A Summary On Guided Gator Hunting In Louisiana

By Ruth Kennedy


Recommendations have been given by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on the proper management of reptiles since it is a renewable and lucrative resource. It is one of the worldwide known stories of success in crocodilian conservation. It has served as a model in worldwide reptile conservation and many projects use Guided Gator hunting in Louisiana as a point of reference.

Leather extracted from the reptile has a high market value and is thus preferred since the 1800s. A sudden decrease in their population was experienced in the 1950s because of the uncontrolled hunting of the species that had prevailed leading to its stop in 1962. It was then followed by a detailed research to find a way of containing and preserving the organism by getting the basic life history of the beast.

The program was to ensure preservation of the species as part of the states wetland biome and to offer some profits to the species, other species not excluding wildlife that coexist with the alligators. The philosophy behind the move was to give a sustained program for controlled harvest, give prolonged benefits for survival and maintain habitats not forgetting the provision of financial prowess to the citizens.

The states coastal alligator territories are owned privately, approximately 81 percent. This translates to a direct benefit economically and by incentives to landowners and individuals who hire land for the purpose of shooting. These measures are to ensure the gators are protected as their habitat is maintained and enhanced.

An impulsive increase in population of the species was later experienced in the period 1962 to 1972 as a result of measures that had been put in place by the state to govern its conservation. The program was initiated in Cameron Parish for financial prowess in remote gator yield in remote gator reap. Equal distribution in regard to population density of crocodilian was of wide deliberation.

State departments for property with wetland alligators that can support reaping provide tags. They are availed to registered reapers and cannot be exchanged. The person legible for this has to either own the land or has a license permitting them to carry out the activities. This labels are applied prior to the season. They are very specific to the properties and also indicated on the license. Owning or selling of gator products can only be done by people who have been licensed to do so.

The allowed time of carrying out this activities is during the day and no reaping activities are allowed during the night. Alligator tags that a harvester has are relative to the seasonal and daily routines. Size of alligators is not a limiting factor. The process can be carried out using fishing hooks, firearms except shotguns with bow and arrow as another method too remembering not to lose them.

Tagging should be done immediately they have been captured. This should be done 6 inches from the periphery of a tail. Tags do not float hence they should not be lost since they are irreplaceable.




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