Florida gators
01-31-2006, 10:49 AM
#14
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location:
Posts: 1
RE: Florida gators
Hey Bt,
I am a yankee myself, just moved to Florida this summer with the job. I live next to Sarasotta in Bradenton. There is no shortage of gators around here. They get into just about every puddle and pond there is. It is Jan 31 and I saw several this week. The hog hunting is fun for us northerners and you can hunt them year round as they are considered a pain in the britches down here. The wild hog taste better than domestic hog you buy in the store as long as you get a sow. If you get a boar I would try to limit it to less than 150 lbs. It is also better if you don't get them with dogs because their hormones is what gives them a bad taste. Good luck and have fun.
I am a yankee myself, just moved to Florida this summer with the job. I live next to Sarasotta in Bradenton. There is no shortage of gators around here. They get into just about every puddle and pond there is. It is Jan 31 and I saw several this week. The hog hunting is fun for us northerners and you can hunt them year round as they are considered a pain in the britches down here. The wild hog taste better than domestic hog you buy in the store as long as you get a sow. If you get a boar I would try to limit it to less than 150 lbs. It is also better if you don't get them with dogs because their hormones is what gives them a bad taste. Good luck and have fun.
01-31-2006, 11:46 AM
#15
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
02-03-2006, 08:06 PM
#16
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: sanford fl.
Posts: 2,147
RE: Florida gators
go here fo info on fl. gators
http://hunting.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=hunting&zu=http://wildflorida.org/hunting/
the tail is the best eatingand the rest ofit is good eating..
02-04-2006, 07:58 AM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Maryland\'s Eastern Shore
Posts: 157
RE: Florida gators
Hey CAMO COP did you see the one that you say went 18' 6"? It must have been on a private ranch because they don't get that big in the wild. I know the guy who has the SCI record of 13' 9". Of course I could be wrong but I dont think they get that big.
02-04-2006, 08:17 AM
#18
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Florida gators
ORIGINAL: tanktrunk
Hey CAMO COP did you see the one that you say went 18' 6"? It must have been on a private ranch because they don't get that big in the wild. I know the guy who has the SCI record of 13' 9". Of course I could be wrong but I dont think they get that big.
Hey CAMO COP did you see the one that you say went 18' 6"? It must have been on a private ranch because they don't get that big in the wild. I know the guy who has the SCI record of 13' 9". Of course I could be wrong but I dont think they get that big.
Alligator hunting, Guided alligator hunting
02-05-2006, 09:07 PM
#19
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: sanford fl.
Posts: 2,147
RE: Florida gators
Female alligators rarely exceed 9 feet in length, but males can grow much larger. The Florida state record for length is a 14 foot 5/8 inch male from Lake Monroe in Seminole County. The Florida record for weight is a 1,043 pound (13 feet 10 1/2 inches long) male from Orange Lake in Alachua County.
this gator was taken less than a mile from where i live..
this gator was taken less than a mile from where i live..