Alligator, seven years of waiting

[bmac]

Guess I struck out yet again since I didn't have any email in any of my folders (I checked)

Good luck

BTW how is cubing the points supposed to help?

I have 13 for pronghorn. They give like 6 permits a year with 4-5K applicants. Stands to reason we all now have a ridiculous amount of points and about the same odds of being drawn?

Not sure cubing will help on those as much as the ones where multiple hunts are available and you focus on the ones you want instead of them all.


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[BTLowry]

Don't get me wrong, I will take all of the extra chances I can get, any way they want to give them

I still don't think I will live long enough to get drawn for the pronghorn but the stars could line up

[mikeyb_23]

If I'm lucky enough to get a gator, then what. Are they hard to process on your own? It's there normally a place down there to process them? Is it worth it to get the hide tanned?

[Grizzly1]

If I'm lucky enough to get a gator, then what. Are they hard to process on your own? It's there normally a place down there to process them? Is it worth it to get the hide tanned?

I used Porters in Anahuac. I know they aren’t close to that wma but if you are limited to places check them out. They do everything you can imagine.

[BTLowry]

If I'm lucky enough to get a gator, then what. Are they hard to process on your own? It's there normally a place down there to process them? Is it worth it to get the hide tanned?

Pretty sure the staff will coach you on cleaning, skinning etc.

As far as processors I would call the WMA you are drawn for and asking them. Pretty sure they will know of any local places

Looking forward to the report

[ninemile]

We got drawn for Guadalupe also. Sounds like the majority of permits were drawn by TBH folks. Pretty cool.

[outlook8]

If I'm lucky enough to get a gator, then what. Are they hard to process on your own? It's there normally a place down there to process them? Is it worth it to get the hide tanned?

There will be a guy down there waiting to pick them up and will clean them for $10/foot. Well worth the money.

Take the meat home, salt the skin and ship to Sebring in Florida for tanning.

[Quackerbox]

Guess I struck out yet again since I didn't have any email in any of my folders (I checked)

Good luck

BTW how is cubing the points supposed to help?

I have 13 for pronghorn. They give like 6 permits a year with 4-5K applicants. Stands to reason we all now have a ridiculous amount of points and about the same odds of being drawn?

If I don't draw exotic this year I'll have 16 next year

If I'm lucky enough to get a gator, then what. Are they hard to process on your own? It's there normally a place down there to process them? Is it worth it to get the hide tanned?

They're not that hard. I paid for our first one and me and my wife did the second on the tailgate. Theres a few videos on YouTube.

Power wash all the leftover fat etc off the hide, salt it and send it off for tanning. I used a place in Boone Iowa

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[Acameron52]

Choot em!!

[ultrastealth]

I got JD Murphree. It's been 5 years since the last time that I was drawn.

[Kingfisher789]

Skeeters. Big Skeeters. I love that place. Good luck on your hunt

[mikeyb_23]

There will be a guy down there waiting to pick them up and will clean them for $10/foot. Well worth the money.

Take the meat home, salt the skin and ship to Sebring in Florida for tanning.

Hope he's down there when I am, that sounds like a great deal.

[red-fin]

hunt

I got JD Murphree. It's been 5 years since the last time that I was drawn.

What date did you get? i am 15-16 there.

[ultrastealth]

What date did you get? i am 15-16 there.

Same dates. See you there. We'll be in a Gator Tail.

[Quackerbox]

If its the same skinner that was there last year, be prepared to wait and wait some more. He was doing it all by himself. We had our gators killed and weighed by 9am and didnt leave from down there till almost 4pm. And he only did one of ours.

I wont be using him again.

Take an old blanket to soak in water to cover your gators with if you plan on using him. I actually put 80lbs of ice in the bottom of my boat and put out gators on