Bowhunting Gators

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  1. Shocker99

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    Has anyone done this? Anyone of our southern members do this on the regular? Looks like fun and different from all the normal critters that are hunted. I love gator meat especially tail meat. Im thinking about it seriously. Seems like it would be a rush to arrow a 4,5,6 hundred pound gator.
     
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    Last one of our members who attempted this never returned
     
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    A old hunting buddy of mine did it and he said it was definitely a rush.
     
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    WillO ?
     
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    I remember there was some hunting show video of Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert doing a gator archery hunt. Looked pretty fun. I'd link to it but I can't find it; only references to it, or some clips from anti-hunting sites trying to get one/both of them canceled because of their 'cruelty' and I am not going to even give them a click.
     
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    that dude straight up disappeared. His profile isn't even searchable anymore. I remember going back through his last few posts; nothing out of the ordinary. Then, POOF
     
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    You should head to Florida, not sure on regulations or permits. When I was fishing lake okeechobee , there were gators all over the damn place.
     
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    Definitely seen a few the last time I was in Florida. [​IMG]
    Hunting them isn’t cheap from what I was told but what is anymore.


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    How else are you gonna hunt a dinosaur?!
     
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    Dang almost forgot about him. That dude made me laugh
     
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    There are a few members that just up and disappeared. Chago was another one. Shot a couple Booners back to back years, then boom gone.

    I had a old neighbor that did a gator hunt. For the life of me I can't remember were he went on his trip. He even gave me some meat and I got to see the mount. If I remember it was alot like bow fishing. They used buoy on a string, that was attached to arrow. You shot gator and and followed the buoy until it was done. I was up to the Great American outdoor show last weekend and they had a outfitters there selling hunts for gator, but I didn't check into it.

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    Will did get a new big time job, he is kind of a big deal.
     
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    When is Bob getting back from Belize?
     
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    Wasnt he going to sail there? Hope the catamaran is still afloat
     
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    Would love to do that one day


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    Hopefully never, he should stay there and denounce his citizenship then turn in his U.S. passport and I.D.'s.

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    Guys I moved to Florida this year. I have applied for tags. If I draw I will keep you posted on how it goes. Will be doing it my self in public land.
     
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