Alligators... in English, please?

[Trumpkin]

Can someone provide a translation of the TPW regs into comprehendible English, for someone who'd love to skewer an alligator with their bow? I can't figure out if you can hunt them on public or private? Core vs non core? Can they be hunted at night? Would I need to drive to Louisiana instead? Tactics?

Any and all explaining would be welcome. Thanks!

[AntlerCollector]

I just read all the rules and regulations. Now I have a headache.

[Burnadell]

Call your local game warden.

[Trumpkin]

I just read all the rules and regulations. Now I have a headache.

Glad I'm not the only one!

[Drycreek3189]

Just lure them to your pond and have your way with them……..

[Mitchell8]

Non core private property daylight only mail in to tpwd for cites tag. Core county you have to have cites tag before harvesting which means you have to buy a hunt.

[Trumpkin]

Non core private property daylight only mail in to tpwd for cites tag. Core county you have to have cites tag before harvesting which means you have to buy a hunt.

So no gator hunts on public, other than the draw hunts?

[Mitchell8]

So no gator hunts on public, other than the draw hunts?

Correct

[EarleyBird]

That's the TPWD legalese for you; ambiguous as all hell, and worded/designed to shanghai you right in the keester as soon as you thought you were doing the right thing.

Best advice: do whatever you want and just be quiet about it. Or just pass.

Calling a GW will not amount to much. They only "know the law" when they're slipping a gate off its hinges or writing a ticket.

[Drycreek3189]

That's the TPWD legalese for you; ambiguous as all hell, and worded/designed to shanghai you right in the keester as soon as you thought you were doing the right thing.

Best advice: do whatever you want and just be quiet about it. Or just pass.

Calling a GW will not amount to much. They only "know the law" when they're slipping a gate off its hinges or writing a ticket.

BS ! When the gator showed up in my pond I called the local GW and he told me exactly what my options were. The season was open and I could have killed him legally but I opted not to. He left on his own and that was fine with me.

[EarleyBird]

BS ! When the gator showed up in my pond I called the local GW and he told me exactly what my options were. The season was open and I could have killed him legally but I opted not to. He left on his own and that was fine with me.

Yes, sir. I acknowledge your experiences might be different from mine.

Go have a conversation with them about hunting dove over a milo field, and what, exactly, the rules are! It dang sure ain't the way it reads in the book.

[Bisch]

It’s a pretty cool hunt!



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[HogHunter34]

Don’t know all the rules but I grew up around them dudes on Gus Engeling WMA
Lived about a mile from it
Used to hear them Bellar & have encountered some good size ones. Have caught flat heads up to 10-15 lbs with hide ripped off by gators
Local biologist said they have caught them up to 11 feet. Oh & they would do feed studies on them by flushing their stomachs. Raccoons & baby feral pigs were common snacks

[BBBGP]

GW around Fulshear have been very helpful for us. We have had to kill a few over the years. Call your local GW.

[Spiderpig1776]

We have ‘em in ditches around here everywhere! Just wait until dark and do what you want and keep quiet.