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You can buy a license to hunt them, but i think gator season isnt until 08/15 until halloween or so. You can take them by several ways harpoon, rifle,bow.. this is the publice hunt and they sell about 5500 licenses . My DH had to shot a baby gator in his ex in laws pool one time. We still have the head. The problem is that people build where gators live and push them elsewhere, or even worse feed them . Then you end up with a monster gator that loves raw chicken that isnt afraid of humans. My tip: Stay away from them , dont build in gator country, only swim in square bodys of water (pools) and dont feed them. Their eyes are bigger than their brains.
Finally made it out to the big coop with the big girls, but any chance she gets she gets back in our area and heads into the house. She really thinks she is one of the little white dogs, drinks out of their water dish, lays on the kitchen floor or on their bed. Sheez, she is one confused chicken. She was so miffed that we actually put her out there with those other things......
I'm not going to get into whether it's right to kill it or not...
but make sure you have a rope securely around it before you shoot it. Spooked or hurt gators go underwater, and I know you don't want a bloated, shot gator body ending up in your lake for someone to find.
As another poster said, be REALLY careful about baiting, as it is illegal. It might also attract more nuisance wildlife into your yard.
Good luck with your duckies.
Oooooh, exciting! I thought he was going to be bigger. Thank goodness he isn't, that size is still somewhat managable, though they can still do some horrible damage if they get ya.