Got my gator tag email yesterday for
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That zone is a lock for a good gator if you know what you are doing and are patient. Best zone in MS IMO...
I didn't get drawn this year or last year, but go every year. Once you accumulate all of the "stuff" needed to gator hunt, you become the go-to for friends that get drawn and start putting a pencil to the cost of doing it themselves.
One thing I highly recommend is getting out there and scouting beforehand. Hard work pays off on that -- and learning to judge size under flashlights at night is a bit of a learning curve best to accomplish before it's go time...
I didn't get drawn this year or last year, but go every year. Once you accumulate all of the "stuff" needed to gator hunt, you become the go-to for friends that get drawn and start putting a pencil to the cost of doing it themselves.
One thing I highly recommend is getting out there and scouting beforehand. Hard work pays off on that -- and learning to judge size under flashlights at night is a bit of a learning curve best to accomplish before it's go time...
This is my first year to be drawn. Usually just go along with my friends from work. Will be at Delta State on August 9th for the mandatory class to get your gator permit. We have a group of about 12 going and most have been in previous years and have caught them. We already have the noose, harpoon, shark boueys and boats. Will probably hunt Big Black on day one and Eagle Lake day 2 then head on up north from there if we haven't filled them by then.
Don't go too far north. In the central zone you may be OK -- but in the actual northwest zone, it's a ghost town. Brother made the mistake of drawing there one year and we hit it hard in 3-4 different spots -- and barely saw any gators. Think only a half dozen or so were taken in the whole area.
You can slaughter them on the Eagle tributaries...to say the least...
Speaking of aggressive...
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/25754225/la-gator-feeding-video-draws-controversy
http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/25754225/la-gator-feeding-video-draws-controversy
Flying J truck stop in Pearl had 2 in the parking lot last week and Howard Ballou's son made a video of one walking along the causeway at the reservoir as he drove along by it in his car last week. There was one trapped on Lakeland a few weeks ago, damn things are everywhere....
First year I haven't got drawn but it may because because I didn't tag out last year. Good luck man and post pics of the results.
The processors we take our gators to in louisiana have to work through the Louisiana department of wildlife. Don't think they can accept gators from ms or tx.
Yeah but these were the real reptile type, not the ****** type hanging out in the sleepers of the trucks
My plans initially were to get a pair of boots made but once I got prices I decided against it. I didn't fill mine last year and the other times I've went I didn't keep what was caught due to them not being my tags. I will have a pair of boots made from an alligator I murder in cold blood one day though.