bobberboy said:Here's the worst kind of question from the worst kind of questioner - a city boy from the north. Once you got 'em what do you do with 'em? Seems that there would be a market for the skin (hide?) but do you eat them? Sorry to be such a rube but we don't have things like that where I come from (and you don't learn if you don't ask!).
That brings to mind another question. In AR, they won't allow the selling of any wild game. I'm not 100% sure on the "any" part, but I've never heard of any you could sell. So I'm wondering if your state allows this, do they also allow the sale of things like duck or deer meat? I understand this doesn't apply to people that do it commercially, but they pay a higher price for that commercial license.Lowe 2070 CC said:There are buyers all along the gulf coast, they will buy whole gators or just hides. Lots of folks sell the gator whole then buy back a little meat and the head for a skull mount. I prefer to skin my own and keep the meat.
bobberboy said:So I'm glad I asked...you get to eat them if they don't eat you first. I can't think of a single northern counterpart to this. Even the biggest, ugliest snapping turtle doesn't get close and besides, you have them in the south. Most things hunted in my neck of the woods (excepting bears) aren't potentially lethal. I don't even have enough friends to help drag a thing like that out of the water! Not having grown up around something like this makes me want to say that if I ever saw anyone drag anything out of a northern lake that weighed nearly a half ton I'd never go near the water again. Ever!
TexasLoneStar56 said:bobberboy said:So I'm glad I asked...you get to eat them if they don't eat you first. I can't think of a single northern counterpart to this. Even the biggest, ugliest snapping turtle doesn't get close and besides, you have them in the south. Most things hunted in my neck of the woods (excepting bears) aren't potentially lethal. I don't even have enough friends to help drag a thing like that out of the water! Not having grown up around something like this makes me want to say that if I ever saw anyone drag anything out of a northern lake that weighed nearly a half ton I'd never go near the water again. Ever!
LOL! I suppose you're right about the difference in growing up in the south verses the north. Gosh, there are gators in every lake & river east of Fort Worth! Living 1/2 way in between Dallas & Shreveport, LA, yes, we have a few gators in our lake too. We leave them alone and they leave us alone. Against the law to kill them in Texas though, except on private waters that are being a nuisance. They are scared, unless you hem them up, or a momma sitting on her nest. It is good white meat. Especially Cajun style....blackened alligator tail. Not far to LA to get some to eat!
Keith
Tyler, Texas
TexasLoneStar56 said:Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. 8)
I've never seen a gator cleaned before. What are the feet used for?
Lowe 2070 CC said:Selling of Animals Native to Mississippi
It is unlawful to buy, sell, ~~~~~~~~~ SNIP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ must be marked with the tag# and hunters information.
Nice, got any pics of some of the things you or others have made from gator parts?fool4fish1226 said:TexasLoneStar56 said:Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. 8)
I've never seen a gator cleaned before. What are the feet used for?
I save the claws for making jewelry - This year I am going to try and save the entire skeleton of the foot and make a display out of it.
JMichael said:Nice, got any pics of some of the things you or others have made from gator parts?fool4fish1226 said:TexasLoneStar56 said:Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. 8)
I've never seen a gator cleaned before. What are the feet used for?
I save the claws for making jewelry - This year I am going to try and save the entire skeleton of the foot and make a display out of it.
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