Each permittee will be allowed to take two 2 non-hatchling alligators. Can I cross through a different harvest area to a place where I can legally hunt? If you must travel through an area where you not permitted to hunt alligators, then you should stow away or take down all alligator harvest equipment. For example, harpoon points should be removed from the harpoon pole and stowed away; snatch hooks should be removed from fishing poles and put away, etc.
When will the licensed trapper be able to hunt alligators? Each trapper will be assigned to one of four periods based on availability and on the order of preference that they indicated on their application.
The harvest permit will specify the harvest period. Harvest periods are:. All participants also will be allowed to trap alligators from 5 p. Legal hunting hours are 5 p. What methods can you use to take alligators? Alligators may be taken only by the use of artificial lures or baited, wooden pegs less than two 2 inches in length attached to a hand-held restraining line and hand-held snares, harpoons, gigs, snatch hooks, and manually operated spears, spearguns, crossbows and bows with projectiles attached to a restraining line.
The use of baited hooks, gig-equipped bang sticks, or firearms for taking alligators is prohibited except that bang sticks are permitted for taking alligators attached to a restraining line. Can the permitted countywide trapper give his permit and cites tags to someone else so that they can hunt alligators?
Only the permitted trapper may possess the unused CITES tags issued to that trapper, but alligator trapping agents may take alligators in the presence of the permitted trapper. Can I use a countywide permit to take alligators on private property? Yes, but only if you have been granted permission by the landowner to take alligators on their property, and if the property is not enrolled in the private lands alligator management program under Rule 68A Can I use an airboat or large outboard in a countywide unit?
Boat restrictions are regulated by local or regional government authorities. Nighttime harvest is prohibited. The daily and season quota is equal to the number of alligator harvest tags that a licensed alligator hunter possesses. There are no size restrictions on wild alligators taken during the open season. Alligator hunters may use hook and line , bow and arrow , and firearms except shotguns to harvest alligators. Possession of shotguns is prohibited while hunting or taking wild alligators.
The fishing hook and line method is the most common and is the only method allowed on public areas. Baited hooks and lines are suspended above the water by some type of structure. In most cases, alligator hunters will use poles, branches, or trees to suspend baits and provide a stationary object for securing the end of the line.
The most commonly used baits are chicken quarters and beef melt. Approximately 30 feet of line is tied off to the bottom of the structure while the baited hook end is suspended about 1 to 2 inches above the water surface. Line must be a minimum of pound test.
The baited end is suspended in a way that allows for easy line removal by an alligator. Excess line is rolled up near the base of the structure. Once alligator lines are set and baited, alligator hunters must inspect their hooks and lines and remove captured alligators daily. Alligators should be dispatched immediately upon checking lines. Shot placement should be centered directly behind the skull. No person shall release any alligator from any harvest device for any purpose without first dispatching the alligator, except in the event that an alligator is hooked and the hunter's quota has been reached.
In this case, the hunter must immediately release the alligator in the most humane method possible. All hooks and lines must be removed from the water when an alligator hunter's quota is reached. Alligator hunters may use bow and arrow to capture alligators or dispatch alligators while on hook and line see above.
Hunters must use barbed arrows to capture alligators. A minimum of pound test line must be securely attached to the head of the arrow in a way that prevents separation from the arrow head. The other end of the line must be attached to a stationary or floating object capable of maintaining the line above water when an alligator is attached. Alligator hunters may use firearms except shotguns to harvest free swimming alligators or dispatch alligators while on hook and line see above.
Hunters should use extreme caution when harvesting free swimming alligators to ensure that alligators can be retrieved once shot. The lottery system allows more than Louisiana hunters to harvest an estimated gators on nearly 40 wildlife management areas and public lakes throughout the state. Some hunters choose to get one tag, while others can get as many as 10 for this area.
Once a gator has been harvested, hunters can choose to process the gators themselves or call Tony Howard, the only licensed nuisance wildlife removal hunter in the region, according to Hasapes.
Not all "public waters" are considered as "public waterways. Therefore, anyone licensed to legally hunt alligators in MS may only hunt in MS waters. Federal agents will enforce a no alligator hunting restriction north of the Callihan Road bridge and east of Hwy Be certain that all ammunition is stored separately.
Northeast Zone Hunters: Be aware to consult U. You may also call North Bay and Twin Harbors. Alligators legally harvested and properly tagged by permitted alligator hunters may only be sold to:.
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