Dang that’s an awesome pic Rebel Hog.
Pardon my ignorance but how do you even hunt for gator and what do you kill it with?

usually with an air boat and a bang stick! some perfer using a bow with a bowfishing rig attatched.

Hey camo, can't you also hunt them with a long gun?

Hey Bt,
I am a yankee myself, just moved to Florida this summer with the job. I live next to Sarasotta in Bradenton. There is no shortage of gators around here. They get into just about every puddle and pond there is. It is Jan 31 and I saw several this week. The hog hunting is fun for us northerners and you can hunt them year round as they are considered a pain in the britches down here. The wild hog taste better than domestic hog you buy in the store as long as you get a sow. If you get a boar I would try to limit it to less than 150 lbs. It is also better if you don't get them with dogs because their hormones is what gives them a bad taste. Good luck and have fun.

Hey MM, have you been here yet?

Babcock/Webb

go here fo info on fl. gators

http://hunting.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=hunting&zu=http://wildflorida.org/hunting/

the tail is the best eatingand the rest ofit is good eating..

Hey CAMO COP did you see the one that you say went 18' 6"? It must have been on a private ranch because they don't get that big in the wild. I know the guy who has the SCI record of 13' 9". Of course I could be wrong but I dont think they get that big.

Alligator hunting, Guided alligator hunting

Female alligators rarely exceed 9 feet in length, but males can grow much larger. The Florida state record for length is a 14 foot 5/8 inch male from Lake Monroe in Seminole County. The Florida record for weight is a 1,043 pound (13 feet 10 1/2 inches long) male from Orange Lake in Alachua County.

this gator was taken less than a mile from where i live..

i dont know about the sarasota area but if you git out there in a hot day you will see gators