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JvT wrote:

Well, it is supposed to be anyway. However, you never know WHAT you might really be eating!!! Restaurants serve farm raised gator. Pretty popular in the southeast.

I have a friend who played for the Saints. Used to gator hunt with him and his brother periodically. Never got any near that big though. Definatley a trophy there Dan!!

Actually the last two TPWD public Gator hunts I went on, the buyer we sold our gators to was the person filling the contract that ultimately supplied Razoos. To be able to fill his contract he was also buying wild caught gators out of Florida and Louisiana. The demand is for the meat now, rather than like in the past when it was mostly for the hide.

The demand for gators is WAY WAY down from last year. Prices last year for an 7 foot + gator fetched $36 per foot. This year the same animal will only get you $7 per foot. Gators under 7 feet will only get you $2 per foot this year ($20 last year). State tags cost the landowner $21 each. Do the math. Many cleaning houses are not even opening this year. Luckily the buyer I use in El Campo will be open. Darn! Catching gators has been my way of funding my ammo habits during duck, dove and deer season.

Not a gator.

bkblaw84 wrote:Do you have to have a license to hunt gator in TX?

You need a regular hunting license and then a permit for each gator. Permits are issued by the state to landowners. The number of permits issued depends on the alligator population survey they turn in. I'm certified by TPWD to perform the surveys so I get a permit in trade from one landowner.

Season starts soon!
I'll be hunting teal and checking the gator lines in a couple of weeks.

Texasdoc wrote:thats a fine gator you have there, where did you take him at ?

Doc

Thanks,

I got him in the Eagle Lake area. A friend of mine has 500 acres with deer, gators, ducks, and sometimes hogs. It's also where I do most of my range practice.

12 feet 600 pounds