/smelling his lunch on the bottom of dat boat for the rest of the day! Dont see that on TV!

No matter how long you leave the head over the side, it will vomit after you put it in the boat.
And the blood will clabber up under the deck. Nasty.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Ray

No matter how long you leave the head over the side, it will vomit after you put it in the boat.
And the blood will clabber up under the deck. Nasty.

Guys I used to hunt with had a boat dat would follow us around da marsh. The meat boat. Throw all dead gators in dat. No decks and kept a couple inches of water in da boat to slosh around da blood, vomit, and poo. Dat way da blood didn't clabber up.

[Shawn Braquet]

Not to mention the heat and it is what most would call work setting/baiting lines. But the beer helps!

[SULPHITE]

Wait til u smell the chicken funk

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

Wait til u smell the chicken funk

3 day old rotten, ya know when the fat starts drippin and makes a sheen, ive seen a helpers breakfast due to it

[swamp snorkler]

GM, one other thing to note is that Gator season is Sept. 1st to 30th. Pretty much everything you heard here so far is true. We do eat good down and most men cook all the major meals around here. My wife cooks, but not for Holidays, thats the mans job.

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by swamp snorkler

GM, one other thing to note is that Gator season is Sept. 1st to 30th. Pretty much everything you heard here so far is true. We do eat good down and most men cook all the major meals around here. My wife cooks, but not for Holidays, thats the mans job.

Season opens on the wed after labor day

[Goosepond Monster]

From my research it looked as if there are two zones, east and west, and the season is a little different in each zone.

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by Ray

No matter how long you leave the head over the side, it will vomit after you put it in the boat.
And the blood will clabber up under the deck. Nasty.

Yep decks come up after every season for a good cleaning

[beccrossee]

Thanks again folks. I forgot to add one thing to my list of hunting, morels.

We don't have morels but just about everything else. At least 5 species of chantrelles, lion's mane, hen of the woods, and at least 3 species of oyster mushrooms. Not many people to compete with. Your allowed a 5 gallon bucketful on the WMA's around here.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by beccrossee

We don't have morels but just about everything else. At least 5 species of chantrelles, lion's mane, hen of the woods, and at least 3 species of oyster mushrooms. Not many people to compete with. Your allowed a 5 gallon bucketful on the WMA's around here.

This one is protected by one of Louisiana's finest.

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[The Salty Hog]

Check your message box...

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

Guys I used to hunt with had a boat dat would follow us around da marsh. The meat boat. Throw all dead gators in dat. No decks and kept a couple inches of water in da boat to slosh around da blood, vomit, and poo. Dat way da blood didn't clabber up.

Sounds like a good beer drinkin job!

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

Sounds like a good beer drinkin job!

One of da dead alligators came back to life one day. Old boy jumps off the back seat, jumps over da wiggling gator and grabs his ice chest before da gator flicks all his beer out the boat. He never stopped until he got all da way on da front of da front deck. The other guy driving the boat had to root around for the hammer to finish the job. He wasn't worried bout gettin bit by no gator, but if he lost his beer, his day woulda been ruined!

[Andy C]

Hunted the refuge last year for the first time and it's nothing like the tv show!! Lot's of hard work and lot's of BAD smells. Made even worse by being hung over every morning!!! But you do hang out with good people and have some fun too.