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ALLIGATOR HUNTING PERMITS STILL AVAILABLE

August 18, 2005
Contact: Steve Stiegler (850) 488-3831

Since 1988, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has offered thrilling, hands-on, face-to-face alligator hunting opportunities that are unlike any other hunting experience imaginable.

If this type of hunting adventure sounds exciting to you, the FWC still has nearly 1,300 alligator harvest permits remaining for the upcoming season, available on a first-come, first-served basis through Sept. 20.

Permit holders are authorized to take two alligators from designated areas during specific harvest periods that run Sept. 1 through Oct. 8. Alligator harvest areas are listed at MyFWC.com/alligator under “Alligator Harvest Permit Availability.”

Applicants have the option of applying at any county tax collector’s office, license agent (retail outlet that sells hunting and fishing licenses), online at MyFWC.com/license or by calling toll-free 1-888-HUNT-FLORIDA (486-8356) from anywhere in the United States or Canada.

To secure a permit, applicants must submit payment for an alligator trapping license and two alligator-hide validation tags, or provide proof of a valid alligator trapping license (must be valid through Oct. 8), plus pay the fee for two hide validation tags. No other hunting licenses are required.

The cost for a resident alligator trapping license and hide validation tags is $272, and non-residents pay $1,022. For each alligator taken, the hunter must complete and send in an alligator harvest report form to the FWC. Data gathered from these forms enable FWC biologists to monitor population trends and impacts on the annual harvest.

A resident or nonresident alligator trapping agent license is also available to consumers for $52. This license allows the holder to assist a trapper in taking alligators, but only in the presence of the permitted trapper. All persons seeking a harvest permit must be at least 18 years old by Sept. 1, and only one harvest permit per person will be issued.

For more information on how to get involved in these exciting alligator hunts, visit MyFWC.com/alligator and click on “Statewide Hunts.”

 

 

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